Summary
About the Role
In this role you will have operational end to end responsibility for assigned activities. You will lead and manage all project and local network activities and participate in cross-functional teams.
Job responsibilities and key focus areas:
- Manage End 2 End clinical supply chain for assigned projects for Clinical Finished Goods, Drug Product (Formulation), Drug Substance (API), Devices and Comparators.
- Design and implement supply planning strategy is aligned with regulatory perspective.
- Conduct demand planning meetings for supply strategy.
- Participate and contribute to the TRD sub-team (project team).
- Ensure discipline in SAP, Rapid Response (Kinaxis) and Operational excellence for clinical supplies.
- Interprets results, evaluates data, draws conclusions and reports back to team and management.
- Coordinates internal and external stakeholders, customers and/or vendors and performs stakeholder management.
- Proactively drive project execution to ensure key milestones and quality are met.
- Act as unit representative on development teams and/or other cross functional teams.
- Communicates issues involved stakeholders and to teams and line management and propose corrective actions.
- For GMP units: ensure compliance to cGMP -Organizes and ensures regular lessons learned sessions -Coaching and technical training as recognized technical expert or leader.
- Act as mentor for junior and senior associates (academics) also globally -Understand resource constraints and identify and lead cost saving opportunities.
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt.
- Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable).
Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:
- Functional Breadth.
- Managing Crises.
- People Challenges.
- Collaborating across boundaries.
- Operations Management and Execution.
- Project Management.
- >12 years relevant experience in (SCM).
Skills:
- Continual Improvement Process.
- Master Data.
- Material Requirements Planning (Mrp).
- Materials Management.
- People Management.
- Production Planning.
- Project Management.
- Supplier Relationship Management (Srm).
- Supply Chain Planning.
- Supply-Chain Management.
- Technical Requirements.
- WMS (Warehouse Management Systems).
Languages :
- English.
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Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
