Commercial Supply Chain Operations Manager
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
- Ireland
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manages overall relationship with assigned CMO’s/Suppliers/3PL’s and related internal BioCryst resources to deliver key milestones/deliveries on time and ensures cost commitments are met
- Provides central interface with assigned CMO’s/Suppliers/3PL’s key personnel and BioCryst, including Business Development, Site Leadership, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Planning, Project Management, and other key functions
- Aligns with the finance department on month-end reporting, inventory tracking, accounts receivable and payable.
- Provides data for budgeting, forecasting and purchase order management ensuring appropriate inputs to Supply Chain Planning and recommendations to senior management for modifications that could benefit the organization
- Reports routine KPIs for costs, quality, delivery, and sustainability
- Leads identification of business improvements at assigned CMO’s/Suppliers/3PL’s
- Ensures quality and regulatory compliance of assigned CMO’s/Suppliers/3PL’s by leading a cross-functional team
- Leads initiative implementation following appropriate contract amendments/changes
- Continually evaluate and benchmark CMO’s/Suppliers/3PL’s performance against other external and internal options and provide suggestions for process improvements
- Provides forecasts to 3PL’s and escalates any concerns/issues to management
- Supports special projects at CMO’s/Suppliers/3PL’s that pertain to Supply Chain (e.g., serialization, package design)
- Coordinates with QA to ensure that relevant batch documentation and batch tree is kept up to date and provides suggestions for process improvements
- Coordinates with QA and legal to ensure that relevant agreements and documentation are in place to support ongoing vendor qualification and legal status (e.g., Quality Agreements, Commercial Supply Agreements/Amendments, Confidentiality Agreements)
- Performs system transactions and ensure the timely and accurate order fulfillment, documentation, closure of outstanding issues and effective inventory system
- Performs the coordination and monitoring of all inbound and outbound shipments, including coordination of import/export, finance, and legal reviews of documentation
- Monitors inventory levels at all stages of assigned supply chain and proactively suggest solutions regarding expiry and re-supply needs across inventory
- Works with different departments on European artwork creation and approval. Leads the coordination with the graphic design agency
- Supports the onboarding and follow-up with EMVO and local NMVOs.
- Supports late-stage development projects with items pertaining to supply chain, including oversight and proactive suggestions to the cross-functional development team.
- Supports commercial trade dress decision making for late-stage development projects and life-cycle trade dress updates for existing products
- Identifies and supports life-cycle supply chain improvements for existing commercial products
- Provides updates and presentations to management, when required
- Provides guidance and mentorship to junior level staff
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Quality, Engineering, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or similar education required
- 5-7 years of experience with experience in biotech/pharmaceutical manufacturing industry with solid dose and/or sterile products background preferred
- Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to be a leader, a team player and work effectively in cross functional team environment
- Must possess exceptional communication/presentation skills, self-motivated, exposure and/or knowledge of software programs including Microsoft Project, Power Point, MS Project, and Microsoft Office. Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel are preferred.
- Experienced working with third-party commercial providers including CMO’s, Material Suppliers, and 3PL’s preferred.
- Experience with Supply Chain ERP/MRP systems such as Oracle and SAP.