Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Specialist IV, 3PL Management and Inventory Control is responsible for managing the integrity of:

• Day to day operational activities involving 3PL involving inventory management, problem solving and order fulfillment.
• Leading the BI HP US Supply division through various interactions with internal and external customers.
• Supporting Daily Customer Serialization & Aggregation interactions/problem resolution/compliance topics.

   
Responsibilities for this role include maintaining a strong relationship with the 3PL provider, Order fulfillment planning and execution, Inventory monitoring and balance with the 3PL, New Product Launch Planning, GBS master data maintenance, GBS Advanced Key User, leading both departmental and inter-departmental projects, Creation of internal Service Now Tickets, as well as facilitating and managing B2B communications.

• This role is based on-site at our Columbus, OH location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads the Outbound Delivery process via order fulfillment by 3PL.
• Determines and applies shipment routing and timing to ensure the appropriate service levels for our trading partners.
• Manages the SAP Master Data Maintenance process to support local SAP system & 3PL distribution activities with accurate finished goods information, including product dimensions and strategic settings, and other settings supporting new production launch and ongoing business.
• Supplies data for new product setup within SAP.
• Leads the business inventory balancing, accuracy, and movements between UPS warehousing facilities supporting the BI business. Including Inventory FEFO and Version managed inventory consumption and rotation.
• Provides oversight with Finance of inventory control at third-party vendor locations to ensure inventory accuracy of finished goods, raw materials and components are maintained within SAP, and with misc. inventory adjustments to correct other internal or external inventory problems.
• Provides support as a GBS Advanced Key User and Trainer for the 3PL Business roles and functions.
• Leads departmental or cross functional projects, could involve capital budgets at external suppliers.
• Ensures timeline and contract adherence.
• Responsible for back-up the daily execution of the Foreign Trade Zone operation. Including receipt reporting and analysis, and inventory balancing within the FTZ software.
• Supports the creation of weekly shipping estimates.
• Provides support and Backup Outbound Customer Serialization & Aggregation Interaction/problem solving: Point of contact for all data transmission topics, creation/monitoring of Service Now Tickets and communication/escalation process. DSCSA compliance, Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) transmissions and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)856, Advance Shipping Notice (ASN)messaging to trading partners.
• Responsible for operational activities involving the 3PL, e.g., Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) compliance requirements, Master Data, Serialization & Aggregation, Track & Trace management, and Interface resolution.
• Participates with both internal and external cGMP audits. These audits can involve the FDA or other government regulatory groups, and internal BI audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Logistics or Business preferred, or in lieu of degree, ten (10) years' experience in pharmaceutical operations.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills to effectively communicate up, down and across the organization, including senior management at BIPI.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in oral and written form with peers, superiors and both internal and external customers including vendors.
• Ability to communicate to Regulatory and Financial Authorities during an audit.
• Demonstrated (6-8 years) professional knowledge in Supply Chain or Operations.
• Demonstrated ability to comprehend, analyze and solve warehousing, distribution and inventory control issues and other statistical based skill sets to optimize out processes through continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Products including Power Point presentations.
• Four to five (4-5) years' experience in processing inventory and order management related transactions in SAP or similar ERP Systems including two (2) years specific with Inventory Control.
• Must be a designated SAP super user.
• Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect/analyze data, establishes facts and draw conclusions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cGMP, FDA, Corporate, and financial standards, and regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects, including capital projects with a budget of up to $500k.
• Knowledge of Foreign Trade Zone operations and Import management preferred.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.