Supply Chain Manager - Demand Planning (Bogotá)

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Career CategorySupply ChainJob DescriptionJoin Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Supply Chain Manager - Demand Planning (Bogotá) What you will do Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Demand Planning / Integrated Business Planning Lead the end-to-end demand planning process for Colombia based on integrated business planning principles, ensuring product availability, compliant execution, appropriate inventory positioning, and proactive mitigation of supply and obsolescence risks. Lead Colombia Demand Reviews with commercial leadership and own Supply Chain inputs to the local IBP process, ensuring decision-ready recommendations, documented actions, clear ownership, and timely escalation of material risks and trade-offs. Own the demand planning process and lead consensus forecast definition by integrating statistical forecasting, historical performance, customer-level insights, commercial assumptions, tender opportunities, launches, market access developments, and scenario analyses. Partner with Commercial, Finance, Market Access to challenge assumptions, identify forecast drivers and risks, and translate agreed business decisions into the operational plan. Inventory & Variation Management Develop demand, inventory, and supply scenarios; and risk-mitigation actions so that “every-patient every-time” supply is ensured; and drive end-to-end execution of agreed decisions across local, regional, global, and manufacturing-site stakeholders. Lead Colombia’s variation and launch implementation governance, ensuring early assessment of regulatory approvals, packaging and BOM readiness, IDP and component constraints, implementation timing, bridge-inventory needs, and potential compliance, supply, or scrap exposure. Supply Planning Influence and negotiate with Manufacturing Sites, Regional Operations Leads, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Lifecycle Management, and other global stakeholders to secure timely, compliant execution of Colombia’s supply requirements and escalate unresolved risks appropriately. Continuous Improvement Drive planning excellence through sound master-data governance, KPI performance management, decision-oriented analyses, and continuous-improvement initiatives across forecasting, inventory, supply planning, and lifecycle processes. Act as the planning subject-matter expert for Colombia and provide leadership, coaching, and functional guidance to relevant stakeholders and business partners. Outputs Reliable product availability and inventory levels aligned with demand requirements, service objectives, shelf-life constraints, and financial targets. Timely, unbiased, and consensus-based demand forecasts and planning assumptions. Effective local IBP governance, with clear decisions, actions, ownership, and risk escalation. On-time and compliant implementation of launches and regulatory variations. Proactive mitigation of supply interruptions, excess inventory, and scrap exposure. What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The vital attribute professional we seek is a type of person with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of progressive experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, IBP/S&OP, inventory management, or end-to-end supply chain planning within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or another highly regulated healthcare industry. Advanced proficiency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal. Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated experience managing product launches, regulatory variations, packaging or labeling changes, and their supply-chain implications. Proven ability to influence and negotiate with cross-functional, regional, global, and manufacturing-site stakeholders at Manager/Senior Manager level. Experience developing scenarios and recommendations involving supply continuity, inventory, expiry, compliance, and scrap risk. Advanced knowledge of SAP and planning tools; Kinaxis and Anaplan experience preferred. Knowledge of GMP/GDP principles, regulatory lifecycle management, import processes, and cold-chain or controlled distribution environments. APICS/ASCM, IBF, Lean Six Sigma, or project-management certification. Experience working with global manufacturing sites and complex international supply networks. Strategic and end-to-end supply chain thinking. Strong business acumen and ability to translate market dynamics into operational decisions. Ability to lead through influence across cross-functional and multicultural teams. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and scenario-planning capabilities. High ownership, sound judgment, and ability to make decisions under uncertainty. Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects prioritizing as required, to successfully manage workload to timelines. What you can expect of us As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards. Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. careers.amgen.com As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease. Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. .