Job Description

Location: Remote - Newbury Park, CA

Employment Type: Contingent Worker (Contract, W2)

Contract Length: 12 months (possible extension)

Compensation: $58/$64 per hour (based on experience)

Summary of the Role

As a Supply Chain Manager supporting a large biotech pharmaceutical leader, you will ensure seamless end-to-end supply planning to maintain uninterrupted product supply across a global manufacturing network. Your work will involve analyzing supply and demand, managing network constraints, and developing scenarios to optimize the supply plan. Close partnership with planning leadership and cross-functional stakeholders is essential. This role is highly analytical and process-driven, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze, consolidate, and report on demand, supply plans, inventory projections, and KPIs for management and stakeholders.
• Develop and compare scenarios to deliver optimal supply plans considering demand and network constraints.
• Support long-range planning, manage capacity constraints, and communicate tradeoffs.
• Drive alignment across manufacturing sites, supply chain, raw materials, and finance partners during planning cycles.
• Support implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, process improvements, and reporting automation.
• Represent Global Network Planning on cross-functional teams and projects, maintaining proactive stakeholder communication.
• Own planning cycle cadence by collecting inputs, validating assumptions, reconciling gaps, and publishing updated supply and inventory views.
• Build and refresh scenario analyses to stress-test supply plans against various constraints.

Required Experience & Skills

• Experience with network supply planning and scenario development
• Strong analytics, reporting, and planning systems proficiency
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
• Proficiency in Excel and ability to interpret and validate data
• Experience facilitating cross-functional planning and problem-solving sessions

Top 3 Must Have Skills

1. Network supply planning and scenario development

2. Analytics, reporting, and planning systems

3. Stakeholder management and communication

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Own the planning cycle cadence by collecting inputs, validating assumptions, reconciling gaps, and publishing updated supply and inventory views.
• Build and refresh scenario analyses to stress test supply plans against capacity, material, and non-commercial constraints.
• Prepare concise, leadership-ready summaries highlighting KPIs, key changes, risks, and decisions required.
• Facilitate cross-functional working sessions with manufacturing sites and global or regional partners to resolve constraints and confirm aligned plans.
• Monitor exceptions and emerging risks and recommend mitigation actions such as allocation shifts, campaign timing adjustments, or inventory strategies.
• Support continuous improvement efforts by simplifying processes, standardizing reporting, and contributing to automation and dashboarding initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree and 2 years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience
• Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience
• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience

This posting is for Contingent Worker, not an FTE