The opportunity
The person hired for this position will need to work out of our West Chester, PA site
Managerial role that will support logistics for Global Clinical Operations and Research and Development with a focus on distribution activities for depots, clinical sites, development sites. Activities include a focus on setup and maintenance of depots, logistics and distribution, alignment on regions where clinical trials are located for optimization, ensuring compliance with local, regional and country requirements.
Travel Requirements: Ability to travel with overnight stays, as required where regions and direct reports are located for meetings with development sites, vendor/supplier meetings, and conferences (no more than 15-20% of time).
How you’ll spend your day
Interacts closely with key stakeholders such as Global Clinical Packaging, Clinical Supply Chain and Research and Development (R&D) team members to negotiate timelines, strategies and other related topics for all clinical supplies shipments and R&D shipments.
Responsible and accountable for establishing the timelines needed for the logistics and distribution for Clinical Supplies and R&D products.
Working knowledge of country shipping and trade compliance, distribution routes, country, and global distribution challenges. Be familiar with IATA/ICAO/Controlled substances.
Responsible for identifying significant risks and delays associated with logistics and distribution.
Lead others to solve complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
Support financial planning for the logistics and distribution of clinical supply chain.
Support CAPA coordination and resolution for distribution and logistics, as required, according to SOPs.
Guiding the teams for reviewing future imports/exports documents based on proper documentation and shipping details while communicating to stakeholders and shippers.
Direct teams to manage and expedite shipments, customs clearance, and help develop process improvement programs for global distribution warehouse.
Provide update for goals & KPIs for quarterly reporting.
Support trend analysis for risks, gaps & issues including CAPAs and vendor initiatives for Clinical Supply Chain. Support preparation of justifications for new vendor approvals as needed.
Provide lessons learned to drive continuous improvement within the organization.
Working knowledge of matrix project team structure.
Have experience working with a multi-location team i.e. has the ability to actively and proactively engage with the team in multiple countries and collaborate across multiple time zones.
