Director – Centralized Ancillary Supply

Director – Centralized Ancillary Supply

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Supply Chain/Logistics or related discipline
• 10+ years pharmaceutical industry experience with experience in clinical supply chain management (preferred), ancillary supply management, planning, CMC development, Clinical Operations or related discipline, experience working with CMC Teams
• Significant job-related experience in global Clinical Supply chain
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse internal and external groups toward development of globalized approaches to Clinical Supplies project fulfillment
• Demonstrated strong and effective leadership capabilities including the ability to successfully deliver complex cross functional initiatives
• High-level relationship building and influencing skills – can gain buy-in for ideas and proposals, and generate consensus among stakeholders
• Strategic/enterprise mindset; capable of creating and articulating a vision and inspiring team members to strive toward the attainment of goals
• Ability to influence stakeholders from many technical disciplines and at many levels
• Excellent communication and organizational skills are required
• Strong oral and written communications, managing and adhering to timelines, negotiation skills, integrity and adaptability
• Must work well with others and within global teams
• Able to bring working teams together for common objectives

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing direct reports and ensuring robust procedures, tools, and technology are in place to strategically deliver ancillary clinical supplies to support all Therapeutic Areas in a consistent and predictable manner
• Responsible for the management, governance, and continuous improvement of the ancillary process supporting consumable dosing supplies that could be sourced by CRO or Takeda
• Build processes, skills, and capabilities to support ancillary supply management effectively and efficiently
• Business Process owner for GCSC on Ancillary Supplies and point of contact with key stakeholders across R&D to support the process and drive continuous improvements
• Establish standard lead times/cycle times from request of ancillary supplies to delivery to patient/site for different baseline scenarios as applicable
• Develop and oversee process to manage inventory levels and establish re-order points (inventory replenishment levels – IRL’s)
• Create and oversee process for providing specifications to vendors and ensuring they are current and up to date
• Work closely with PharmSci and other key stakeholders regarding end-to-end process and opportunities for improvement and governance of process
• Act as point of escalation for issues related to ancillary supplies
• Ensures line management and key stakeholders are apprised of developments that may impact clinical supply chain
• Establishes strong stakeholder relationships and drives effective collaboration with Clinical Operations, PharmSci, PSDQ, Regulatory, and other stakeholders to ensure process is effective and streamlined
• Develop strategy in conjunction with BPI&DS team to leverage SmartSupplies to manage inventory of ancillary items
• Responsible for bringing industry expertise to the team and guiding/mentoring junior members of the team to build and maintain strong ancillary supply capabilities within GCSC
• Responsible for demonstrating Takeda leadership behaviors and core competencies

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred.