Director Of Commercial Supply Chain

Hobson Prior are looking for a Director of Commercial Supply Chain to join a brilliant biotech corporation on a permanent basis. Our client is focused on revolutionising cancer remedies.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Key Responsibilities:

• In this role, you will be working closely with Commercial Operations to translate demand plans and market analytics into actionable and robust commercial supply plans as an output of S&OP.
• Work with the Clinical and Warehouse Supply Chain teams to establish the strategic production planning activities (long-term demand and supply planning) as the input for the strategic operational (CMO capacity planning) and procurement planning.
• You will have responsibility for owning and managing monthly S&OP metrics development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Collaborating with Finance to align the monthly supply plan to financial considerations and metrics.
• You will develop and manage 3PLs and CPOs business relationships monitor the performance of the suppliers, and serve as the primary point of escalation for risks and issues.
• Work closely with 3PLs and CPOs to ensure supply plan for commercial product is available based on demand planning.
• Responsible for developing, coordinating, prioritizing, and maintaining the S&OP commercial strategy, outlining the future state S&OP process and specific projects and initiatives within this area.Own and generate monthly commercial supply plans for internal cross-functional review and external supplier review.
• Manage budget responsibility for Supply Chain in the region, including logistics, supplier, and headcount expenses.
• Monitor and ensure 3PL and CPO adherence to contractual commitments, obligations, and processes, including milestone dates, financial terms, and production schedules both internally and externally.
• Work cross-functionally to develop targets for the commercial suppliers' metrics and KPI dashboards, working with a cross-functional team; to be utilized within existing Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) and new Supplier Relationship Management governance process.
• Ensure all commercial supply chain activities comply with all applicable laws, regulations, GMP/GDP, and internal company policies.
• In this role you will be responsible for developing a highly motivated and cohesive team that will accomplish long-term business objectives and prepare for future growth by identifying, recruiting, and retaining quality staff to support business growth.

Requirements:

• Ability to develop and lead a team, manage and resolve conflicts, and influence others through effective communications and relationships across diverse Ionis functional areas & internal/external customers.
• Require at least 7 - 15+ years of experience in a supply chain management role in an established biopharmaceutical company.
• Experience in managing and implementing SRM and S&OP processes and leading cross-functional teams to overcome hurdles and deliver project results on time and as expected.
• International experience working with all organizational levels from multiple geographic locations.
• The ideal candidate will require a Bachelors Degree, preferably in life sciences or business.
• Understanding of the new product introduction aligned to both S&OP and SRM.
• Ability to work on discrete and ad-hoc Commercial Supply Chain strategic initiatives as directed.
• Experience in leading and developing teams to deliver on organization growth initiatives.
• Understanding biotech/pharma manufacturing operations, commercial launch, and supply chain operations.
• Highly experienced in supply chain strategic analysis and skilled at recognizing complex information arrangements to develop observations and recommendations that assist in the strategic Commercial Supply Chain decision-making processes.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain processes and experience in supply chain systems (ERP, Traceability tools, Supply Chain Planning Modules, etc.).

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