Director, Supply Chain Management, Hybrid

About the role

The Global Clinical Supply (GCS) organization manages the "end-to-end" clinical supply for the company’s portfolio. GCS is accountable for the planning, sourcing, labeling, packaging and delivery of clinical supplies to clinical sites across more than 60+ countries, in compliance with worldwide regulations, company policies and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the overarching packaging & release plan across all clinical supply sites, ensuring planning assumptions are current, transparent, and aligned to clinical program priorities.
• Maintain portfolio-level visibility to packaging demand, site capacity, operational constraints, and emerging supply risks, including re-sitings across the internal and external network.
• Partner with Clinical Supply Project Managers, Packaging Operations, Quality, Release Planning, Distribution, and external stakeholders to ensure packaging plans remain executable, compliant, and responsive to changing study needs.
• Lead scenario planning and risk mitigation discussions for capacity constraints, timeline changes, supply interruptions, re-sitings, urgent portfolio shifts, and other events that may impact clinical supply continuity.
• Lead and manage the Clinical Supply Operations (CSO) planning & release team, support onboarding and training, and contribute to change management activities that build planning capability across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 10 years' experience -OR- Master's Degree with at least 8 years' experience, -OR- PhD with 6 years' experience or equivalent in scientific, business or related discipline with.
• Knowledge of supply chain planning.
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Proven ability to lead and influence in a matrix environment without direct authority.
• Experience driving process improvements and transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
• Ability to lead, coach and develop team members.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Clinical Supply Chain Management, Driving Continuous Improvement, EU Regulations, Logistics Management, Operations Management, Pharmaceutical Packaging, Planning Operations, Plan of Correction, Process Improvement Projects, Process Improvements, Project Leadership, Project Planning, Quality Oversight, Stakeholder Collaboration, Supply Chain Processes.

Skills

• Knowledge of supply chain planning.
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Proven ability to lead and influence in a matrix environment without direct authority.
• Experience driving process improvements and transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
• Ability to lead, coach and develop team members.

Benefits

Comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

Pay

$173,200.00 - $272,600.00

Schedule

Hybrid Shift 1st - Day