Supply Chain Director

3 weeks ago


London Area, United Kingdom Northreach Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Supply Chain Director to join our team at Northreach. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for managing all site-related supply chain activities, including production planning & scheduling, materials management, raw materials sourcing, logistics, project management, and business systems support.

Key Responsibilities

  • Materials Management: Oversee the management of materials to ensure accuracy in inventory and performance against receipt and distribution metrics.
  • Production Planning & Scheduling: Lead the production planning & scheduling team to manage site planning and production schedules for internal manufacturing activities, validation activities, and maintenance activities.
  • Supply Chain Risk Management: Proactively anticipate and identify supply chain risks and develop action and resolution plans, aligned with network-wide risk management plans.
  • Supply Planning: Responsible for site supply planning within global Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning.
  • Supplier Management: Partner with the technical and quality teams to create and manage risk mitigation plans or corrective action plans for supplier performance or quality issues and ensure timely and appropriate escalation of supplier issues.
  • Continuous Improvement: Recommend plans and strategies for continuous improvement in operations and procedures to meet both short and long-term needs and to resolve problems.
  • Financial Management: Assist in managing the materials budget and ensure the department adheres to the approved budget. Assist in developing standard cost for products.
  • Business System Implementation: Participate in business system implementation projects to improve operational performance and own system support for all site non-quality business systems.
  • Reporting and Analytics: Responsible for accurate management of materials related information in ERP and spreadsheets, including ERP master data. Prepare reports and dashboards to monitor supply chain performance against metrics and KPIs.
  • Change Management: Oversee, either directly or indirectly, change controls, investigations, and deviations and partner with stakeholders to manage on time release of batches, resolve deviations, and implement CAPA's.
  • Supplier Governance: Participate in supplier governance activities & monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, manage supplier issues that may effect on-time and cost-effective supply of materials and product, and negotiate and manage supplier agreements.

Requirements

  • Experience: 10+ years' experience in managing operations, manufacturing, or supply chain within biologics or cell/gene therapy industries.
  • Leadership: Experience working within supply chain functions with proven leadership capability.
  • Analysis and Reporting: Hands-on information gathering, analysis and management reporting.
  • Process Design: Experience designing and implementing business processes to meet departmental and corporate needs.
  • Relationship Building: Develop and maintains effective relationships (both internal and external)
  • Leadership and Communication: Ability to lead, manage and inspire logistics talent and resources across the entire organization.
  • Articulating Vision: Ability to articulate the vision and roadmap for logistics development, including prioritization of tasks, allocation of resources and discouraging activities that are not aligned with the vision.
  • Interpersonal and Presentation Skills: Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills in order to communicate effectively across all levels within the organization and multiple cultures.
  • Logistics Knowledge: Knowledge of the logistics environment, encompassing global trade compliance, domestic distribution and international logistics.
  • Supply Chain Knowledge: Excellent knowledge of the end-to-end supply chain, with a clarity for understanding the importance and interdependencies associated with each stage of the process.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary package commensurate with experience, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plans, and opportunities for professional growth within a rapidly evolving field.

Northreach is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and hiring practices, therefore only partner with businesses that promote DEI. We strive to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees.



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