Catalent · 2 days ago
Director, Supply Chain
Catalent is a global leader in drug development and delivery, specializing in end-to-end solutions for oral solid dosage forms. The Director, Supply Chain role involves providing strategic leadership across logistics, planning, and procurement, while managing departmental activities and personnel to align with the company's strategic objectives.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Manage the logistics and planning function to ensure optimal processing of customer orders
Manage the purchasing function to ensure coordinated and efficient supply of production
Oversee and collaborate with procurement on business continuity strategy
Work closely with operations to develop production capacity plans and strategies for the medium and long term and help identify potential capacity and operational efficiency opportunities
Ownership for Sales & Order Planning (S&OP) and Ownership of SAP master data
Drive cost reduction throughout the supply chain and own/drive the batch release process
Negotiate and manage supply agreements, coordinate supply related items with customers and respond to requests for new business proposals from sales team
Work with specialist and technical functions (e.g. Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, etc.) to ensure problem-free introduction of new products
Through consultation with the Sales and Finance functions, agree ‘pricing’ (and negotiate Terms and Conditions with the potential customers in liaison with the sales team)
Manage and host customer review meetings and manage customer service via direct liaison with all key clients
Drive process improvements to reduce site commercial spend by utilizing the purchasing function to drive cost improvements on capex, raw materials and supply chain initiatives
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
10+ years of experience in supply chain management, providing strategic and operational leadership in a customer driven planning and logistics environment, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
Proven experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
Strong background in procurement, planning logistics, and inventory control
Experience managing vendor relationships and negotiating contracts, including maintenance supply agreements
Significant experience managing people and providing both tactical and strategic leadership to the Supply Chain organization and the site as a whole
Knowledge of SAP
Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience
Preferred
MBA preferred
APICS, CSCP, or PMP certification is a plus and regulatory training or certification (e.g., GMP, GDP) preferred
Benefits
208 hours of paid time off + 8 holidays
401(k)retirement savings plan with company match
Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee discount programs
Employee referral program
Company
Catalent
Catalent - Blow-Fill-Seal Sterile CDMO Business is focusing on complex clinical to commercial stage formulation and manufacturing. It is a sub-organization of Catalent Pharma Solutions.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-01-06Acquired
Leadership Team
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