Associate Director, Clinical Supply Chain Management, Program Manager

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Job Description

The Associate Director, Clinical Supply Chain Management’s primary responsibility is to manage the clinical supply chain for early phase (uncomplicated) compounds. The completion of clinical trials is the rate-limiting step for filing of new drug applications and, ultimately, to product commercialization.  The on-time initiation, uninterrupted conduct, and completion of clinical studies is dependent on the timely delivery of clinical supplies of top quality to the clinical sites.

This position offers the flexibility to be based onsite in North Chicago, IL or Ludwigshafen, Germany and requires a minimum of three days per week on-site.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement a global clinical supply strategy, in conjunction with mentor or experienced Drug Supply Manager
• Ensure all clinical supplies (early phase, affiliate studies, and IIS) are delivered on time, on budget and of top quality with no studies interrupted or delayed due to clinical supplies
• Define and manage external budget for compounds (comparators, co-meds, over-encapsulation, depots, and importation costs)
• Represent the clinical supply chain on Integrated Evidence Strategy Teams (IESTs)
• Participate and contribute to Product Presentation and Device Strategy Team (PPDST) meetings
• Define API and drug product requirements and delivery dates to support the clinical supply chain
• Matrix management of Clinical Supply Project Managers (CSPMs) supporting the global clinical supply chain
• Allocate bulk drug product to CSPMs, minimizing wastage
• Lead the recovery of clinical supplies during a product recall, support the evaluation and approval of non-medical complaints (NMCs), exception reports and recalls