End-to-End Biologics Supply Chain Planner

Takeda; Lexington (MA); Sur place; USD 137 000 - 215 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Takeda in Lexington, MA is seeking an End-to-End Supply Chain Planner to ensure reliable supply of biologic medicines across a complex multi-site network. You will translate demand, capacity, inventory, and regulatory requirements into executable supply plans for several products and markets.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, lifecycle management, and risk mitigation, with responsibilities spanning capacity, lead times, and portfolio decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business administration, industrial engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in supply chain planning, production planning, supply network management, or a related pharmaceutical operations discipline.
• Strong experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with experience in biologics, biotechnology or other complex regulated products.
• Experience managing supply planning across multiple manufacturing sites, products, markets, or production stages.
• Experience in product lifecycle management, including launches, transfers, process or product changes, capacity changes, portfolio evolution, and discontinuations.
• Proven ability to develop and implement integrated plans in response to complex manufacturing, quality, regulatory, lifecycle, and market requirements.
• Strong understanding of the end‑to‑end pharmaceutical supply chain.
• Strong stakeholder‑management skills and experience building effective cross‑functional and cross‑site networks.
• Ability to influence, negotiate, and create alignment without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, scenario‑planning, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with SAP and/or advanced planning systems such as IBP or OBP.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with reporting tools such as Qlik or Power BI.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
• Fluency in English; additional language skills are an advantage.

Responsabilités

• Develop and own end‑to‑end supply plans for assigned biologic brands across short-, medium-, and long‑term planning horizons.
• Translate demand, market changes, manufacturing constraints, and portfolio priorities into feasible supply plans.
• Coordinate supply planning across multiple manufacturing sites, including capacity, production sequencing, product variants, lead times, release constraints, and market requirements.
• Lead supply reviews with manufacturing sites and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Identify supply risks, constraints, and supply‑demand imbalances, and develop scenarios and mitigation plans.
• Manage the supply‑chain implications of lifecycle activities, including launches, transfers, process or product changes, geographic expansion, discontinuations, capacity changes, and network optimization.
• Assess the impact of lifecycle decisions on capacity, inventory, materials, production timing, site allocation, market supply, and service performance.
• Translate lifecycle‑management strategy into integrated implementation plans with clear milestones, owners, dependencies, and escalation points.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across manufacturing, quality, regulatory affairs, finance, commercial, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing sciences.
• Influence stakeholders and drive alignment across sites and functions where priorities and constraints differ.
• Balance patient supply, service, inventory, working capital, capacity utilization, and financial performance.
• Support portfolio and network decisions through analysis, scenarios, and recommendations.
• Ensure supply continuity during operational, portfolio, and manufacturing changes.
• Drive improvements in planning processes, governance, data quality, inventory performance, and service levels.
• Communicate complex supply‑chain issues clearly to senior stakeholders and leadership teams.

Connaissances

Supply chain planning

Stakeholder management

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Scenario planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Pharma/biologics experience

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business administration, industrial engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related field

Outils

SAP

IBP

OBP

Power BI

Qlik

Description du poste

Takeda in Lexington, MA is seeking an End-to-End Supply Chain Planner to ensure reliable supply of biologic medicines across a complex multi-site network. You will translate demand, capacity, inventory, and regulatory requirements into executable supply plans for several products and markets.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, lifecycle management, and risk mitigation, with responsibilities spanning capacity, lead times, and portfolio decisions.