Demand and Supply Management Team Leader - Horsham, United Kingdom - Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Verified Company
Horsham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter
Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale.

Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.


We are the Clinical Trials Division (CTD): We Supply the Hope that Changes Lives


CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time - a concept that we internally adopt as "There is a Patient Waiting." Our unique blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialty logistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repository storage and much more.

Our more than 4000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters.


Your Role in that Mission:


As a member of Global Client Services, you are part of

One Global Team:
Empowered to Act, Make Connections and Get Results for our customers and their patients.
Leads a team that provides specialized technical services to clients as part of our enhanced service offerings.

Specifically, this team specializes in providing upfront and ongoing demand planning services, including early demand plans, global inventory optimization strategies, proactive inventory management, portfolio management, and IRT set-up consultation.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Leads team that creates and maintains global demand & supply plans and balances drug inventories, using customers' forecasts, realtime patient enrollment data/trends, planning software (i.e. Trial Setup & Planning), and network capacity/utilization data
  • Confirms plans are robust and optimizes global and regional supply strategies to ensure continuity of patient supply in the most effective and efficient manner
  • Solidifies connections between demand planning team and S&OP to ensure the latest forecast information is aggregated and integrated into the divisional S&OP process
  • Develops, implements, and monitors appropriate performance metrics/KPI's to drive operational performance in cycletime, cost, quality and risk mitigation; proactively makes adjustments to ensure business success
  • Partners with global and site project management teams and/or directly with the customer to inform and proactively share key client data necessary to facilitate an effective supply chain planning cycle
  • Applies advanced supply chain concepts and techniques to ensure alignment of sound supply chain strategies to the appropriate studies based on numerous interrelated factors (e.g. phase of trial, cost of product, storage limitations, shelflife, regulatory requirements, variability risks, timeline management, etc.) to deliver maximum value for the company and client
  • Leads and advocates a culture of proactive continuous process improvement
  • Acts as an SME and actively participates in initiatives in support of the overall effectiveness of the Client Services organization
  • Other duties may be assigned to meet the needs of the business

Key Requirements:

-
Education: Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business/operations management (equivalent work experience may be considered)


Years of Experience:


  • 5 years of supply chain and/or planning experience managing global supply chain design and logistics management, preferably as they relate to clinical program design and execution
  • 3+ years proven experience with direct customer engagement in a customerfacing role with 3+ years of management experience
  • Understanding of clinical supply requirements, phases of clinical development, and the factors that influence study designs preferred
  • Travel required (perhaps as much as 1015%). International travel may also be required


Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.


Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Switzerland is CHF98'600.00-CHF135'000.00.


This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S.

colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:


  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
  • Employee assistance
More jobs from Thermo Fisher Scientific
See all jobs of Thermo Fisher Scientific