Senior End to End Supply Chain Planner

Takeda; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Stakeholder management

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Scenario planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Pharma/biologics experience

Education

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

Tools

SAP

IBP

OBP

Power BI

Qlik

Job description

Job Description

About the Role

Join us as an End-to-End Supply Chain Planner and help ensure the reliable supply of important biologic medicines to patients.

This role covers a complex, multi-site manufacturing network and requires end-to-end supply‑chain planning across multiple products, markets, and planning horizons. You will connect demand, manufacturing capacity, inventory, quality, regulatory requirements, financial objectives, and business priorities.

You will use your pharmaceutical and biologics experience to translate lifecycle‑management decisions into practical and executable supply plans. Success in this role requires strong stakeholder management, the ability to build effective networks across functions and sites, and confidence in influencing decisions in a matrix organization.

How You Will Contribute

• 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.

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.

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

$137,000.00 - $215,270.00

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.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Lexington, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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