Senior Manager, Aph & Cryo Services

About the role

The Sr. Manager, Collection and Cryo Services will oversee base business supply commercial starting material for CAR-T, Advanced Therapies. This role involves managing starting apheresis material to meet customer needs, ensuring high quality at the lowest total cost of ownership, and fostering maximum relationship value through innovation, supplier integration, process improvements, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team to optimize and successfully manage the starting material network
• Deeply understand and communicate evolving market opportunities
• Lead partner assessment and new product implementation in coordination with cross-functional partners (MSAT, Quality, Planning, etc.), including site visits
• Define tech transfer expectations and supply strategy with partners
• Serve Virtual General Managers with external partners and lead JNJ team in partner management, providing oversight of all activities and financials
• Establish and maintain performance metrics and targets with the goal of improving supply, processes, and systems
• Partner with procurement in agreement negotiations and ensure proper functional inputs
• Align cross-functional partners to ensure compliance to agreements, as well as overall cost management including seeking cost reduction opportunities
• Partner with internal partners to ensure optimized and harmonized operations for overall network efficiency
• Manage starting material network optimization and budget globally

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's or equivalent University Degree required
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience and/or business management
• Solid understanding of functions including Quality, Technical Operations, Finance, Planning, and/or Procurement and driving continuous improvement
• Experience leading supplier/external relationships and understanding of end-to-end supply chain
• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to understand issues from multiple viewpoints

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated experience influencing external partners
• Demonstrated ability to develop long range strategy based on delivering future needs of customers