What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Supply Chain Planner position at Biogen?
Job Description
About This Role
As Biogen’s portfolio expands and our Global Clinical Supply Chain operation grows, we are looking to hire a Lead Supply Chain Planner to forecast, direct and manage investigational medicinal supplies for global study protocols. The planner is responsible for study drug supply per assigned protocols serving global patient populations in varied therapeutic areas across Biogen’s neurology and rare disease portfolio. Key job responsibilities are overseeing daily supply chain activities in global markets while serving internal and external customers. This position requires a high level of organizational skills, ability to work well independently and balance a diverse workload.
This is a hybrid role that can be based either in our Cambridge, MA office or RTP, NC office.
What You’ll Do
- Be accountable for availability and distribution of finished goods per protocol
- Drive finished good packaging strategy
- Develop manufacturing/inventory plan based on demand
- Routinely identify and communicate supply risks to management and supporting teams
- Participate in vendor audits
- Support new hire training and mentor junior staff
- Lead cross-functional projects such as process improvements and system implementations or enhancement
- Serve as the single point of contact per protocol to internal and external stakeholders
- Initiate and maintain import licenses
- Manage deviations and quality events
- Co-develop IRT supply strategy
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at a minimum of 4 years working within the biotech/pharmaceutical, medical devices, food and/or another regulated environment.
- Demonstrated experience in supply chain planning.
- Demonstrated ability to administer and execute policies, processes, and procedures that affect colleague interactions and workflow of the unit.
- Experience working in a cGMP supply chain environment
- Knowledge of GCP regulations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Who You Are
You have strong communication and problem-solving skills with customer-focused mindset. You have supply chain knowledge with the ability to draw from past experiences to develop solutions to complex problems that require a moderate degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovativeness. Problem solving requires a good understanding of links and interdependencies across multiple departments.
Additional Information
Why Biogen?
Our mission to find therapies for neurological and rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry and this shared purpose is what connects us as a team. We work together to overcome obstacles and to follow the science. We are resilient as we strive to make an impact on our patients’ lives and on changing the course of medicine. Together, we pioneer. Together, we thrive.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.