Sr Director, Global Supply Chain Planning

Those who join Emergent BioSolutions feel a sense of ownership about their future. You will excel in an environment characterized by respect, innovation and growth opportunities. Here, you will join passionate professionals who advance their scientific, technical and professional skills to develop products designed-to protect life.

Reporting directly to the VP, Global Supply Chain, this role is responsible for deployment and governance of the S&OP program and deployment and governance of end-to-end planning processes and systems.  The Senior Director oversees and team of three individuals and is responsible for influencing a large number of internal stakeholders.  The Senior Director will be part of the Global Supply Chain leadership team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

S&OP
•    Finalize the design and deployment of the S&OP program, including Demand Reviews, Supply Reviews, BU S&OPs, and Global / Executive S&OPs.
•    Drive effective operation and governance, including maturity assessments and continuous improvement.

End to End Planning Processes and Systems
•    Finalize the design and deployment of robust end-to-end planning methodologies across sites / BUs.
•    Partner with IT to finalize system strategy and roadmap.  Deploy systems and upgrades in line with strategic plan.
•    Lead Forecast to Finish (F2F) workstream in the Next Generation ERP Program.
•    Drive effective operation and governance of processes and systems, including maturity assessments and continuous improvement.

Financial & Resource Management
•    Manages budgets, operating expenditures, and human resources.
•    Develops capital expenditures, budgets, and projects plans.

Human Resource Management
•    Participates in selection of key leaders and in leadership development initiatives.  
•    Evaluates staff in accordance with expected results and the company’s values. 
•    Supports training and professional development of employees.

Culture/Climate 
•    Leads culture management and related initiatives.  
•    Builds culture that achieves employee engagement, efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, customer service, productive work relations, and sound communications
•    Manages and empowers staff by building a culture that attracts, sustains and motivates a diverse staff of top-quality people devoted to our core values.  

Relationship Management 
•    This function will drive strategy, deployment, and governance of processes and systems in alignment with Site Supply Chain and cross-function partners such as Finance, IT, Quality.
•    Oversee select 3rd party contract and/or partner organizations and resources
•    Establishes sustained, productive, and effective relations with customers/suppliers.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by those in this job.  It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, and other duties may be assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS
Education:
•    Possess at a minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management or other related field, Master’s Degree preferred
•    APICS Certification desired

Experience:
•    Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated Supply Chain Management experience across all workstreams  
•    Employment history should show a progressive increase in management responsibility within a Supply Chain Organization
•    Prior Biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing experience preferred
•    Solid knowledge and experience in Planning, Procurement, Logistics and Integrated systems.

Skills:
•    The ideal candidate will have excellent written and oral communication abilities.  Must be able to present complex theoretical concepts and empirical performance data effectively to a variety of audiences.
•    Must exhibit strong leadership skills with particular emphasis on relationship development
•    This individual should be a person of unquestionable integrity and a team player who has a track record of winning the confidence and trust of colleagues 
•    Excellent Analytical skills with a high attention to detail
•    Ability to effectively maintain a culture of continuous improvement is essential
•    Extensive experience with industry-standard software applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
•    SAP experience including implementations / improvement initiatives
•    Comfort working in a matrixed environment
 

There are physical/mental demands and work environment characteristics that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. This information is available upon request from the candidate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all essential functions.
 

Emergent BioSolutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the diversity of our workforce.  Emergent does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
 

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