Pharmaceutical manufacturer scaling supply chain and demand planning across Brazil
Aché is a Brazilian pharmaceutical manufacturer with 1,000+ employees operating across manufacturing, sales, and distribution. The tech stack reveals a traditional pharma operational footprint—SAP, Azure data pipeline, IQVIA, and lab instruments (HPLC/UHPLC)—paired with emerging data-stack investments (Python, PySpark, Power BI). Adopting RPA while replacing Databricks signals a shift toward process automation and cost optimization in data workflows. Hiring is heavily skewed toward sales and marketing (26 of 45 active roles) and junior talent, indicating geographic expansion and execution-layer scaling rather than platform innovation.
Aché Laboratórios is a privately held Brazilian pharmaceutical company founded in 1966, based in Guarulhos, São Paulo. The company manufactures and distributes pharmaceuticals domestically and internationally, with expertise in generic drugs and a portfolio spanning multiple therapeutic areas. Operations span manufacturing facilities, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and a growing commercial organization. Current project focus centers on demand forecasting, supply-and-operations planning (S&OP), distributor integration, and pricing intelligence development. Pain-point velocity suggests acute challenges in performance reporting, audit compliance, and sales-target attainment across a multi-plant footprint.
Core systems: SAP, Coupa (procurement), IQVIA (pharma analytics), Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory. Data layer: SQL, Python, PySpark, Pandas. Lab/QA: HPLC, UHPLC, UPLC, FT-IR. BI: Power BI, Power Query. Recently adopting RPA; replacing Databricks.
Sell-in/sell-out strategy, S&OP support, monthly demand forecasting, pricing intelligence, distributor tech integration, performance reporting, and SAP/Coupa upgrades. Also addressing multi-plant validation and regulatory audit compliance.
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