Director, Global Lab Supply Chain

The Director, Global Lab Supply Chain is a key leadership role in the Global Lab Services Organization under the Analytical Services business unit.

This role will build and manage the global Lab Supply Chain team under the global Laboratory Services organization to create and enforce harmonized robust processes for growth in our global Analytical Services business unit.

This includes directing all subcontracting, purchasing, sourcing, forecasting, capacity planning, and financial costing.

This role will report to the Sr. Director, Global Laboratory Services.

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Essential Job Functions :

• Build a sustainable global supply chain organization for Analytical services and development including all areas of support such as subcontracting, purchasing, sourcing, forecasting, capacity planning, and financial costing.
• Create, execute, and maintain global supply chain processes for harmonization and transparency.
• Provide direction, oversight, and development of team members within the global supply chain organization.
• Collaborate with procurement and sourcing to identify inventory / supply contracts.
• Oversee forecasting processes in collaboration with business development and project management teams for project pipeline.
• Determine and onboard appropriate capacity planning tool / system.
• Work with Lab Operations team for capacity planning.
• Work with finance for financial costing and planning.
• Support the development of procurement strategies and supplier relationship plans that are inventive and focused on providing best value for the global organization.
• Facilitate, drive, and take responsibility for timely decision-making and resolution of conflicts within the global supply chain team.
• Oversee full life cycle supplier management activities including strategies to maximize competition, negotiations, and management of supplier performance.
• Coordinate staff with the contracts organization to ensure proper flow-downs of contract requirements, terms, and conditions.
• Track all agreed global supply chain KPIs and report as per agreed.
• Continuously improve global supply chain processes and log lessons learned to share key learning and insights within the organization.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 10+ years of relevant experience or master’s degree with 5+ years of prior relevant experience.

Prior Employment Experience :

• Knowledge / experience of pharmaceutical product development, from concept through to product launch.
• Good Pharma knowledge and experience of pharma product development from concept to submission.
• Experience with base operations procurements in Analytical Services, pharmaceutical, and / or medical device.
• Cross-functional team leadership experience.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Systems Experience :

Familiarity with D365, LIMS, and LMS.

Other Skills Required :

Microsoft Office Suite including Project and Visio, strong communication and presentation skills.

Safety for our employees and our communities is a key priority for Kindeva Drug Delivery. Kindeva encourages everyone who can get vaccinated to get vaccinated.

Our Covid-19 task force monitors the external environment and will continue to evaluate our policies and procedures.

Equal Opportunity Employer :

Kindeva Drug Delivery is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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