Global Supply Chain Director: Network Planning & Risk

Syndax Pharmaceuticals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 270,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Syndax Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Network Planning & Risk Management to lead integrated supply planning, network strategy, inventory management, and supply risk across Syndax's clinical and commercial supply chains.

This role partners with External Manufacturing, Clinical Supply Chain, Logistics, CMC, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial to ensure supply reliability and execution against the plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years pharma/biotech supply‑chain with leadership in planning, forecasting, inventory, risk.
• Deep expertise in S&OP, demand planning, capacity planning, and scenario analysis.
• Proven experience building and governing supply risk management programs.
• Experience leading cross‑functional production control or supply execution forums.
• Experience with small molecule APIs and solid dose supply chains; biologics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated S&OP aligning demand, capacity, inventory, financial plans, and priorities.
• Own global supply planning across clinical and commercial programs for drug substance and drug product.
• Establish demand planning integrating clinical enrollment forecasts and finished goods requirements, commercial forecasts, market assumptions, and lifecycle activities.
• Lead demand and supply balancing across the network, identifying constraints, scenarios, trade-offs, and decisions to protect patient supply.
• Develop long‑range network and capacity strategies supporting portfolio growth, commercialization, geographic expansion, and resilience.
• Establish inventory and safety‑stock strategies that balance service, supply risk, expiry exposure, cost, and working capital.
• Monitor inventory health, planning accuracy, capacity, and supply performance and drive timely corrective actions.
• Lead scenario planning and business‑continuity strategies addressing capacity constraints, demand variability, and single‑source dependencies.

Skills

Supply chain planning

S&OP

Forecasting

Inventory management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Network optimization

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related field

MBA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

SC Planning software

Job description

Syndax Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Network Planning & Risk Management to lead integrated supply planning, network strategy, inventory management, and supply risk across Syndax's clinical and commercial supply chains.

This role partners with External Manufacturing, Clinical Supply Chain, Logistics, CMC, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial to ensure supply reliability and execution against the plan.