Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

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 is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Inventory Ownership: Own cluster/country inventory management, ensuring alignment with APAC policies, local operational priorities, and financial objectives to optimise service levels, working capital, and inventory efficiency. 

• Supply Exception Management: Proactively identify, monitor, and mitigate supply chain risks and demand-supply imbalances, providing timely escalation of critical issues to APAC leadership while collaborating with Cluster Supply Chain head to resolve operational challenges. 

• Integrated Planning Leadership: Lead and govern SIOP/IBP processes, translating demand forecasts into executable supply and inventory strategies, ensuring alignment with both APAC directives and local cluster requirements. ​

• KPI Performance & Continuous Improvement: Drive best practices and continuous improvement to achieve planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, OTIF, backorders, and inventory optimisation. 

• Team Leadership & Capability Development: Provide strategic direction, foster accountability, and cultivate a high-performance, collaborative planning team through coaching, mentoring, and talent development. 

• Process, Data & Systems Governance: Oversee cluster planning processes, data integrity, and system utilisation, ensuring compliance with APAC standards, and consistent execution across the cluster. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence: Engage and influence stakeholders across Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Network Planning to resolve planning gaps, ensuring coordination between APAC guidance and local operational priorities. 

• Financial & Business Impact: Support working capital, cost, and profitability objectives through informed planning decisions and scenario analysis. 

EHS & GMP Responsibilities (Individual Contributor)

• Pro-actively contributes to zero harm workplace for all employees  

• Comply with legal and corporate EHS requirements, safe work practices and EHS policies and procedures  

• Report all hazards, near misses and incidents as soon as practicable and participate in identifying actions to prevent harm from occurring to our people and/or our environment  

• Employees at every level are responsible for quality (GMP) and regulatory performance in the department to ensure quality program is met   

• Ensure compliance with government regulations, legal documents and safety and ethical standards, obtaining legal compliance training.  

EHS Responsibilities (People Leader)

• Drive culture of zero harm workplace for all employees  

• Ensure compliance with legal and corporate EHS requirements, safe work practices and EHS policies and procedures 

• Ensure all hazards, near misses and incidents are reported and investigated to identify root causes and ensure actions implemented to prevent harm from occurring to our people and/or our environment  

• Ensure all employees are trained to perform their roles safely and any regulatory-based training is completed as required  

Qualifications, Experience & Skills  

Qualifications

• ​​Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s degree preferred with a minimum of 5-7 years related experience in supply chain management – planning, logistics, transportation is required. APICS certification preferred. MBA preferred.​ 

Reasonable Accommodation

Vantive is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Form Link

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