Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission: to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.
At the core of this mission is our 100+ loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and four specialized science and innovation development centers.
Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet.
Find out more about our mission to bring health in your hands at www.opella.com.
About the job
Location: Cairo, Egypt
You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As an External Supply Manager, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.
Key Responsibilities
Daily External Manufacturing supply chain operation with external partners:
- Manage and coordinate materials importation process with different stakeholders.
- Ensure imported shipments complete and full documentation requirements for customs clearance minimizing delays and penalties.
- Logistics coordination with clearance service provider till delivery to relevant CMOs.
- Conduct Materials requirements planning exercise.
- Determination of purchase order on basis of the sales forecast and of the market stock level
- Assist procurement service in the diverse price or contract related negotiation and exchange with external partners.
- Supervise the external partners performance in the domain of lead-time, reactivity, reliability, and flexibility.
- Lead in the S&OP with external partners.
- Participation in the external partners production plan and capacity optimization.
- Develop and implement strategies for transport optimization in cost reduction and improve efficiency.
- Put in place different management for each type of external partners (Full manufacturing, Toll manufacturing, materials suppliers).
- To ensure the close relationship with the sub-contractor in other domain of raw material management, lead-time, expedition, reception.
- Goods receipt, article creation and modification, system flow management, and other transactions in SAP.
- Collaborate with local and overseas suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials with optimized costs.
- To build strong collaboration network with other supply chain service for both sharing of knowledge, information and synchronizing processes.
Daily supply chain operation with internal partners:
- Coordinate with Market supply chain the monthly delivery plan.
- Following up of the payment issue, or divers’ financial issue with accountancy department and controlling department
- Negotiation with plant and market, and proposition of logistic solutions which meets the best to each part.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 6 years of experience in Supply Chain operations.
- Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP and Kinaxis RapidResponse.
- Knowledge of materials importation processes and CMO operations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
- French or Turkish language skills are considered an advantage.
This is more than the next step in your career, it’s a chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. If you’re ready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters, we’re ready for you.
Why us?
At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.
We Are Challengers.
We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:
All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.
Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.
Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.
Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.
Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.