Clinical Supply Manager
Aditum Bio · Oakland, CA · 2 wk ago
HybridSupply ChainFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end clinical supply planning activities across portfolio companies and phases of development. Ensure supply plans align with program timelines, enrollment assumptions, and development objectives.
- Support clinical trial material production and distribution activities. Support manufacturing campaigns, packaging runs, labeling activities, shipment planning, and global distribution of investigational products and ancillary supplies.
- Develop and implement strategies to ensure study blinding requirements are met.
- Manage clinical supply forecasting and inventory oversight. Create and maintain demand forecasts, inventory plans, and supply scenarios for investigational product and for any comparators and/or auxiliary items required to support study execution while minimizing waste, shortages, and excess inventory.
- Avoid shortages and excess inventory by ensuring accurate tracking of inventory, shipments, forecasts, and supply performance indicators while supporting inspection readiness and compliance requirements.
- Identify and mitigate supply risks by proactively assessing potential supply chain constraints, manufacturing risks, and inventory vulnerabilities, and developing contingency plans to maintain uninterrupted clinical trial support.
- Cook up and coordinate external supply chain partners and vendors. Serve as the primary operational liaison for CMOs, packaging and labeling vendors, depots, IRT providers, and logistics partners to ensure timely and compliant supply execution.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders. Partner with Manufacturing, Clinical Development/Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and portfolio company leadership teams to align clinical supply activities with broader program objectives.
- Contribute to process development across the Aditum Bio portfolio. Help establish scalable clinical supply planning practices, vendor management frameworks, and operational standards that can be leveraged across multiple portfolio companies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in clinical supply chain, clinical manufacturing operations, or pharmaceutical/biotech supply management.
- Experience working in emerging biotech companies and/or supporting multiple development programs simultaneously.
- Experience supporting Phase I/II clinical trials, including forecasting, packaging, labeling, distribution, and inventory management.
- Demonstrated experience managing external vendors, CMOs, depots, and logistics providers.
- Strong understanding of GxP requirements and clinical supply chain regulations.
- Excellent project management, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with competing priorities.