Associate Director, Global Clinical Supply Chain Planning

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused company to inspire you and support your career? If so, be empowered to take charge of your future at Takeda. Join us as a Associate Director, Global Clinical Supply Chain Planning in our Cambridge office. Here, everyone matters and you will be an important contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

As a Associate Director, Global Clinical Supply Chain Planning working on the Research and Development team, you will be primary contact between clinical supply partners, including Clinical Operations, Pharmaceutical Sciences, GMS, Clinical Supplies Operations and Quality Assurance for end-to-end supply chain planning and management.

POSITION GOALS:

• Develop an end-to-end supply plan for medicines in clinical development. You will attend clinical project meetings to gather relevant information, translating clinical trial protocol information into a study supply plan, forecast study product requirements, working and negotiation with important project team members to provide delivery timelines and budget.
• Maintain enterprise view of clinical supply chain connecting CMC, clinical operations, and commercial manufacturing perspectives across the development portfolio.
• Oversee scenario planning, clinical supply recommendations, and risk mitigation through detailed insight of supply and demand issues for programs of high strategic importance, high cost, and under constrained supply.
• You will use relevant technology, including the Smart Supplies system to develop scenario-based supply options.
• Work with Pharmaceutical Sciences group to ensure that trial supplies are supported and that appropriate stability programs are in-progress, and appropriate expiry dating exists.
• Work with Logistics function to plan, document, and facilitate global cross-border supply strategies, including requirements associated with controlled substances, compliance to global trade standards, and in-country investigational product regulatory requirements for delivery of product to final destinations.
• Develop Operational Supply Plans for portfolio of development products both internal and acquired through external partnerships. Oversee forecast planning and inventory management of all relevant investigational medicines and comparators for portfolio, leading in matrix of SMEs spanning Takeda supply chain, Takeda pharmaceutical sciences organizations and external partners.
• Lead operational feasibility assessment, scenario analysis and risk mitigation for new clinical protocols, representing the clinical supply chain to global CMC teams and global program teams.
• Develop detailed clinical supply models for complex supply scenarios which provides a study baseline against which to monitor assumptions and inventories of finished goods in ongoing clinical trials
• Establish enterprise approach to supply/demand modeling, risk identification, and scenario planning for clinical supply chain, lead cross functional planning teams to respond to unplanned events. Develop supply options and communicate updated manufacturing and supply plans to all impacted partners.
• Manage execution of Operational Supply Plan throughout development lifecycle, identifying leading indicators of supply risk.
• Liaise among Clinical Operations, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Procurement disciplines in planning and managing appropriate levels of CTM and comparator supply in partnership with internal and external partners.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• BS degree in scientific / technical discipline, or job-related experience dealing with global Clinical Supply planning, forecasting and use of IRT.
• 8+ years relevant Pharmaceutical Industry and contract supplier experience.
• Experience with clinical supply planning, and supply/demand forecasting
• Experience with Medical Devices.
• Experience with cGMP requirements
• Proficiency in computer software applicable to IVRS/IWRS, Excel and MS Project or equivalent project management software
• Experience balancing enterprise perspective with study and project-level deliverables
• Experience analyzing and representing complex interdependencies, scenarios, and tradeoffs
• Experience leading in a matrix organization
• Willingness to travel to different meetings or Takeda sites

WHAT TAKEDA CAN OFFER YOU:

• 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan
• Tuition reimbursement Company match of charitable contributions
• Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings
• Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days
• Community Outreach Programs
  

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