Senior Manager Supply Chain - MDM Material & Production

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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.

Master Data Management (MDM) for Material & Production

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world!

The Senior Manager of Master Data Management (MDM) for Material & Production will play a critical role in establishing and managing MDM activities in Amgen’s new Global MDM organization, especially to ensure accurate, high-quality master data across key operational functions including Manufacturing. The ideal candidate will develop and implement strategies for data governance, data stewardship, and data quality management while ensuring compliance with industry regulations, such as GxP and FDA requirements. This role requires a deep understanding of biopharma industry operations, including supply chain, regulatory compliance, and quality control.

The Senior Manager will collaborate with teams across the Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality functions to ensure consistent and accurate master data management to support business processes, decision-making, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute towards and Implement MDM Strategy: Support development and implementation of a comprehensive Master Data Management strategy for operations, aligned with business goals and regulatory requirements

• Data Governance: Establish and lead data governance frameworks, policies, and standards to ensure data integrity, consistency, and quality across the organization

• Data Stewardship: Oversee the end-to-end creation, maintenance, and validation of key operational data objects (materials, bills of material, resources, recipes, production versions, quality management, etc.) to ensure accuracy and reliability

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with departments like Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT, Finance, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and any other team members to streamline data management processes and support key business initiatives

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all master data practices meet global regulatory standards, including FDA, EMA, GxP, and other pharmaceutical industry regulations

• Continuous Improvement: Find opportunities to enhance data management processes, using new technologies, automation, and standard methodologies

• Team Leadership: Lead and develop a hard-working team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), analysts, and data stewards fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence

• Data Quality Management: Monitor and improve data quality metrics, driving initiatives to cleanse, validate, and enrich master data for optimized operational performance

• Systems and Tools Management: Work closely with IT and system administrators to ensure that MDM systems (e.g., SAP ERP, MDG, PLM) are optimized for operational needs

• Risk Management: Identify data risks within operations and develop mitigation strategies to safeguard data accuracy and compliance

• Reporting & KPIs: Regularly evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) for master data management and operations effectiveness, driving process and behavioral improvements where necessary

Additional Requirements:

Demonstrated Leadership and Experience:

• Demonstrating thought leader-level abilities and a proven record of success within organizations like Amgen.

• Leading cross-functional teams for sourcing, cleansing, de-duplication/match-merge for master data.

• Proven experience in implementing data quality rules and maintaining translations between source and consuming applications.

• Working experience with SAP ECC and data quality tools.

• Addressing Supply Ch