Associate Director, Supply Chain

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Associate Director of Supply Chain is responsible for material planning, purchasing, receiving, production scheduling and product shipment of all pharmaceutical products and vendor services within the Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NPI) site.

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

The Associate Director of Supply Chain reports to the Sr Vice President Site Operations. Direct reports to the Associate Director of Supply Chain include the Purchasing & Planning Team, Sr Manager B2B and the Receiving and Distribution Manager. Indirect reports include Warehouse, Label Office, Dispensing and Quoting team members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary responsibilities of this role include the following:

1. Leadership
   1. Manage the planning, scheduling & receiving/distribution team members in order to effectively deliver required finished product to each customer base.
   2. Coach and mentor team members on daily operations to efficiently meet and exceed all site deliverables.
   3. Enable the Senior Supply Chain Manager and Master Production Scheduler to provide site direction and production schedules to meet and exceed requirements.
   4. Coach and mentor the Purchasing Manager on vendor negotiations, contract review, and raw material purchasing.
2. Sales Forecasting
   1. Responsible to input and provide monthly, quarterly, rolling 12 month & 5YP (Five year planning) financial sales forecast for the site. Critical inputs from the R&D, Sales, US & Global Supply Chain, Quality Control (lab), and operations are input and tracked via SAP and the sales forecast file.
   2. Utilize forecasts/purchase orders to enable effective demand planning for production needs.
   3. Provide key "what if scenario" planning for volume fluctuation, new customer awards, etc. as needed to update NPI Norwich Leadership Team (NLT) team members.
3. Site Capacity and Demand Planning
   1. Update the Demand Planning excel model monthly and review any equipment and/or staffing constraints with the NPI NLT.
   2. Proactively work with Operations to staff and schedule production to deliver known customer requirements.
   3. Owner of site SIOP & active member of US SIOP teams.
4. Delivery Schedule
   1. Provide the site's monthly delivery schedule that identifies key deliverables for the site.
   2. Coordinate delivery dates from Operations, R&D, Supply Chain, QA, QC, and the Warehouse teams for product shipments to meet and/or exceed expectations.
5. Site Purchasing
   1. Proactively work with Purchasing Team to negotiate competitive contracts that maintain the sites level of compliance, protect against liabilities, and enable competitive costing.
   2. Enable the purchasing team to continually source opportunities for raw material lead time and cost improvement and ensure that all vendor relationships are reviewed regularly to assure maximum benefit for NPI.
   3. Assist with other internal company purchasing needs as required.
6. Compliance
   1. Responsible for the daily operations, safety, and compliance standards of the receiving and distributions team members.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor of Science degree and/or equivalent experience in a Supply Chain Management role.
2. 5 years management experience at a department level or above in the pharmaceutical industry.
3. Demonstrates management skills by having accountability for direct reports to include other management team members, other salary team members, and hourly technicians in prior work experience.
4. Proficient in Power Point, Excell (MS Suite of Products)
5. SAP Experience
6. Thorough understanding of pertinent FDA, DEA or other regulatory agency regulations.
7. Must not have been debarred by a regulatory agency.

GMP DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY

1. Review and approve documents as required; i.e., deviation reports, purchase requisitions, etc.
2. When required, provide input for product and material release/reject decisions made by the Quality Assurance Organization
3. Determine required technical training and champion resources which deliver against specific training plans.

"An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets."