Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Bavarian Nordic; Bern; Vor Ort; CHF 240.000 - 340.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Bavarian Nordic seeks an experienced, commercially driven supply chain leader to steer its global organization through growth and operational excellence. The role demands building a high-performing, globally integrated supply chain across 115 employees and 15 direct reports, with international travel up to 20%.

Based in Kvistgaard, Denmark, or Thorishaus, Switzerland, the incumbent will partner with COO and senior leaders to balance supply, demand, and capacity, while driving digital

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience leading end-to-end supply chain in global regulated environments.
• Proven ability to build high-performing leadership teams.
• Deep understanding of integrated business planning, logistics, and network performance.

Aufgaben

• Lead the Global Supply Chain organization and ensure reliable, cost-efficient, and sustainable supply to customers and patients globally.
• Drive end-to-end supply chain performance across service, cost, cash, sustainability, risk, and quality compliance.
• Stabilize and implement the Global Supply Chain target operating model with clear governance and decision rights.
• Partner with Global Operations, Commercial, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, IT and site leadership to balance supply, demand, capacity and priorities.
• Build organizational capability across people, processes, systems and data, including ERP evolution and digital transformation.
• Lead, coach and develop a global leadership team with accountability and customer focus.

Kenntnisse

Strategic leadership

Global supply chain

End-to-end supply chain

Cross-functional collaboration

Jobbeschreibung

The role

We are seeking an experienced and highly commercial driven leader to take our global supply chain organization through the next phase of growth, maturity, and operational excellence. This is an opportunity for a strong supply chain leader who can continue building a high-performing, globally integrated, and business-oriented end-to-end supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Supply Chain organization and ensure reliable, cost-efficient, and sustainable supply to customers and patients globally.
• Drive end-to-end supply chain performance across service, cost, cash, sustainability, risk, and quality compliance.
• Continue the implementation and stabilization of the Global Supply Chain target operating model, ensuring clear roles, governance, interfaces, and decision rights.
• Partner closely with Global Operations, Commercial, Public Preparedness, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, IT, and site leadership to balance supply, demand, capacity, and business priorities.
• Build organizational capability across people, processes, systems, and data, including ERP evolution, performance management, and digital transformation.
• Lead, coach, and develop a strong global leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, quality mindset, and customer focus

You will lead a global organization of approximately 115 employees through a team of around 15 direct reports. The role can be based in Kvistgaard, Denmark, or Thorishaus, Switzerland, and reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO). International travel of up to 20% should be expected.

What You Bring

To become a success in this role, it is crucial that you bring solid business acumen, energy, and ambition to our dynamic growing business. Therefore, we are looking for a supply chain executive who thrives in translating business ambition into operational results.

You excel at leading through others, creating alignment across a global organization, and ensuring that supply chain capabilities evolve in step with business needs. Rather than building strategy from scratch, you know how to accelerate and strengthen existing direction, driving performance, resilience, and continuous improvement at scale. Besides this, you bring

• Extensive experience leading end-to-end supply chain organizations in a global and highly regulated environment
• A strong record of accomplishment of building high-performing leadership teams and developing organizational capability
• Deep understanding of integrated business planning, supply chain operations, logistics, and network performance
• Proven ability to navigate complexity and drive execution across multiple functions, geographies, and stakeholders
• Experience leading operational transformations, process optimization, and digital enablement initiatives
• A collaborative, pragmatic, and results-oriented leadership approach with the ability to inspire trust and drive accountability

Why this role

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a global supply chain organization in a company with a strong purpose and an ambitious growth agenda. Reporting directly to the COO, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Global Supply Chain, driving transformation, building organizational capabilities, and ensuring that life-saving vaccines reach patients and customers around the world.

Bavarian Nordic is a global vaccine company with a mission to improve health and save lives through innovative vaccines. We are a preferred supplier of mpox and smallpox vaccines to governments to enhance public health preparedness and have a leading portfolio of travel vaccines. We are headquartered in Denmark and have manufacturing, research, and sales offices across Europe and North America.

Bavarian Nordic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

For more information, visit www.bavarian-nordic.com