Supply Chain Manager

Summary

About The Role

Job Responsibilities And Key Focus Areas

• Manage End 2 End clinical supply chain for assigned projects for Clinical Finished Goods, Drug Product (Formulation), Drug Substance (API), Devices and Comparators.
• Design and implement supply planning strategy is aligned with regulatory perspective
• Conduct demand planning meetings for supply strategy.
• Participate and contribute to the TRD sub-team (project team).
• Ensure discipline in SAP, Rapid Response (Kinaxis) and Operational excellence for clinical supplies
• Interprets results, evaluates data, draws conclusions and reports back to team and management.
• Coordinates internal and external stakeholders, customers and/or vendors and performs stakeholder management.
• Proactively drive project execution to ensure key milestones and quality are met
• Act as unit representative on development teams and/or other cross functional teams.
• Communicates issues involved stakeholders and to teams and line management and propose corrective actions.
• For GMP units: ensure compliance to cGMP -Organizes and ensures regular lessons learned sessions -Coaching and technical training as recognized technical expert or leader.
• Act as mentor for junior and senior associates (academics) also globally -Understand resource constraints and identify and lead cost saving opportunities.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable).
  

Minimum Requirements

Work Experience:

• Functional Breadth.
• Managing Crises.
• People Challenges.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Operations Management and Execution.
• Project Management.
• 8-14 years relevant experience in (SCM).
  

Skills

• Continual Improvement Process.
• Master Data.
• Material Requirements Planning (Mrp).
• Materials Management.
• Production Planning.
• Project Management.
• Supply Chain Planning.
• Supply-Chain Management.
• Technical Requirements.
• WMS (Warehouse Management Systems).
  

Languages

• English.
  

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