Supply Chain Planning Life Sciences Manager

Accenture; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Life Sciences Supply Chain & Operations professional to help biopharma and med tech clients implement end-to-end planning across supply networks. You will lead IBP, demand planning, and production scheduling to ensure product availability within regulatory bounds.

You will work on integrated business planning and external manufacturing dynamics, collaborating across teams to optimize planning processes for complex life sciences networks.

Qualifications

• Lead and implement Integrated Business Planning (IBP) across Life Sciences clients.
• Deep understanding of regulatory environments and product lifecycle complexity.
• Experience with external manufacturing dynamics in biopharma and med tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement IBP, demand planning, supply planning, production scheduling and inventory management for Life Sciences clients.
• Ensure reliable product availability while navigating regulatory and manufacturing constraints.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize supply networks and IBP adoption.

Skills

IBP

Demand planning

Supply planning

Production scheduling

Inventory management

Job description

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client‑focused, AI‑enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at accenture.com .

We are:

Accenture Supply Chain & Operations practice who specializes at the intersection of functional consulting, data, & technology. Our Life Sciences clients — spanning biopharma, med tech, and CDMO/CMO organizations — operate in one of the most complex, regulated, and high‑stakes supply chain environments in the world. We come at their challenges from all sides with deep industry expertise, data‑driven insights, and digital leadership. It’s our job to show clients how to take major leaps forward in planning, manufacturing, and supply chain operations — while meeting the demands of patient safety, regulatory compliance, and an evolving global supply network. How do we do it? We apply life sciences–specific planning frameworks, connect internal and external manufacturing networks, and build operating models that work for both biopharma and med tech environments.

You are:

A Life Sciences Supply Chain and Operations professional who helps biopharma and med tech clients implement and optimize end‑to‑end planning processes across their supply networks. You bring deep understanding of the regulatory environment, product lifecycle complexity, and external manufacturing dynamics that define this industry. You will lead and implement Integrated Business Planning (IBP), demand planning, supply planning, production scheduling, and inventory management capabilities — ensuring reliable product availability while managing the unique constraints