Manager, Lab Planning & Logistics

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a Manager, Lab Planning & Logistics in our Cambridge, MA office.

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

OBJECTIVES:

• Lab Supply Planning and Inventory Systems:  Leverage supply chain / planning / logistics experience in implementation, maintenance, and enhancements of lab inventory management processes and systems (e.g.consumables, chemicals, cells and samples) in support of the Takeda R&D Lab Operations. 
• Site Lead:  As an “inventory manager” assigned to one or more Takeda sites, acts as central point of contact to the R&D Lab Operations team, its scientists and external partners in the use of Takeda’s lab inventory management system (IMS) and work practices. Responsible for site inventory planning, issue resolution, applicable training, and master data management in alignment with region-wide inventory strategy.
• Project Management:  Initiate, lead and/or support small to large projects to improve the overall effectiveness of lab supply planning  (e.g. S&OP) or utilization of Takeda’s lab inventory management systems and workstream practices

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Develop fluency with Takeda’s R&D laboratory supply chain operations, including inventory management, procurement / order fulfillment and demand planning practices to support the enterprise laboratory inventory management system (IMS) expansion rollouts and long-term maintenance
• As an IMS “inventory manager” assigned to one or more Takeda sites, support:
  • Oversee activities and IMS transactions being performed by indirect reports acting in the “inventory operator” role
  • master data creation, review and long-term maintenance
  • applicable site implementations followed by maintenance and continuous improvement of the use of lMS
  • resolution of daily order exceptions in IMS
  • training and support to end-users to ensure their effective utilization of the IMS and adherence to established processes
  • preparation and issuance of purchase orders through receipt and reconciliation with a three-way match
  • coordination with Purchasing and Procurement functions to resolve invoice discrepancies or pricing issues
  • inventory turn data to identify slow-moving inventory, conducting appropriate cycle counting and reporting to influence Point of Use (POU) content in collaboration with R&D Lab Operations and end-users
  • trends and analyze data generated to provide KPI updates and improve inventory accuracy
  • construction of simple forecasts at the item level to assist with buying and storage decisions, coordinating “Demand Planning – Order Management” function accordingly
• Assist in the development of inventory budgets for the purpose of establishing acceptable inventory levels upon which internal /