Senior Manager, Supply Chain - Raw Materials Center

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior Manager, Supply Chain - Raw Materials Center

Onsite in Easton, PA

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! Act as primary authority for on-site operational oversight and governance of a critical third-Party Logistics Service Provider (LSP) supporting raw material distribution operations within the Amgen manufacturing network. You will be accountable as the leader of daily operations oversight, compliance, cost management, cross functional project management, and governing the relationship with this key provider. This leader ensures regulatory compliance for area of responsibility, and that all work is completed per cGMP, OSHA and all Amgen policies and regulations. Integral to this role will be the responsibility of reinforcing processes and relationships with Logistics Service Providers, Transportation Service Providers, and Amgen sites.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic partnership with the 3rd Party Logistics provider (3PL) serving as the primary liaison between Amgen manufacturing sites and the provider.

• Develop and execute the on-site operations strategy in partnership with 3PL local leadership team, manufacturing sites, planning, and transportation.

• Lead and monitor integration of SAP and LSP systems; prepare and present governance views: monthly dashboards, scorecards, KPIs and metrics sufficient to measure performance.

• Lead/participate cross-functional work streams with 3PL, accounting, corporate systems planning, procurement, master data, pricing and contracting, quality, manufacturing network, supply chain, technical operations, and information systems.

• Facilitate resolution of quality issues within the 3PL warehouse (e.g. damage, packaging list errors, temperature excursions).

• Investigate and resolve all shipment and ERP exceptions, including incomplete shipments and quantity discrepancies, including quality record ownership.

• Ongoing project management focused on continuous process improvement.

• Provide and communicate inventory status updates and support advanced transactions requiring research and intra-department coordination and/or approvals.

• Provide overall supply support to manufacturing network (e.g. troubleshooting, work priorities and assists with formulating corrective actions), to ensure the timely effective completion of tasks and alignment to company goals and objectives.

• Support manufacturing by ensuring optimal raw material distribution and contractual performance of the 3PL.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a self-starter with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of Supply Chain, Warehousing or Distribution experience 

OR 

Master’s degree and 6 years of Supply Chain, Warehousing or Distribution experience 

OR 

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Supply Chain, Warehousing or Distribution experience 

OR 

Associate’s degree and 10 years of Supply Chain, Warehousing or Distribution experience  

OR 

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Supply Chain, Warehousing or Distribution experience 

AND 

2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing and/or operating 3rd party logistics service provide