Senior Associate - Global Product Supply Planning

About the role

The Senior Associate in Supply Chain at Amgen manages supply chain activities including procurement, inventory management and logistics, working with other departments to ensure smooth operations and adherence to supply chain best practices. The role reports to the Head of Global Supply Planning within the Global Supply Chain Organization and sits within a multinational, multicultural organization.

Key responsibilities

• Control supply transition plans across existing supply chain nodes based on changes to supply, demand or regulatory approval assumptions for Life Cycle Management initiatives (monthly)
• Balance supply plans across several manufacturing stages and sites, supporting demand and maintaining safety stock levels (monthly)
• Manage complex product supply chain and network scenario analyses and report them to Senior Management
• Present end-to-end Demand and Supply plans, including Supply Planning Quality Checks, to ensure plan integrity at the end of each planning cycle (monthly)
• Perform pre-planning quality checks to ensure MRP integrity for a number of Amgen commercial products (monthly)
• Establish supply plans for new supply chain nodes using strategic inputs from the Global Supply Chain Lead
• Support and adopt supply chain automation and AI transformation initiatives to improve efficiency
• Act as a standing member of the Global Supply Chain Team, sharing key risks and insights and closing blind spots in the end-to-end supply chain
• Own several supply chain business processes, including annual working cell bank supply management, global temperature excursion form generation, supply chain reporting to Tax and Treasury, and global master data integrity for SAP and RapidResponse

Required profile

• Minimum of 5-9 years of overall experience, or a Master's degree with 2 years of directly related experience, or an Associate's degree with 6 years, or a high school diploma with 8 years of directly related experience
• Preferred: 2+ years of experience in global pharmaceutical, biotech or a similar industry
• Strong knowledge of demand and supply planning, MRP, production planning and inventory control
• Detail-oriented with strong business data analytical skills, process-oriented and able to handle multiple priorities under tight deadlines
• Able to communicate across staff levels and build relationships in a matrix organization

Required skills

• Demand and supply planning and MRP
• Basic understanding of supply chain principles and logistics
• Understanding of the Amgen commercialization process, industry regulations, GMP and compliance