Supply Chain Sr Mgr - Physical and Financial Flow Specialist
Amgen Inc.
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Amgen is seeking a Supply Chain Senior Manager in Thousand Oaks to lead end-to-end processes aligned with business transformation and SAP S/4HANA implementation. You will partner with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize physical and financial flows across planning, sourcing, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution.
The role requires advanced degrees or substantial experience in Operations or Supply Chain, fluency in English, and strong leadership in global and
Qualifications
- PhD/MBa or related experience in business/operations or supply chain
- Alternative: advanced degrees with 4+ years in supply chain/ops work
- Bachelor/Associate with extensive supply chain experience considered
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end supply chain processes aligned with business transformation and SAP S/4HANA implementation.
- Drive supply chain process and tech initiatives including S/4HANA enhancements across functions.
- Develop strategy and partner with transformation programs and implementation suppliers.
- Provide SME guidance across planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and financial flows.
- Manage design and implementation activities, gather requirements, support testing, and report updates.
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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be essential in advancing Amgen’s Supply chain transformation initiatives, and success will be achieved through multiple areas of focus such as:
- Lead and develop end-to-end supply chain processes aligned with Amgen’s Business transformation supported by SAP S/4 HANA implementation. Orchestrate, enable, mature, and sustain integrated capabilities across planning, sourcing, manufacturing, inventory, distribution, and financial flows, unifying people, processes, and systems to improve value, service, resilience, and scalability.
- Lead Supply Chain process and technology initiatives, including SAP S/4 HANA enhancements for physical and financial flow setup, integration and execution across end-to-end supply chain functions.
- Strategy development and network collaboration:
- Partner with the End-to-End transformation Supply Chain Program Acceleration Office and Portfolio leads to create the business cases and deliver projects to support implementation.
- Partner with the implementation suppliers (like Kinaxis, Accenture, CapGemini, etc.) to ensure the effective implementation of the projects and services, holding them accountable to project scope, SLAs and KPIs.
- Serve as a supply chain subject matter expert, guiding and influencing Global, Regional, Site, and Tech teams across planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and financial flows.
- Project management to Deliver Results:
- Lead design and implementation activities, including functional and technical user requirements, support user testing, defect management and provide timely updates to management.
- Drive end-to-end process orchestration, integrated planning and execution to improve physical and financial flow efficiency, and decision-making across Amgen’s supply chain network.
- Own and act as Business SME for end-to-end design and execution of physical and financial flows, translating supply plans into material movements, inventory ownership and valuation, intercompany transactions, and financial postings across sites and legal entities.
- Partner with Finance, Tax, and Controllership to define and govern principal financial entity and intercompany models, including transfer pricing, cost and revenue recognition, inventory reconciliation, and month-end close impacts.
- Ensure planning and execution processes support commercial and financial reporting events, including flash sales and double-flash cycles, with timely alignment of demand, supply, inventory, and financial results.
- Lead development of predictive tools and probabilistic modeling to improve supply chain performance, scenario-based decisions, production capacity, inventory service, cost, and resilience.
- Lead development and measurement of applicable metrics to deliver measures for success.
- Champion Change Management:
- Provide broader access to project events, early identification of issues, and establish the path for escalation and ownership of decision-making.
- Act as a change leader for transformation by educating and influencing teams
- Champion use of analytics and Operational Excellence principles to support process improvement and adoption of new processes/capabilities
- Provide technical consulting and mentorship to coach, train, and guide new or junior staff
This position may require up to 20% yearly travel, mostly local and domestic.
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The driven professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of Business, Operations, or Supply Chain Management related experience OR
- Master's degree and 4 years of Business, Operations, or Supply Chain Management related experience OR
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of Business, Operations, or Supply Chain Management related experience OR
- Associate’s degree and 10 years of Business, Operations, or Supply Chain Management related experience OR
- High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Business, Operations, or Supply Chain Management related experience
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration or Supply Chain Management
- Solid understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes across integrated business planning and S&OP, demand and supply planning, sourcing and procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, logistics and distribution, order fulfillment, and supply chain risk management.
- Demonstrated experience designing or executing end-to-end physical and financial supply chain flows, including inventory ownership and valuation, intercompany transactions, principal financial entity models, and reconciliation of operational events to financial close and reporting (e.g., flash sales and double-flash cycles, returns etc.).
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt or have demonstrated the ability to (re)design business processes and applying operational excellence techniques.
- Ability to analyze abstract and complex problems requiring evaluation of intangible variables
- Ability to develop innovative and creative output based on interpretation and analysis
- Demonstrated in-depth experience with software such as Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP, and end-to-end supply chain operating models, including physical and financial flow setup and execution.
- Experience with information systems supporting Plan-to-Ship and/or Lifecycle management business processes (including Anaplan, SAP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, PLM, and other Data platforms)
- Laser-focused and strong delivery experience managing large, complex projects, Operational Excellence, and major change management initiatives.
- Must think ahead strategically and must be able to weigh and decide between implementing new functionality by configuration vs assessment of new technology.
- Ability to develop insightful strategies based on knowledge of external and internal operating environments
- Awareness of biopharmaceutical commercial and supply chain trends and developments and good understanding of GMP and pharmaceutical regulations
- Strong internal and external network relations
- Fluency in English: written and oral
- Experience in working in a global environment, ability to liaise/communicate effectively and easily with multi-functional teams, different management levels, and across cultures
- A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans
- Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
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Application deadline
Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Salary Range
134.061,15USD -181.376,85 USD
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