Clinical Supply Chain Director/SME - Remote - £570 per day

One of the worlds greatest pharmaceutical companies requires a Clinical Chain Director who is accountable for end-to-end clinical supply chains of a global programme of products.

They will have specific responsibility for the long-term strategy of one or several complex, high profile clinical supply chains and be a strong influencer in its design.

They will be a key stakeholder working across different organizations and will represent R&D Supply Chain across the business.

Main Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the development, long term strategy and performance of clinical supply chains, owning the E2E supply of products in the development portfolio.
• Influential in the design phase with relevant experts to drive optimised design with respect to quality, risk and cost for the business
• 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, Master Data Management
• Overall endorsement of the supply plan is the Sr CSPL accountability
• 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.
• Accountable for a significant budget for supply activities and materials for the project.
• Manages change in demand and supply, resolve issues, escalating when appropriate.
• Maintains appropriate information for supply activities in PLANIT on an ongoing basis and in line with RBU.
• Ensure ongoing supply through transition from development sources to commercial sources of manufacture.
• 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.
• 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.
• Take a lead in motivating/mentoring others within the function and continually develop competence.
• Business Process Owners for key processes; developing, improving and promoting lean and supply chain practices within and across interfacing functions
• 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, influencing and managing business partner relationships
• 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
• Education acc. to CV. Bachelor Degree (equivalent) or higher

This is a remote position with occasional travel to a site for business critical meetings. The daily rate is up to £570 per day for an initial 12 month contract - Outside of IR35.