Associate Director, External Logistics

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Time-off programs

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc. is seeking an Associate Director of External Logistics to lead our external logistics operations.

The role drives 3PL governance, inventory stewardship, serialization compliance, and inbound transportation, delivering analytics-driven, proactive performance across the network. Responsibilities span governance, KPIs, and continuous improvement, with a focus on OTIF, inventory accuracy, and cost-effective movement from partners to customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or commensurate experience.
• 8+ years directly related logistics experience including 3PL/warehousing, distribution planning, or materials management.
• 8+ years pharmaceutical or directly related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead 3PL governance and monthly reviews with external providers.
• Own finished-goods inventory stewardship and SAP reconciliation.
• Oversee DSCSA serialization compliance and inbound transportation.
• Develop dashboards and weekly operations reviews for performance insights.
• Drive process standardization and continuous improvement across fulfillment and transport.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SAP ERP

Relational databases

Data analysis

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Analytics, Engineering, Finance, Business, Operations Management, or commensurate experience

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical develops and markets high-quality, added-value and cost-effective generic drugs in the United States. Our products are developed in the group’s own R&D facilities and through strategic partnerships with manufactures from around the world.

About the Role

The Associate Director, External Logistics is responsible for leading Breckenridge's external logistics operations and ensuring the compliant, reliable, and cost-effective movement of products from external manufacturing partners through distribution and delivery to customers. The role owns four critical operational capabilities: Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Governance, Inventory Operations, Secure Supply Chain (DSCSA and Serialization), and Inbound Transportation. Together, these capabilities form the backbone of Breckenridge's fulfillment and execution network and directly influence customer service, regulatory compliance, inventory investment, working capital, and operational performance. This leader will advance the organization from reactive issue management to a proactive, analytics-driven operating model supported by Control Tower visibility, standardized governance, disciplined risk management, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Governance

• Serve as the primary business owner for 3PL relationships, warehouse operations, and distribution performance.
• Lead monthly business reviews and operational governance meetings with external logistics providers.
• Establish, monitor, and continuously improve service-level agreements and key performance indicators.
• Drive improvements in order fulfillment, OTIF performance, inventory accuracy, warehouse productivity, returns, and reverse logistics.
• Evaluate warehouse capabilities, long-range capacity requirements, and automation opportunities needed to support future growth.

Inventory Operations

• Own finished-goods inventory stewardship.
• Ensure inventory accuracy and timely reconciliation between SAP and external logistics systems.
• Establish consistent governance for disposition, destruction, donations, returns, quarantine inventory, and quality-held inventory.
• Partner with Demand Planning and Supply Planning to improve forecast to inventory alignment, service levels, and working capital.

Secure Supply Chain

• Serve as the operational leader for Secure Supply Chain activities, DSCSA execution, and serialization compliance.
• Lead serialization exception management, investigation, escalation, and closure processes within defined service levels.
• Partner with IT, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, customers, and external solution providers to sustain and improve serialization capabilities.
• Lead operational readiness for NDC-12 conversion and future track and trace requirements.
• Maintain KPI reporting for DSCSA compliance, exception trends, response times, customer onboarding, and audit readiness.
• Maintain appropriate procedures, documentation, controls, training, and evidence supporting regulatory inspections and partner audits.
• Lead inbound transportation strategy and execution from supplier shipment through receipt at the distribution center.
• Establish end-to-end inbound visibility from supplier shipment through IC receipt
• Manage relationships with freight forwarders, ocean and air carriers, customs brokers, and transportation service providers.
• Implement inbound transportation scorecard and weekly carrier reviews
• Develop standardized escalation process for port, customs, FDA, and carrier issues

Control Tower and Operational Excellence

• Partner with Integrated Planning and the Control Tower organization to convert operational data into actionable insights and early risk detection.
• Implement dashboards and operating reviews covering inventory turns, days of supply, OTIF, backorder risk, logistics lead time, port dwell time, supplier and carrier performance, logistics cost per unit, and DSCSA exceptions.
• Establish a weekly Operations Execution Review cadence with clear ownership, escalation paths, action tracking, and corrective-action governance.
• Drive predictive risk management, digital supply chain capabilities, and future AI-enabled exception monitoring.
• Lead process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across fulfillment, transportation, inventory, and compliance operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Analytics, Engineering, Finance, Business, Operations Management, or commensurate experience.
• Normally requires at least eight (8) years directly related (e.g. logistics, freight forwarding, 3PL/warehousing, distribution planning, or materials management) experience.
• Normally requires at least eight (8) years of pharmaceutical or directly related experience.

Required Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, relational databases and ERP systems (e.g. SAP).
• Advanced Excel experience (i.e. macros, pivot tables).
• Experience in data mining, analysis and reporting.
• Highly adaptive and flexible to accepting new ideas, people and procedures.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop scenarios, quantify risks, identify root causes, and translate data into executive decisions.
• Must demonstrate effective listening, sound judgment, be well organized, take initiative, be flexible, and work well under pressure.

Pay range and compensation package

At Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc, we’re committed to investing in every team member’s total wellbeing, now and in the future. Our benefits programs vary but we offer the following to all BPI team members, regardless of geographic location:

• Flexible approach to how we work
• Health benefits and time-off programs
• Competitive compensation packages
• The anticipated annual salary for this role is $125,000 – 160,000

Equal Opportunity Statement

Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.