Planning and Fulfillment Specialist

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

This position is responsible for planning & fulfillment activities for spin off, including but not limited to working with RA, QA, IT, business team, 3PL and plant to align target bridge inventory build-up at the lowest possible cost across the network due to registration license change as well as preparation of fulfillment operation for spin off, system testing. As an intermediary between market and supplying site, the incumbent will possess strong communication and people-influencing skills to manage and harmonize different expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

System Testing

• Support ERP/JDE end to end process testing, including customer to cash, procure to pay, inventory, etc.
• Support system cutover and go live.
• Support other system testing/verification, e.g. Rapid Response, BPM, SQLM, BCT, etc.
  

Bridge Inventory Planning

• Work out bridge inventory plan and get approval from GM at the minimum cash flow and lowest possible cost across the network
• Execute replenishment planning with network planner based on alignment 
• Mitigate and proactively communicate any exceptions to market and plant
• Support project team to prepare required document for review
• Participate in tier meetings between market / site / regional planning.
• Work with 3PL to identify storage capacity per product import schedule

Event management

• Support other planning & fulfillment activities for spin off, such as data analysis, data verification, etc.
• Preparation of Chinese label, PI, IFU label change, including, item code creation, part record, label printing volume calculation, etc.
• Other assignment related to spin of

Minium Requirement & Qualification

• Minimum of Diploma in Supply Chain or relevant fields of study
• Related experience in Pharmaceutical/Medical Device Manufacturing environment or related production industry experience required.
• Related experience in managing with multiple planning (ERP) systems and interfaces.
• Working knowledge of inventory, planning systems and order/purchasing systems
• Working knowledge of Microsoft based systems; mastery of Excel is a must. 
• Experience of end to end supply chain process.
  

Reasonable Accommodations

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