MCS Supply Chain Associate - The Steely Group

Development Supply Chain (DSC) is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of products, process knowledge and technology solutions to enable the client to accelerate product commercialization. DSC serves as a launch site to enable speed to market for company's innovative products and biosimilars. DSC arranges and ensures the product needed for the client's clinical trials is available globally. DSC serve patients around the globe and ensure investigational product is at the clinics for the patients to receive their dose on time.

The Global Study Planning (GSP) team is responsible for forecasting & planning the inventory in centralized warehouse and local hospitals. The planners apply several Demand management and Supply Planning processes and assumptions in a regulated environment to ensure product supply to patients.

The role:
The Global Study Planner (GSP) in the support office helps the global planning team members ensure supply to patient every time. During the length of the clinical trial, the study planner is responsible to monitor inventory at central locations and hospitals while minimizing product waste. Support Office planner executes several complex activities to supports the study planners plan and supply to the patients based on inventory levels and enrollment. Support Office work in a global team and ensures there is coverage for study planners during business hours. Support office is the backbone of the department.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure all work is completed with minimal disruption and in compliance with all cGMP guidelines and procedures.
• Apply standard Supply Chain and MRP planning principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Support running reports indicator to enable Global Study Planners critical activities to maintain supply.
• Support initiatives to improve business processes, reporting, and metrics.
• Under minimal supervision, perform work successfully completing operational objectives and improving existing systems and processes within scope of responsibility.
• Support the Supply Chain business process by identifying opportunities and providing key potential solutions that will provide automation, advanced analytics, and insights to support strategic decision making.
• Convert and maintain purchase orders and master data in SAP using current procurement information and in collaboration with Corporate Master Data group.
• Work cross functionally to ensure product shipments to warehouses across the globe occurs as planned.
• Complete initiation of material destruction
• Organizes data and report metrics to management.
• Maintains departments business SharePoint and collaboration sites such as TEAMS.
• Organizes and Conduct’s daily department meetings.
• Identify opportunities to optimize order management (e.g., order consolidation, order frequency, min order quantities etc.)
• Review and rationalize Bill of Material (BOM) requirements for new and existing products.
• Responsible for the coordination of logistics activities, regular interface with internal and external clients, and issue resolution.
• Prepare and communicate regular updates to key stakeholders including senior management.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor degree OR Associate degree and 4 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 6 years of experience
• Supply Chain / Planning background and experience (Clinical or Commercial). Preferable in Pharmaceutical
• SAP knowledge and experience
• Issue resolution and problem-solving skills
• GMP experience
• Strong communicator both written and verbal
• Strong organization
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment**