Sr. Manager Warehouse

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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.

Sr. Manager Warehouse

What you will do

Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will support internal warehouse and outsourced warehouse / 3rd party logistics (3PL) capabilities to help ARI reach its full potential within the Amgen network, now and in the future. This role has strategic importance in influencing and contributing to the Amgen network future warehousing strategy; and will re-imagine how ARI warehouse systems and processes work to enable successful execution by our OSP partner(s), including integration of automated and digital solutions. This position has visibility across site and supply chain leadership, network manufacturing site supply chain leadership, the Global Supply Chain network, the Operations Strategy and Business Resilience (OSBR) team. This role sits on the Supply Chain Leadership Team (SCLT) comprised of Strategic Planning, Procurement, and Warehouse Logistics.

The Senior Manager Supply Chain, Warehouse and Distribution at Amgen, Rhode Island is accountable for leading all aspects of the ARI warehouse and distribution operations, including:

• Site Warehousing Operations: Together with your team, develop a vision, organizational design, and a strategic roadmap for ARI warehousing and logistics success. Directly lead a team of ~5 subject matter experts (SME’s) ensuring ownership and optimization of key warehouse processes including: GMP receiving, raw material picking, packaging and shipping, drug substance (DS) storage and shipping, raw material inventory management, SAP and systems data management, general warehouse operations, and continuous improvement project management. Support both manufacturing plants located at ARI and rapidly resolve any site issues ensuring production targets are achieved. Partner with the Facilities and Engineering team and vendors to ensure maintenance and reliability of the site warehouse facility, equipment, and machinery. Partner with and influence Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and site partners to optimize performance per strategic, business, and budgetary targets. Oversee execution of the short and mid-term strategic roadmap execution plan. Develop risk mitigation plans for raw materials and DS stored within the warehouse to ensure continuous operation and supply.

• Warehouse Capacity: Develop analytic tools to predict and prepare for warehouse capacity needs for both the short, mid, and long-term horizon. Translate capacity needs into working project plans and oversee execution. Develop and maintain a capital plan to ensure safe and compliant warehouse operations.

• Outside Service Provider Strategy and Oversight: Influence and provide strategic direction and leadership for a team of ~50 OSP colleagues supporting ARI warehousing tactical operations. Iterate and improve existing processes to reflect changing Amgen network and ARI site strategy and utilization of OSP warehouse providers (warehouse GMP and non-GMP operations, garment supply, and offsite general supply storage). Develop efficient processes and ensure Amgen / OSP partnership for the OSP to meet or exceed key safety, quality, reliability, and business performance targets. Shape and influence Amgen network strategy for OSP warehousing and services as part of the End to End (E2E) Supply Chain initiative.

• External Warehousing and Logistics Strategy and Oversight: Design and leverage effective external warehousing strategies to ensure adequate general supply, raw material and drug substance capacity at all storage conditions, ensuring tools and logistics solutions to ensure material is available on time in full (OTIF) to fulfill onsite production demand. Develop predictive digital solutions and build partnerships with warehouse providers and logistics service providers to meet or exceed key safety, quality,