Senior Associate, GMP-Aware Pharma Supply Chain | Hybrid

Orion Group; Breda; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Group Life Sciences is seeking a Senior Associate Supply Chain (GMP) for a multinational pharmaceutical/biotechnology client located in Breda. This 12-month contract offers a high likelihood of extension and requires onsite work at least 3 days per week in a hybrid setup.

You will support the Supply Planning team, managing short-, mid-, and long-term production and warehouse plans across Europe, Turkey, Middle East, and Africa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree in business, supply chain, science, engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience with supply chain planning.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Analytical skills for root-cause analysis and problem solving.
• GMP experience not required but beneficial.
• Interest and/or experience with Tableau, Smartsheet, Databricks, RPA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage short-term production planning for packaging lines, ensuring timely delivery and stable supply chains to patients.
• Craft production plans, manage orders, drive timely delivery and support phase-in-phase-out of product and launches.
• Support flawless execution and remove flow stoppers.
• Measure weekly and monthly KPIs and drive actions with stakeholders (e.g., MPS stability).
• Participate in daily operational meetings to oversee performance and coordinate cross-department actions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, warehouse and supply chain; lead weekly capacity meetings to align on realistic supply plans.
• Drive standardization, simplification, and automation of processes in daily work and in cross-functional projects.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and root-cause analyses.
• Demonstrate leadership to ensure stable operations and supply chain efficiency within GMP and GDP guidelines.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

GMP knowledge (beneficial)

Automation interest

Education

Bachelor or Master’s Degree in business/supply chain/science/engineering

Tools

Tableau

Smartsheet

Databricks

RPA

Job description

Orion Group Life Sciences is seeking a Senior Associate Supply Chain (GMP) for a multinational pharmaceutical/biotechnology client located in Breda. This 12-month contract offers a high likelihood of extension and requires onsite work at least 3 days per week in a hybrid setup.

You will support the Supply Planning team, managing short-, mid-, and long-term production and warehouse plans across Europe, Turkey, Middle East, and Africa.