VMI Coordinator

Job Description

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

The VMI Coordinator will be responsible for collaboratively working with customer & business partners, Baxter Commercial and Supply Chain organizations with a focus on improving customer forecast accuracy, achieving customer service level and inventory goals. This customer-facing role drives Supply Chain activities, helps meet customer inventory targets, and overall sales goals. This role will benefit our customer by minimizing their excess inventory. This role requires tight business relationship and strong communication between internal and external stakeholders.

The Customer & Operations Support will work closely with the Distribution Manager for Middle-East & Africa, and the Heads of Supply Chain for Middle-East and Africa, to ensure efficient communication, prompt action and clear reports and deliverables.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)

• Build and maintain customer and internal stakeholder relationships that will ultimately drive supply chain efficiency and business influence.
• Manage key business relationships with passion & understanding of customer expectations and internal policies / requirements.
• Lead projects / initiatives to enhance both cost and service efficiencies in the customer and supply chains.
• Lead the development of presentations and discussions for customer facing meetings.
• Must effectively influence team members to gain support for replenishment and inventory management policies that maximize product availability at distributor level, while minimizing inventory within the supply chain.
• Develop and implement on-going improvements for collaborative planning, forecast and replenishment (to-market) processes.
• Must possess strong analytical skills and the ability to articulate the analysis in a manner that is understood cross-functionally to effect change.
• Bi-Weekly category meetings with Sales and Commercial partners.
• Monthly collaboration with Customer, commercial and supply chain stakeholders.
• Communication of over-stock situations timely to prevent unsaleable product.
• Develops analysis and scorecards for communication to the customer and key cross-functional teams to improve overall supply chain effectiveness.
• Provides both quantitative and qualitative feedback regarding In-Market activity to improve the overall forecast accuracy.

Reporting & Analysis

• Monitor and communicate key Supply Chain KPIs.
• Develop and maintain Supply Chain databases (product item master, country mapping, etc)
• Support with the regional supply chain reporting (Order Book, Outlook, OTIF, etc)
• Support the regional Supply Chain team with continuous process improvements and other initiatives.

Reasonable Accommodations

Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please send an e-mail to Americas_TTA@baxter.com and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.

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