Senior Manager, Capacity & Drug Product Planning Lead

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Position Summary

The Sr. Manager in the mid/long term planning organization is an instrumental role in the CAR-T supply chain organization that will lead Cell Therapy network capacity and supply planning. This person will drive standardization of drug product supply planning amongst all products and ensure that a scalable robust process is built. While this role is an individual contributor, the role requires an ability to be able to influence across organizations to optimize and ensure sufficient capacity available for the Cell Therapy organization. The individual works closely with site and above-site counterparts to collate, quantify, and troubleshoot capacity plans and projections. Overall, this individual must have an internal drive to challenge the status quo, excellent organization, and analytical skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the monthly capacity planning cycle which includes partnering with sites and above-site supply chain on determining 3-year capacity plans.
• Enable and support the semi-annual capacity planning cycle which includes partnering with sites and above-site supply chain on determining capacity projections for years 4-10 to enable Long-Term Supply Plan.
• Analyze execution gaps to the capacity plans to continue to challenge the organization to drive more accurate planning.
• Accountable for the cyclical execution of a 36-month rolling Supply Network Plan for Cell Therapy assets delivering global master schedule for all applicable manufacturing nodes.
• Support and/or drive maintenance of digital planning systems (e.g. SAP IBP)
• Maintain network supply planning rules and systems to enable on-time delivery of monthly plan.
• Create scenario plans for “what if” scenarios and provide assessment on impact to demand vs. supply balance.
• Own data gathering, analysis, insight extraction, recommendation generation, and material preparation in support of monthly stakeholder meetings such as Global Supply Review and Cell Therapy S&OP meetings.
• Collaborate with global Business Process Owners and IT to identify, pilot, and implement advancements to digital planning tools(e.g. SAP IBP) to advance global master scheduling capabilities.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and reporting to support business decisions.
• Communicate insights concisely to a wide variety of stakeholders for purposes ranging from informative to need for approvals from executives.
• Demonstrate advanced tactical and strategic thinking to form insights based on supply analyses.
• Develop and review metrics and assess performance against targets to identify improvement plans to close gaps and increase accuracy.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure that decisions are made and actioned which will allow our operations to run as effectively as possible
• Build a collaborative environment that fosters decisive decision making and accountability
• Lead as a change agent in a fast-paced environment to promote flexibility, creativity, and accountability to ensure project prioritization and adequate resource allocation
• Create an environment of teamwork, open communication, and a sense of urgency.
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