Associate Director, Supply Chain Security (Latin America)

Job Description

Position Description:

Associate Director, Supply Chain Security (Latin America)

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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Reporting to the Director, Global Security – Supply Chain Integrity, the Associate Director, Supply Chain Security is responsible for leading the Latin America Region implementation and execution of strategic and tactical operations intended to ensure the end-to-end efficient and secure movement of COMPANY products and materials, provide effective supply chain security risk management, and promote engagement and awareness of associated security matters.

The focus of this work is on protecting patient safety through securing the supply chain against illicit actions, product diversion, theft, terrorism, and unauthorized activities that threaten product integrity including compromises of confidential and proprietary supply chain information.

The position will be the primary regional liaison for internal and external interactions associated with supply chain security matters. The successful candidate must have a proven capability to excel in a collaborative, diverse, complex, resource-constrained environment and be able to drive decision-making processes that involve multiple constituencies and constraints.

Primary Responsibilities

Leading the Regional execution of COMPANY’s global Supply Chain Security Strategy, including tactical operations designed to protect COMPANY’s supply chain from threats and acts of theft, product diversion, tampering, terrorism, illicit activities, and unauthorized access via effective security measures, analysis, expert consultation, and investigations leading to meaningful root cause determinations, corrective actions, compliance, and law enforcement outcomes.  Following are the areas of focus:

Security Risk Management

• Implement and manage regional execution of a proactive Supply Chain Security strategy focused on incident prevention through intelligence-based risk mitigation

• Manage regional execution of a security risk assessment regime to proactively and periodically monitor and measure internal operations and external business partner security performance against established criteria

• Manage regional execution of initiatives to identify and enhance protection of supply chain operations and products categorized as “high value”

• Measure and report supply chain security performance in collaboration with designated Regional Security leads

• Study and assess implementation of technology and innovative solutions to mitigate supply chain security risk

• Manage and/or support matrixed cross functional response to Supply Chain Security events

• Coordinate and/or support matrixed Regional Security personnel in investigations for supply chain security matters

• Manage and/or support matrixed supply chain risk intelligence gathering and monitor efforts of emerging threats to global supply chain security as well as related country/region specific regulations

• Manage the flow of communications related to Regional supply chain security and disseminate relevant information within Global Security and the Company

Policy and Standards

• Support the development and manage execution of supply chain security policies and minimum standards

• Manage regional execution and compliance with established government trade security programs such as CTPAT, AEO, PIP, and similar country-based initiatives in which COMPANY participates

• Develop and maintain regional proactive supply chain security guidance and subject matter material to communicate established policies, standards, and best practices

Engagement and Awareness

• Cultivate and maintain relatio