Product Supply

Newly created role
- Hybrid role, working from Pymble, NSW
- Support local cluster teams with a reporting line into APAC

**At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us.**

**_Where do you want to go?_**:
Join us in this newly created position as a Product Supply Category Business Partner in the Bayer Consumer Health division. Bayer Consumer Health has a mission to deliver agility, innovation and empower staff to take ownership of their work, contribute effectively to the Bayer mission, and reach individual and business full potential by creating more value for our customers.

The role will act as the primary interface between Product Supply (PS) organizations and the country cluster category teams. You will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of PS deliverables and unlock development opportunities across multiple growth and opportunity areas.

You will be established in your supply chain career and will be responsible for evaluating sourcing options, building business cases for innovation and transfer products, managing new launches and strategic projects.

Working with key stakeholders such as marketing, sales, commercial consumer insights, regulatory, medical, business development, procurement, supply and legal, this role will give you great exposure to grow your connections and showcase your commercial acumen.

**_ Do something that moves you._**:

- Be the interface between PS organizations and the country clusters category teams
- Evaluate sourcing options internally and externally
- Collaborate and build business cases for innovation and transfer projects and new launches
- Deliver end to end project management for strategic PS projects
- Improve supply resilience, through proactive portfolio management and de-risking activities to enable stable stock supply in periods of internal and external market shocks.
- Drive continuous gross-margin improvements
- Steer financials for NPDs, technical transfers and critical changes includes CAPEX, one time costs and COGS evaluation
- Lead supply network optimization: through leading manufacturing options evaluations in line with APAC country clusters business strategies
- Influence business building by ensuring the right PS capabilities and resources are available within the supply ecosystem to meet growth ambitions of the product team in order to win market share and extend the market size.

**Success will be measured by delivering key outcomes**:

- ** Customer Service** - Deliver best in class portfolio management with strong product availability, always aspiring to deliver customers with correct timing, cost and format to meet their needs.
- Deliver product launches on time and within costs to fulfill launch excellence targets
- ** Costs** - Provide gross margin improvements in line with annual targets ($ net savings achieved, gross margin improved by target amount)
- Implement processes to ensure COGS increases remain below inflation
- ** Resilience** - Fulfil business and product resilience targets, through the management of target capacity to demand ratios
- ** Business building **- Ensure the right product supply capabilities are within the category to meet category growth ambitions and win market share and market size.
- ** Margin **- Implement key initiatives to deliver 2%+ year on year COGS reduction and offset at least inflation.

**_ Does this sound like you?_**:

- Degree in Supply chain management, Business management, or Science
- Demonstrated strong knowledge in legal, regulatory and GMP requirements in an OTC medications, cosmetics, nutritional supply or medical devices
- A proven successful track record of working in materials management or product production and supply chain
- Strong project management skills
- Previous supplier selection experience
- Exceptional analytical and P&L acumen
- Demonstrated experience in driving complex projects with multiple independencies
- Consumer centric strategic thinking.
- Strong change management skills and be willing to act as a courageous change agent

We are committed to creating a culture where people can be their best, in an environment that values inclusion, diversity and flexibility. At Bayer everyone belongs, regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, personality, thinking styles or background. We strongly encourage First Nations people to apply.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

**_ Are you ready for your next step?_**:
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