Title: Supply Chain Business Lead Duration: 8 Months Location: New York - NY Preferred location NY,NY. Will also consider candidates for Groton, CT, Andover, MA and Collegeville, PA. Must be able to be on site 3 days per week.
Description: The Supply Chain Business Lead (SCBL) is responsible to advance and grow the Global Clinical Supply (GCS) business of delivering clinical supplies to patients. The SCBL drives growth by supporting all lines in GCS with business planning, operations & external engagement activities. The optimization of all these elements internally and externally, enables colleagues and leaders to effectively develop flexible and creative clinical supply solutions in support of the delivery of portfolio.
The role will focus on several key accountabilities:
Act as an interface between internal operations and high touch external suppliers to drive the translation of GCS priorities into tactical operational plans in support of the delivery of clinical supplies.
Represent GCS Scientific and Technical operational lines as appropriate on any Source to Pay (STP) requests for supplier information and for any technical issue resolution at high touch suppliers.
Lead projects impacting the design of the GCS network and associated performance including resource modeling design and supplier performance metric automation.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Use systems, tools and reporting capabilities to oversee and communicate GCS budget, resource, operational, portfolio and supplier performance.
Deliver against GCS operational strategies by developing GCS contractor and supplier staff demand forecasts. Lead associated onboarding and oversight with business lines across GCS.
Use technical operational and Clinical Development portfolio data to analyze and interpret past results, perform variance analysis, identify future trends, and recommend business operations improvements for GCS.
Partner across GCS and quality to measure, and monitor supplier operational performance, establish action plans, track progress, report and communicate to ensure GCS relationship, financial, quality, and operational objectives are achieved.
Act as a GCS point of contact for STP to field supplier RFx queries within GCS. Help to align the supplier award and on-boarding process with GCS business goals.
In addition to exemplary relationship and risk management, this role requires significant use of systems and data analysis, to ensure business operation information is delivered in a timely manner aligned with current and future business requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, economics, finance, logistics, or in a related field.
At least four years of professional experience within global clinical supply in a pharmaceutical company or relevant industry experience.
Experience with business operations, vendor engagement and vendor oversight.
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Customer oriented with the ability to work across multiple teams to influence decisions that will provide productivity savings to projects.
Proven ability to effectively develop, communicate, and gain support for execution of plans with a wide range of stakeholders.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Ability to aggregate detailed data into digestible information that can be used to support decision making.
Ability to prioritize and work with ambiguity while establishing structure and process standards.
Ability to manage large budget and associated financial aspects to deliver on time against tight timelines.
Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
Willingness to appropriately engage to develop, promote, and maintain strategic business operations relationships.
Experience managing change in a dynamic, complex environment.
Demonstrated interest in Patient Quality and Compliance.
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $42.78/hr.
