Director Clinical Supply Chain Operations
On-siteShanghai, Shanghai, China or Beijing, Beijing, China
Job Summary
Liaise between GCSC Planning and China/Asia Development Teams to equip Planning Leads with data, scenarios, and judgements for strategy discussions with Global Clinical Teams. Develop best practices and leading indicators for planning and execution in China and the APAC region while providing boots-on-the-ground perspectives and troubleshooting. Lead operational feasibility assessments, scenario analysis, and risk mitigation for clinical protocols, advising global CMC and Clinical Sub teams on IMP management. Address stakeholder requirements from Clinical Operations, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Procurement, and provide input into Interactive Response Technology design. Interface with QA/QP personnel to facilitate IMP shipment and coordinate cross-border supply strategies with the Logistics function. Full-time role based in Shanghai or Beijing, China. Requires 8-12 years of pharmaceutical industry experience with a minimum of 5 years in Clinical Supply Chain. Fluency in English and Chinese (Mandarin) is essential.
Required Qualifications
- 8-12 years relevant Pharmaceutical Industry and/or Contract Provider experience
- minimum of 5 years of experience in Clinical Supply Chain
- Leadership skills and strategic problem-solving ability
- ability to predict, anticipate issues and identify solution(s)
- Excellent organizational skills
- Proactive management of multiple tasks of varied complexity simultaneously
- Expert understanding of clinical supply unit operations within planning and operations
- supply/demand forecasting
- Strong technical background with GMP, GDP (Good Documentation Practice) experience
- Excellent communication skills in English and Chinese
- fluent written and spoken Mandarin
- experience in presenting technical topics to non-expert and executive audiences
- Strong project management skills
- ability to work effectively through change and fluid timelines
- Ability to balance enterprise perspective with study and project-level deliverables
- Ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks of varied complexity and spanning from big picture strategy to detailed tactics
- Ability to apply multiple lenses to analyze and represent complex interdependencies, scenarios, and tradeoffs
- Ability to work effectively with decentralized teams
- maintain working relationships with limited face to face interaction with team members located in different countries
- Ability to influence stakeholders from many technical disciplines and at many levels
- Locations Shanghai, China
- Beijing, China
- Worker Type Employee
- Worker Sub-Type Regular
- Time Type Full time
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Medical Devices and ancillary supplies
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