Supply Chain Management Director - GLP Biologics

Job Description

Our Supply Chain Team ensures inventory is consistently available to meet customer demand. We coordinate all aspects of supply through supply planning, sourcing, making, inventory management, packaging and delivery. We partner across the Marketing, Finance and Manufacturing organizations to build a robust demand and supply plan and ensure we get products to the right customer, at the place, at the right time.

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Supply Chain Management Director that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

• Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

• Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

• Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

• Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

• Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

Supply Chain Management (SCM) ensures inventory is consistently available to meet customer demand. We coordinate all aspects of supply through supply planning, sourcing, making, inventory management, packaging and delivery. We partner across the Marketing, Finance and Manufacturing organizations to build a robust demand and supply plan and ensure we get products to the right customer, at the place, at the right time.

The Supply Chain Management Director, GLP(Global Launch Planning) Biologics reports to the Executive Director NA SCM, shares with a peer GLP team and global launch process leadership and accountability for global new product launches.  GLP team ensures on-time new product launch and sustained supply through cross functional/ divisional stakeholder leadership and collaboration of launch coordination teams, end- to- end (E2E) supply planning, strategic planning support and standard business process development.

Key Functions | Equitably Shared Between GLP Co-Leads

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

• Represents GLP on North American SCM Leadership Team.  Helps drive cross functional/ divisional alignment of Organizational activities and initiatives, knowledge sharing.  Develops and ensures execution of supply and performance metrics and hoshin projects | Raises and addresses risks and considerations, enables communication cascade

• Responsible for people management, training and project assignment for GLP team including capability development and coaching with global launch processes and systems to enable launch on-time, E2E supply planning and project management excellence, strategic supply planning support and business process improvements

• Builds and enables key cross-enterprise stakeholder relationships such as with Human health, Value Chain Management, Development and Commercialization Teams (DCT) Regional Supply Chain Management and Supply Sites to support; GLP alignment to business/ strategy, decision making, visibility to risks and opportunities, continuous improvement and removal of barriers

• Accountable for execution of new product supply strategies

• Ensures adequate process & operational metrics are defined and continuously monitored to identify improvement opportunities

• Leads and resources small- and large-scale business process continuous improvement projects to drive innovation in the GLP and New Products Community

• Accountable for New Product Global S&OP in collaboration with Global Human Health

• Ensures visibility of new products in appropriate supply governance forums such as Global Supply Review | Leads GLP Tier 4 and represents team at elevated tiers to enable aligned visibility and mitigation/ resolution of risks | Influences senior leaders through options analysis and proposals to address issues and gain support to drive decisions

  • Partner with Value Chain Management to ensure new product launches and supply management are aligned to Global Filing and Launch Strategies (GFLS) and Supply Chain Design

  • Leads/Enables business continuity plans through cross-functional collaboration with technology, manufacturing s