The Clinical Supply Program Lead is a key role within Global Clinical Program Supply Chain who is accountable for the end to end clinical supply chain of a global programme of products

They will have specific responsibility for the long-term strategy of the clinical supply chain and be a strong influencer in its design.

They will be a key stakeholder working across different organisations and will represent R&D Supply Chain at PT&D and Global project teams.

Will lead a matrix multi-functional team to drive strategy and to manage supply chain performance through key performance indicators.

Main Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the development and performance of clinical supply chains owning the E2E supply of products in the development portfolio.
• Be influential in the design phase with relevant experts to drive optimised design with respect to quality, risk and cost for the business
• Monitors the performance of the supply chain and optimise for higher volume phases of the project, balancing speed, quality and cost with respect to the agreed level of risk.
• Leads the Supply Chain Team (SCT) which is accountable for developing and maintaining the supply plan for the project . Work in conjunction with the Supply Chain planner to guarantee: Balancing Short to Mid-term Supply and Demand, Inventory Management, input into D&OP Process, planning Excellence Process Requirements, SS Master Data Management
• Overall endorsement of the supply plan is the CSCL accountability
• Accountable for a significant budget for supply activities and materials for the project.
• Maintain appropriate information for supply activities in PLANNIT on an ongoing basis and in line with RBU.
• Ensure ongoing supply through transition from development sources to commercial sources of manufacture.
• Manage change in demand and supply, resolve issues, escalating when appropriate.
• Understands and acts according to GxP and knows the impact it has on supply chain activities.
• Ensure timely delivery of information to meet internal and external regulatory and legal requirements.
• Work with other CSSLs to resolve issues, share best practice and continually develop competence.
• Promote supply chain practice in PT&D and interfacing functions
• Be responsible for introducing innovation into the Supply chain ensuring a culture of continuous improvement is encouraged and managed. 
• Take a lead in motivating others within the function and communicating the Supply Chain strategies.
• Take responsibility for managing issues and making complex trade-offs with both internal and external stakeholders. This will require well developed conceptual and analytical thinking to make complex judgements and deliver innovative solutions.
• Act as a sponsor to support and manage the implementation of supply chain change and be the 1st point of contract for Senior Stakeholders within the organizations regarding your portfolio of products

Essential for the role

• In depth knowledge of supply chains and drug development process.  

• In depth knowledge of Clinical Development processes relevant to investigational products.  

• Awareness of GXP Standards within a Clinical environment  

• Demand management and forecasting experience·        

• In depth experience of project management and influencing and maangign business partner relatrionships

• Proficcient IT skills with an ability to adapt and operate in multiple systems   

• Strong influencing, negotiating and problem solving skills across geographical and cultural boundaries

Desirable for the role

• Working knowledge of the Clinical Trial Directive and global regulatory environment impacting the provision of investigational products

Date Posted

Closing Date

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