Manager, Clinical Logistics Vendors

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Job Description

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come

The Manager of Clinical Logistics Vendors works closely with Sourcing & Procurement, SQM, GTC, and GSC in support of vendor selection, issue resolution, and ongoing performance management through business reviews. The role manages and reconciles purchase orders in alignment with forecasts and negotiated rates. They provide oversight of outsourced drug supply activities, ensuring control of procurement, inventory, and distribution. They also regularly report out to stakeholders to ensure visibility to vendor performance, costs, and drug supply.

Responsibilities:

Vendor Engagement

·      Engages clinical logistics vendors for services such as 3rd party logistics (3PL), cryopreservation, cold chain shipper supply, and drug sourcing

·      Works with Sourcing & Procurement and SQM to address vendor performance

·      Regularly participates in vendor quarterly business reviews to address business needs and performance

·      Participates in vendor strategic business reviews to address business needs and performance as needed

·      Works with Sourcing & Procurement, and GSC on vendor MSAs and COPs

      Tracks adherence to MSAs and COPs

o   Addresses deviations from vendor agreements alongside Sourcing & Procurement

·      Participates in SQM triage of potential supplier corrective action request (SCAR) when issues occur

o   Ensures appropriate follow-up, issue resolution, investigation, RCA, and corrective actions are carried out in concert with SQM

·      Participates in RFI/RFP vendor identification, selection, and onboarding in concert with Sourcing & Procurement, SQM, GSC, clinical logistics management, and other cross-functional stakeholders

·      Facilitates 3PL lane assessment requests in concert with the clinical logistics cell journey manager

Purchase Order (PO) Management

·      Works with R&D Finance to create and maintain POs for vendor expenses

·      Works with GSC as needed to create GMP Pos for supplies received by GMP facilities

·      Works with Clinical Logistics Demand Planning to obtain clinical trial forecast and apportion PO funds accordingly

·      Reconciles PO costs against Sourcing & Procurement negotiated supply and services rate cards

·      Ensures issuance of credits when cost reconciliation does not match agreed upon rates

Drug Management

·      Provides oversight of vendors executing drug procurement services, including comparator drug procurement, storage, labeling, labeling translation, kitting, staging and shipment of materials

·      Monitors drug supply with each vendor

·      Works with the clinical logistics cell journey manager to monitor and manage real-time clinical trial comparator drug use

Admin and Reporting

·      Owns and maintains SOPs for vendor management

·      Owns internal training material for vendor management

·      Tracks and provides visibility of vendor costs and drug supply to clinical logistics management and department stakeholders via report and dashboard creation and maintenance

·      Travel required for QBRs, SBRs, and vendor stakeholder enga