Thermo Fisher Scientific

Senior Demand and Supply Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific  •  Allschwil, CH (Remote)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team,you’lldiscover 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,cleanerand 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 specialtylogistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repositorystorageand 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.

As the Senior Demandand Supply Manager, you are part of a centralized team that provides specialized technical services to clients as part of our enhanced service offerings. Specifically, this role specializes in providing upfront and ongoing demand planning services for more complex clients or accounts, including early demand plans, global inventory optimization strategies, proactive inventory management, portfolio management, and IRT set-up consultation.  This role acts as an informal leader in the Client Services team, supporting strategic development.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Independently leads the Design, Implement, Interpret and Review inventory management plan to forecast supply plan of study drugs to global and sophisticated clinical trials, using sound supply chain techniques 

  • Informal leader within the team wholooksto improve processes, tools, and resources for organization. Provides mentorship and guidance for new hires and less experienced planners and is viewed as a role model leader by peers. 

  • Provide input into User Requirement Specifications of Interactive Response Technology (IRT) medication management module and complete User Acceptance Testing ifrequired

  • Review IRT strategy to ensure it supports the strategic supply plans and that IRT settings are adjusted tooptimizethe supply and demand 

  • Ensures plans are robust andoptimizesglobal and regional supply strategies to ensure continuity of patient supply in the most effective and efficient manner 

  • Develop and provide clients with reports on actual project spend versus budget 

  • Establishes connections between demand planning team and S&OP to ensure the latest forecast information is aggregated and integrated into the divisional S&OP process  

  • Partners with the Enterprise Project Manager, along with global and site project management teams and/or directly with the customer to inform and proactively share key client data necessary tofacilitatean effective supply chain planning cycle 

  • Ensure temperature excursion process is performed asrequired

  • Establish andmaintainfinancial forecasts and monthly billing processes for assigned complex client projects 

  • Assistin training and on boarding of new employees (buddyconcept) 

  • Stay on top of relevantcGMPs, GCPs, and other regulatory requirements and ensure study management activities are aligned. 

  • Demonstrate and promote company vision. 

  • Conduct activities in a safe and efficient manner 

As Demonstrated By:

Project Management

  • Understands the customer’s target market, segmentation, and value proposition.Identifiesthe client’s needs, distributes those needs, and collects feedback regularly to ensure effortsaremeetingtheirexpectation

  • Structures demand plans in line with client strategy —starting from an identified need, setsobjectivesand specific goals  

  • Speaksandwritesin a clear, concise, and organized way. Listens carefully to others to ensure understanding and effective communication. Effectively documents and communicates key learnings so that the client or audience understands. 

Technical Knowledge

  • Communicates analyses applicable to stakeholders involved andensuresall are informed. 

  • Manages demand planning projects efficiently in different systems to provideaccurateforecasting information tocoreteam, leadership, and the client. Maintains their own as well as the team’s accountability for using Thermo Fisher tools to help the team be successful. 

  • Demonstrates comfort with technology and uses innovations to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of work processes, procedures, and outputs. Leverages tools and technologies toultimately movethe project through its Demand planning phases. 

Project Management Leadership

  • Brings new or alternative perspectives forward to overcome difficulty or uncertainty andbuildscoalitions. 

  • Collaborates well with others and builds effective business relationships with various colleagues while fostering teamwork. 

Key Requirements: 

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

  • To foster a sense of belonging and connection, remote employees are expected to keep their camera on andparticipatein video calls both internally and externally, as appropriate

Years of Experience:

  • 5+ years ofclinicalsupply chain and/or planning experience managing global supply chain design andlogisticsmanagement, preferably as they relate to clinical program design and execution

  • 4+years experienceif holding an advanced degree 

  • Understanding of clinical supply requirements, phases of clinical development, and the factors that influence study designs preferred 

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminateon the basis ofrace, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status,disabilityor any other legally protected status.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

Industry
Biotech & Life Sciences
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Waltham, MA
Year Founded
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