The Moderating Role of Talent Management Process Between Supply Chain and Competitive Advantage in Jordanian Companies

This paper explores the role of supply chain management in achieving competitive advantage within Jordanian pharmaceutical industrial companies, with a focus on the moderating effect of talent management. The research investigates four key dimensions of SCM: supplier relationships, intermediaries and distributors, customer relationships, and operations. This study relied on the descriptive analytical approach, where the study population consisted of all the Jordanian pharmaceutical industrial companies listed on the Amman Chamber of Industry, which are (72) companies, including (32) For human pharmaceutical industry companies only. Amman Stock Exchange, and the study tool was sent electronically and (176) responses were retrieved, (11) invalid questionnaires were excluded for the purposes of bioanalysis so that we have (165) questionnaires available. To achieve the objectives of the study, arithmetic averages and standard deviations were used in addition to multiple regression analysis and simple regression analysis. Findings reveal that SCM significantly enhances competitive advantage, accounting for 69.6% of its variation, with operations and intermediaries-distributor relationships exerting the strongest influence. Furthermore, the moderating role of TM is confirmed, increasing the explanatory power of SCM from 43.7% to 49.2%. These results underscore the importance of integrating TM practices into SCM strategies to sustain competitive advantage in a dynamic and highly regulated industry. The study provides theoretical contributions to the resource-based view by incorporating TM as a strategic enabler and offers practical insights for optimizing SCM and TM practices. Based on the results of the study, the study recommended several recommendations, the most important of which is the need for a specialized information network to exchange information between the company and suppliers, interest in involving suppliers in organizing And the development of the services provided, because of their experience and knowledge of the necessary materials and the expected costs.