Associate Director, CAR-T Site Supply Chain Product Planner

Scorpion Therapeutics; Summit (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an Associate Director, CAR-T Site Supply Chain Product Planner to lead short-term scheduling and end-to-end planning at our Cell Therapy Operations NJ manufacturing site.

You will develop and maintain supply plans, manage raw material transitions, and optimize schedules through data analysis while coordinating with cross-functional teams to improve planning tools and implement new technologies.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of biopharma production planning and GMP supply chain experience.
• Deep supply chain planning and scheduling expertise.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, SAP preferred.
• Strong understanding of cGMP, FDA, EMA, TGA regulations.
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to work with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain supply plans for equipment, media, raw materials, vector, and LN2.
• Manage raw material transition plans.
• Optimize schedules through data analysis.
• Oversee inventory reporting.
• Support product launches.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Improve planning tools and processes, including technology integration.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Scheduling

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, sciences, or related fields

Tools

SAP

Job description

Role

Associate Director, CAR-T Site Supply Chain Product Planner, responsible for short-term product scheduling and end-to-end planning at the Cell Therapy Operations NJ manufacturing site.

Responsibilities

• develop and maintain supply plans covering equipment, media, raw materials, vector, and LN2
• manage raw material transition plans
• optimize schedules through data analysis
• oversee inventory reporting
• support product launches
• coordinate with cross-functional teams
• improve planning tools and processes, including technology integration

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, sciences, or related fields
• 8-10 years of biopharma experience in production planning, GMP supply chain, and raw materials
• deep supply chain planning and scheduling expertise
• familiarity with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
• strong understanding of cGMP, FDA, EMA, TGA regulations
• continuous improvement mindset
• excellent interpersonal skills
• ability to work with ambiguity

Preferred

• Green Belt
• APICS certification
• Operational Excellence experience
• strong influencer

High-Value

• cell therapy modalities
• GMP environment
• supply chain planning
• raw materials management
• cross-functional collaboration
• implementation of new planning technologies

Work setup

on-site at NJ, with no explicit travel requirements specified.