Director, Materials Management Jobs

Company Overview

CRISPR Therapeutics is a leading gene editing company focused on developing transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases using its proprietary CRISPR/Cas9 platform. CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary gene editing technology that allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA. CRISPR Therapeutics has established a portfolio of therapeutic programs across a broad range of disease areas including hemoglobinopathies, oncology, regenerative medicine and rare diseases. To accelerate and expand its efforts, CRISPR Therapeutics has established strategic partnerships with leading companies including Bayer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and ViaCyte, Inc. CRISPR Therapeutics AG is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, with its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc., and R&D operations in Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California, and business offices in London, United Kingdom.

Position Summary

The Director of Materials Management will own and execute the business process to ensuring the execution of an effective and efficient site materials management strategy, ensuring material availability for uninterrupted manufacturing and quality operations while maintaining inventory accuracy, and developing a warehouse plan. This role will be a member of the site leadership team and be responsible for supporting facility programming, warehouse space planning, support production scheduling and implementing business systems in support of site and manufacturing network materials management. Materials management activities include, but are not limited to:

Oversee Procurement of materials for manufacturing and QC operations; Receiving system for materials; pick pack system for supplying kits to manufacturing groups utilizing a bill of materials; managing packaging and shipment of final product; monitoring inventory and managing disposition of GMP raw materials.

The incumbent will represent Supply Chain and be accountable for functional deliverables at the site and must develop and maintain strong collaborative and cooperative working relationships with team members across different functions and at different levels within the organization. The position requires enthusiasm, a solution oriented approach to problem solving, attention to detail and a desire to create new medicines for patients.

Responsibilities

• Create, own, and maintain area standard operating procedures (SOPs) as required
• Identify and communicate risks in area of responsibility and across the site; creating strategies and plans to manage risk to the operations
• Lead strategic planning and implementation of Materials Management projects, including process mapping, master data management and creation of Materials Management modules for the Enterprise Resource Planning System (e.g., Oracle)
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for ERP system as it relates to receipt, inspection, disposition, inventory, kitting, and shipping of GMP Materials
• Experience leading and preparing department for Regulatory Agency Inspections
• Direct and provide guidance on materials management matters, to ensure all operations are safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient, to ensure fulfillment of demand and objectives set by the company
• Participate in development of site long range plan in line with the corporate long-range plan
• Support facility programming and scheduling of all executable production and QC testing related operations
• Lead and oversee monitoring, analysis and reporting of supply and inventory positions for the manufacturing site
• Partner with supply chain planning and other site leadership team members to assess production plan feasibility and production scenarios
• Other duties as assigned
• Manage budget and ensure department adherence to approved budget
• Develop, mentor, and lead a high functioning materials management team
• Partner with supply chain planning to communicate the manufacturing unit's capacity and capability for long-range plans
• Drive continuous improvement of the materials movement, warehouse level optimization, kitting, and Kanban processes

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite) required
• Bachelor’s degree (supply chain, logistics, science, business, engineering or other relevant discipline preferred); Graduate or higher-level Degree is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong working knowledge and understanding of GMP, and other relevant ICH and FDA guidelines
• 12+ years work experience in the Pharma/Biopharmaceutical or related industry in Supply Chain function in support of a GMP-compliant manufacturing environment
• 8 years people management experience
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; experienced in setting priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities while maintaining attention to detail; project management experience desired
• Process-oriented with strong analytical skills for risk identification and management

Preferred Qualifications

• APICS, CPIM or CIRM certification is strongly preferred
• Experience implementing and owning business processes associated with ERP systems (i.e. Oracle, etc.) is strongly preferred

Competencies

• Results Orientation – Delivering progress toward our mission. Sense of urgency in solving problems.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit – Proactive. Ownership mindset.
• Collaborative – Openness, One Team
• Undaunted – Fearless, Can-do attitude

CRISPR Therapeutics believes in fostering a dynamic workplace that balances remote work flexibility with the benefits of in-person interactions. Our employees work at least three days on-site, creating a collaborative work environment, where we cultivate mentorship opportunities, increase cross-functional communication and offer opportunities for our employees to connect. Certain lab based and manufacturing positions are located fully on-site.

CRISPR Therapeutics, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law.

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