Senior Associate Supply Chain

Orion Group Life Sciences are looking for a Senior Associate Supply Chain for our Multinational Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology client based in Breda. Initial 12-month contract, with a high possibility of extension. This is a hybrid position, where you have to be onsite 1 day a week.

Accountabilities

• Maintain and validate warehouse capacity data in RR (storage types, pallet data, constraints) for assigned sites to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Perform recurring capacity analyses and scenario assessments to identify emerging risks, utilization gaps, and data quality issues.
• Create and maintain standardized warehouse capacity dashboards and automated reporting to support planning cycles and governance forums.

Main Responsibilities of the role

• Build, maintain, and continuously improve warehouse capacity dashboards and automated reporting to support visibility across sites, storage types, and planning horizons.
• Execute assigned initiatives from the Warehouse Capacity Roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of analytical outputs, dashboards, and agreed milestones.
• Translate roadmap priorities and governance requirements into clear analytical deliverables (dashboards, standard views, reports) using agreed tools and templates.
• Support planning and governance cadences (e.g. WH IBP) by preparing dashboard outputs, refreshes, and supporting analysis.
• Monitor dashboard outputs to proactively identify data gaps, inconsistencies, or emerging capacity risks and raise these through the defined escalation path.
• Coordinate with Site SMEs, Planning, and system owners to ensure inputs required for roadmap dashboards and reporting are complete, accurate, and on time.
• Showcase continuous improvement mindset to identify and deliver savings and improvements.

Required Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor degree (HBO) in Supply Chain/Logistics/Business Administration.
• SAP knowledge/experience (Plan-to-Stock, inventory management, capacity planning).
• Experience in project management.
• Knowledge of World Class Optimizations tools (Lean / JIT / 6 Sigma / FMEA / RCA).
• Good understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or similar environment.
• Understanding of end-to-end supply chain.
• Experience in an international complex organization.
• Experience with Databricks and PowerBI.
• Experience in using MS Office (i.e. Excel, Access, Powerpoint , Word etc.).
• Fluent in English, oral and written communication.
• “Can do” mentality / Ownership to make it happen.
• Good Communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong Problem Solving skills.
• Keeping oversight.
• Pro-Active / Action oriented.
• Result driven.
• Self-Steering.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding this opportunity, please reach out to Tim Browaeys, tim.browaeys@orion-jobs.com or contact Tim on 0044 7593448607

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