Senior Manager Customer Service
Join us as we transform immunology and deliver medicines that help autoimmune patients get their lives back. argenx is preparing for multi-dimensional expansion to reach more patients through a rich pipeline of differentiated assets, led by VYVGART, our first-in-class neonatal Fc receptor blocker approved for the treatment of gMG, and with the potential to treat patients across dozens of severe autoimmune diseases.
We are building a new kind of biotech company, one that maintains its roots as a science-based start-up and pushes our commitment to innovate across all corners of our business. We strive to inspire and grow our company, our partnerships, our science, and our people, because when we do, we deliver more for patients.
For the expansion of our Distribution team, argenx is looking for a Senior Manager Customer Services.
PURPOSE OF THE FUNCTION
The Senior Manager Customer Service will work closely with the direct colleagues as well as with the cross functional teams (Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, etc…) LRD’s, ensuring operations are handled as per SOP’s for the coordination of inbound and outbound logistical operations including inventory management, warehousing and transportation to ensure the supply of goods and products to third party customers. It is essential for this role to develop a strong relationship and understanding of local regulatory/governmental requirements, QA needs & GDP standards relating to distribution, and local market needs.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Responsible for all order-to-cash (O2C) activities such as sales orders, credits, returns & destructions, backorders, Invoicing, blocked orders for invoicing & goods allocation
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Secure order operations for all LRD’s and 3rd party customers and report business progress to senior management
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Responsible for the integrity of the financial transaction (O2C) linked to any movement of finished products
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Work closely with the corporate and Local Finance teams to ensure smooth delivery of all O2C processes, and that related specific SLAs are met
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Responsible to manage distribution operations performed out of Distribution Center Relationship with 3rd party logistic providers (Service, Cost, Quality)
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Ensures Financial and Tax Compliance of Legal Entity transactions related to the scope of activity (O2C transactions)
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Responsible for seamless and optimized physical distribution to markets in the scope of activities
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Responsible to ensure full respect of GMP's, GDP's, Policies and SOP's in daily activities
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Participate in maintaining the quality system
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Responsible to reconcile orders received, shipped and delivered with 3PL
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Responsible to reconcile orders sent from LRD to 3PL with LRD
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Ensuring that transport to and within each country is according to the required SLA
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Month End Reconciliation (inventory management, replenishment, safety stock, reporting)
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Leading QBR with internal stakeholders as well as external vendors e.g. 3PL
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Support the expansion of argenx into new markets
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Support the Commercial teams in managing our distributors
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Help launch new products and manage the roll out of those products to different markets
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Support and/or lead as applicable argenx development projects as directed
Management impact
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Responsible to build and secure our operations for the selected markets
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Responsible to report progress to senior management
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Responsible to define and implement a global customer approach
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Indirectly responsible for avoiding stock out
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Responsible for the development and implementation of projects to reduce logistic costs within scope of activity
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Responsibility for seamless and optimized physical distribution to markets in the scope of activities
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Responsible to implement policies to ensure compliance vs national and international regulations within scope of activity
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
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Strong understanding of Pharmaceutical or Biologics