Title:  Specialist, Supply Planning

Location: Amman, Jordan

Job Type: Full-time

Hashtag: #LI-HR1

About Us

For over 45 years, Hikma Pharmaceuticals has been putting better health within reach, every day, by creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to those who need them. We are helping to shape a healthier world that enriches all our communities, and our global team of 9,400+ empowered colleagues are central to this mission.

As a trusted and reliable partner of over 825 high-quality generics, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products, we are driven to improve access to medicine. Through our 29 manufacturing plants, 3 R&D hubs across MENA, North America and Europe, our footprint allows us to play a critical role in serving patients. 

Description:

We are looking for a talented Specialist, Supply Planning to join us. At Hikma you’ll be supported by a culture of progress and belonging where people are encouraged to develop, wellbeing is prioritised and our inclusive approach values contributions from all. We’re seeking candidates who embody our values: Innovative, driven to keep learning; Caring, genuinely compassionate in their work; and Collaborative, eager to solve problems together.

If you want to be part of a team that cares about impact, this is the place for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and communicate monthly demand and supply forecasts for assigned products across the MENA region, ensuring timely sharing of forecast updates with suppliers and licensors.
• Prepare and communicate annual supply forecasts by analyzing sales forecasts, inventory requirements, safety stock levels, growth assumptions, business plans, and market opportunities in alignment with internal stakeholders.
• Act as the primary planning liaison with suppliers and licensors, coordinating regular communications, troubleshooting and resolving operational and supply-related issues, identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, escalating risks when required, and ensuring alignment on supply plans and business objectives.
• Organize and facilitate periodic S&OP meetings with suppliers/licensors to review year-to-date performance, year-to-go forecasts, supply plans, growth opportunities, risks, special projects, and required escalation topics.
• Monitor monthly actual sales performance against licensor budgets and forecasts, identify significant variances, escalate deviations to management through the monthly S&OP cycle, and collaborate with stakeholders to establish and track corrective action plans.
• Collaborate closely with MENA Commercial teams, PMOs, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure supply chain and operational readiness for new product launches, supporting successful market introduction in line with launch timelines and business objectives.
• Maintain meeting action trackers and ensure timely follow-up with both internal and external stakeholders to drive accountability and closure of agreed actions.
• Analyze supply planning performance, inventory trends, and forecast accuracy, providing recommendations to optimize product availability, inventory levels, and overall supply chain effectiveness across the MENA region.

Qualifications:

We are looking for candidates whose experience and skills align closely with the qualifications outlined below:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.
• Minimum of 4 years in pharmaceutical industry and at least 2 years in a relevant role.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Excel, proficient with other Microsoft Office applications including PowerPoint and Word.
• Ability to adapt where needed, ability to keep focus and resilience.
• Able to anticipate challenges, establish mitigation plans, and navigate through successful execution.
• Strong business knowledge, sorting through priorities and interests of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated proficiency in project management and execution of plans across a broad group of stakeholders/functions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives at once.
• Strong sense of urgency and bias for action.
• Knowledge of the generic pharmaceutical marketplace includes a high-level understanding of the development, regulatory, patent, and cross-licensing issues.
• Problem solving and analytical translation by quickly sifting through details from a wide variety of sources and developing insights, implications, and actionable recommendations.
• Ability to work independently, self-motivated but also in a highly distributed cross-functional team.
• English proficiency, strong communication and presentation skills (oral and written.

Learn more about Hikma in Jordan https://www.hikma.com/media/jukhqqdl/hikma-jordan-factsheet_-en-nov-2025.pdf