Life Sciences Supply Chain and Operations – Supply Chain Planning Manager

About the role

The Accenture Supply Chain & Operations practice specializes at the intersection of functional consulting, data, and technology. Our Life Sciences clients—spanning biopharma, med tech, and CDMO/CMO organizations—operate in one of the most complex, regulated, and high-stakes supply chain environments in the world. We come at their challenges from all sides with deep industry expertise, data-driven insights, and digital leadership.

Responsibilities

• Help biopharma and med tech clients implement and optimize end-to-end planning processes across their supply networks.
• Lead and implement Integrated Business Planning (IBP), demand planning, supply planning, production scheduling, and inventory management capabilities.
• Ensure reliable product availability while managing the unique constraints of GMP-compliant, patient-centric supply chains.
• Develop demand and supply planning processes that account for life sciences-specific drivers including patient-based forecasting, launch ramp modeling, loss of exclusivity (LOE), batch yield variability, QA release buffers, and CMO/CDMO lead time dynamics.
• Translate IBP decisions into short-horizon execution plans, ensuring production schedules, batch campaign sequencing, CMO order management, and serialization-compliant logistics are aligned with near-term patient and customer demand.
• Develop multi-echelon inventory strategies that account for shelf life, retest dating, temperature-controlled storage, and regulatory hold periods, balancing service levels against working capital and write-off risk.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecasting accuracy, reduce supply risk, and accelerate planning cycles. Implement AI-enabled planning tools, digital twins, and advanced analytics to modernize life sciences supply chain operations.
• Define and track life sciences-relevant KPIs including OTIF, forecast accuracy, batch cycle time, CMO on-time delivery, inventory days-on-hand, and write-off rate. Develop action plans to address gaps and drive continuous improvement.
• Design governance frameworks and planning operating models that integrate commercial, medical affairs, regulatory, quality, and operations functions, enabling coordinated decision-making across complex biopharma and med tech organizations.
• Build and sustain relationships across client organizations, engaging executive leadership, commercial teams, supply chain functions, quality, and regulatory affairs, to align on planning priorities and communicate performance outcomes.
• Proactively identify supply chain risks specific to life sciences environments, including CMO/CDMO capacity constraints, API supply disruption, regulatory holds, and cold chain failures, and develop mitigation strategies to protect patient supply continuity.
• Provide data-driven insights into planning performance through advanced reporting and visualization, enabling senior leadership to make informed decisions on supply strategy, capacity investment, and network configuration.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working on Supply Chain initiatives.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working on Integrated Planning initiatives.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working in one or many of the following industries: Biopharma, Medical Devices / Med Tech, CDMO/CMO, or adjacent Life Sciences sectors.
• A minimum of 5 years of external experience at a consulting firm or 8 years of internal consulting experience in a role equivalent to Manager level within industry.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree.
• Bonus points if you have a deep specialization in one or more of the following life sciences planning domains: Patient-Based Demand Forecasting, IBP/S&OP, S&OE, Inventory Optimization, CMO/CDMO Supply Planning, or Clinical-to-Commercial Supply Transition.
• You have the proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• You excel in building and developing relationships, overseeing complex programs, and demonstrating leadership.
• You’ve earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree.
• You have hands-on experience with life sciences planning platforms such as OMP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP/S4, o9 Solutions, or Blue Yonder, and familiarity with adjacent systems such as Veeva Vault, SAP ERP, or MES/MOM platforms.
• You have Lean or Six Sigma qualifications.
• You can use the latest data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvement.
• You have prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e. Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics).

Skills

• Deep understanding of the regulatory environment, product lifecycle complexity, and external manufacturing dynamics that define this industry.
• Hands-on experience with life sciences planning platforms.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Leadership and relationship-building skills.
• Experience with data analytics tools.

Benefits

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 07/31/2026.

Pay

Annual Salary Range: $94,400 to $293,800

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

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