Associate Director, Digital Global Clinical Supply Chain

Takeda; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lexington, MA is seeking a senior professional to lead and optimize Global Clinical Supply Chain digital capabilities. You will drive cross-functional collaboration, manage complex projects, and deliver enhancements across inventory and control-tower platforms.

Your role emphasizes automation, AI, and data-driven workflows to improve decision-making and productivity while ensuring regulatory compliance and seamless production releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Scientific, business or supply chain (or significant job-related experience) preferred
• 8+ years relevant related work experience.
• Job related experience dealing with Supply Chain operations.
• Microsoft Power Platform experience and/or certification a plus.
• Highly productive and self-driven.
• Hands on experience and preferably implementation experience with pharmaceutical manufacturing, clinical supply chain, and related systems (SmartSignals, SAP, IRT, etc.)
• Demonstrated competency in project management and process analysis.
• Demonstrated creative problem solving.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, maintaining, and enhancing processes.
• Understanding of metrics and key performance indicators driving supply chain operations.
• Leads numerous cross-functional teams in inspirational and congenial manner.
• Great communication and organizational skills; proactively manages multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that strengthen Global Clinical Supply Chain’s digital capabilities, improve processes, and increase operational efficiency.
• Apply supply chain expertise, systems knowledge, and project leadership to deliver compliant upgrades and meaningful enhancements across inventory and control-tower platforms.
• Advance automation and AI capabilities to improve how supply chain information is created, managed, and used.
• Develop applications, analytics, dashboards, and more efficient supply chain workflows that support better decisions and boost team productivity.
• Acts as key decision-maker for various Global Clinical Supply Chain (GCSC) systems, digital capabilities, integrations, and supporting reference documentation.
• Leads supply chain initiatives to enhance digital capabilities using skilled cross-functional facilitation, deep supply chain expertise and applied project management.
• Takes advantage of new technologies including various types of algorithms, automation and artificial intelligence to drive supply chain efficiencies.
• Handles system outages and integration failures, keeping clinical orders and production release work running smoothly without interruption.
• Drives streams of GCSC SmartSignals activities including configuration updates, user training, and ensuring systems compliance within GCSC and supporting system integration with key GCSC external vendors and internal systems.
• Owns elements of Control Tower development and implementation, including aspects of custom alert development and introduction of new capabilities.
• Owns GxP compliance for aspects of the platform, and can represent systems on their own during inspections.
• Leads the development, implementation, and management of various GCSC business processes.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Process analysis

Creative problem solving

Communication and organization

Self-driven / highly productive

Hands-on with pharmaceutical systems (

Education

Bachelor's degree in scientific, business or supply chain

8+ years relevant work experience

Tools

Power Platform

SmartSignals

SAP

IRT

Job description

Job Description

Objective / Purpose

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that strengthen Global Clinical Supply Chain’s digital capabilities, improve processes, and increase operational efficiency.
• Apply supply chain expertise, systems knowledge, and project leadership to deliver compliant upgrades and meaningful enhancements across inventory and control-tower platforms.
• Advance automation and AI capabilities to improve how supply chain information is created, managed, and used. Develop applications, analytics, dashboards, and more efficient supply chain workflows that support better decisions and boost team productivity.

Accountabilities

• Acts as key decision-maker for various Global Clinical Supply Chain (GCSC) systems, digital capabilities, integrations, and supporting reference documentation. Makes prioritization decisions and sets direction.
• Leads supply chain initiatives to enhance digital capabilities using skilled cross-functional facilitation, deep supply chain expertise and applied project management.
• Takes advantage of new technologies including various types of algorithms, automation and artificial intelligence to drive supply chain efficiencies.
• Handles system outages and integration failures, keeping clinical orders and production release work running smoothly without interruption.
• Drives streams of GCSC SmartSignals activities including configuration updates, user training, and ensuring systems compliance within GCSC and supporting system integration with key GCSC external vendors and internal systems.
• Owns elements of Control Tower development and implementation, including aspects of custom alert development and introduction of new capabilities.
• Owns GxP compliance for aspects of the platform, and can represent systems on their own during inspections.
• Leads the development, implementation, and management of various GCSC business processes.

Engage and nurture the user community through creation and maintenance of reference and training material on digital capabilities. Provide training to users as necessary.

Education & Competencies

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Scientific, business or supply chain (or significant job-related experience) preferred
• 8+ years relevant related work experience.
• Job related experience dealing with Supply Chain operations.
• Microsoft Power Platform experience and/or certification a plus.
• Highly productive and self-driven.
• Hands on experience and preferably implementation experience with pharmaceutical manufacturing, clinical supply chain, and related systems (SmartSignals, SAP, IRT, etc.)
• Demonstrated competency in project management and process analysis.
• Demonstrated creative problem solving.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, maintaining, and enhancing processes.
• Understanding of metrics and key performance indicators driving supply chain operations.
• Leads numerous cross-functional teams in inspirational and congenial manner.
• Great communication and organizational skills; proactively manages multiple tasks simultaneously.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location

Lexington, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range

$154,400.00 - $242,550.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

Benefits

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EEO Statement

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Locations

Lexington, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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