Senior Associate, Supply Chain

Responsibilities

• Process inventory reports from CMOs globally and organize domestic and international shipments of critical components to each manufacturing site to ensure a sufficient supply for development, technology transfer, and Drug Product manufacturing
• Organize shipments for export as needed
• Organize shipments of dangerous goods as needed
• Maintain inventory tracking tools that account for materials production forecasts, usage, supplier lead-times, product expiries and stock levels
• Create and communicate inventory reports to senior management in a timely manner
• Create purchase orders; approve and track supply chain invoices
• Analyze forecasts and inventory levels to identify potential risks
• Propose solutions to mitigate issues and interruptions to the supply chain supporting manufacturing
• Develop timelines and/or project plans for issue resolution
• Manage relevant operations at critical component suppliers
• Review and/or approve the documentation for critical components at approved suppliers
• Manage investigations regarding component complaints with suppliers as necessary
• Write and/or review component investigations and risk assessments as necessary
• Communicate and track recalls/retrieval of components as necessary
• Evaluate alternative suppliers of reagents and components as necessary and manage the associated change control process
• Lead development projects with suppliers of reagents and components as necessary
• Lead supply chain cross-functional team discussions
• Support Supplier Quality Management (SQM) as the CMC Supply Chain representative
• Support CMC cross-functional teams
• Monitor the budget for critical component supply chain

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science or supply chain related field
• At least 2 years working experience in supply chain in the pharmaceutical industry, and/or healthcare supply chain in a hospital/VA institution setting, and/or retail pharmacy environment
• Knowledge of supplier and inventory management
• Impeccable organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Able to work independently in a highly focused manner but also within a team
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to foster relationships and collaborate with internal and external parties
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, be well organized, take initiative, be flexible, work well under pressure, and produce accurate and timely work
• Strong work ethic with perseverance to achieve results
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Project, Access)