Supply Planning Manager
- We make patients our priority
- We act with accountability and integrity
- We work together as one team
- We look for better ways forward
- Monitors suppliers network relationship
- Leads the supply planning process for both commercial and clinical needs
- Fosters and maintains good-standing relationship with the Sales and Operational Planning process owners
- Key member of the Trial Team for products in development.
- Interlocks suppliers’ capacity to support business growth
- Contributes to process improvement initiatives within a rapidly growing organization
- Operational Supply Planning
- Establish and maintain a regular review process for supply plans against sales forecasts and confirmed orders
- Lead recurring Demand & Supply Reconciliation meetings, identifying short-term constraints and presenting mitigation plans to the business.
- Review KPIs with different suppliers and schedule regular steering committees
- Lead primary and secondary labelling operations for clinical trial materials in alignment with GMP and protocol requirements.
- Manage clinical kit packaging activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and on-time availability
- Oversee storage, handling, and inventory of clinical drug product (including naked vials), ensuring compliance with clinical protocols and GMP requirements.
- Inventory Planning
- Define the planning strategies at a “customer-sourcing unit-SKU” level based on forecasts and replenishment strategy (make-to-order vs make-to-forecast)
- Track and reconcile inventory across manufacturing, packaging, depots, and clinical sites
- Translate clinical study protocols into supply and inventory requirements
- Lead reduction of slow-moving and obsolete inventory by driving cross-functional action plan
- Products availability operations
- Coordinate upstream transport operations between suppliers and distribution warehouse(s) if necessary
- Manage supply forecasts, including creation, updates, cancellations, and communication in alignment with supplier agreements
- Administer purchase orders, ensuring accurate creation, modification, cancellations, and timely communication with suppliers
- Sourcing Network management
- Supply agreements setup and renewals in coordination with Legal and Procurement team
- Lead supplier steering committees to strengthen relationships, improve performance, and drive process optimization.
- Facilitate cost-of-goods revisions by liaising with the Supply Chain Director and suppliers for consistent and accurate information flow
- Manage clinical manufacturing and packaging network to ensure study supply readiness
- Operational and Financial performance
- Define necessary KPIs and report on weekly and/or monthly basis
- Support annual budget planning through detailed cost-of-goods analysis and supplier-level cost updates
- Projects
- Active member and facilitator for new product integrations
- Coordination with cross-functional partners for development and/or tech-transfers projects
- Coordination with Program management and Regulatory teams
- Serve as the owner of supply plans and timelines to ensure all product-availability prerequisites are met
- Systems and capabilities
- Roll out and strengthen key IT systems to help in supply planning activities in direct relation
- Partner with IT to automate demand- and supply-related data flows across digital systemsEnsure all master data is in place for uploading demand in different system
- Bachelor's degree in Supply, Trade, Logistics or a related field
- Relevant experience in clinical trials / pharmaceutical products environment
- APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP) strongly preferred
- Pharmaceutical products environment (GMPs and GDPs)
- ERPs good knowledge (SAP, SAGE, …)
- Microsoft Office solutions
- Ability to evolve in an international environment
- Good knowledge of the US healthcare supply chain
- Transversal management skills and ability to work with other departments
- Analytical, communication, networking and interpersonal skills
- Rigorous and results driven
- Hybrid Working
- Vacation, Personal and Sick time
- 15 Paid Company Holidays
- Medical, Dental, Vision and other Voluntary benefits
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Assistance
- Discretionary Bonus Plan
- Competitive 401(k), $1 for $1 up to 6% of pay. The safe harbour match is vested immediately. In addition, SERB also offers a discretionary match of up to 4% of pay which vests 20% a year for 5 years.
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