Director, Supply Chain, BaseCamp Waltham

The Role:

ElevateBio BaseCamp is looking for a collaborative leader to drive meaningful changes and implement end-to-end supply chain strategies, operational plans, KPIs and objectives at the BaseCamp Waltham site. This role will partner closely with functional leadership to drive Planning, Master Production Scheduling, Forecasting, Inventory, Material Planning, and other supply chain capabilities for global clinical and commercialization plans in a multi-modality advanced therapy manufacturing site. The Supply Chain director will have direct responsibility for site incoming demand plans, supply plans, and operational assessments.  role is a critical part of the Waltham Site Leadership Team and reports directly to the Site Head.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Provide operational leadership for BaseCamp Waltham’s Planning, Materials Management, and GMP Warehousing functions, including:
  • Site production scheduling, forecasting, and planning processes (e.g. Shop Floor Control/Tiered Meeting structure etc.)
  • Site-level Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) processes including Demand Planning, Production Planning, and Operational Planning for all products and product stages, including partnering with external accounts for joint-S&OP. Executes capacity modeling for existing partners and new potential partner demand forecasting including direct labor, suite modeling, and batch run scenarios. Supports Long Range Planning for suite utilization.
  • Material planning for products from tech transfer through routine clinical and commercial production. Establishment and refinement of planning BOMs and lifecycle management of BOMs for all manufacturing processes. Partner with technical teams to create standard BOM materials and functional equivalent assessments to streamline inventory, where applicable.
  • GMP warehouse activity and third party storage oversight including all aspects of site inventory across labs and manufacturing. Includes oversight of offsite cold chain and ambient storage and management/forecast of third party utilization and spend.
• Ensure consistent, reliable, timely and compliant supply of products in accordance with the forecast and inventory requirements, the planning assumptions, and supply budget. Manage all site incoming and outgoing shipments, including drug product distribution and logistics.
• Develop short- and long-term goals for the department in accordance with overall corporate and site objectives. Create, measure , trend, and report supply related KPIs as a basis to drive continuous improvement.
  • Partner with Quality to conduct risk assessment and supplier audit / qualification in support of site materials management program(s).
• Management of drug product packaging, artwork, and labeling function.

Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Biotech, Supply Chain, or related field
• At least 10 years of experience in a Manufacturing, Technical Operations, or Supply Chain environment supporting complex products. Experience in autologous gene or cell therapy a plus.
• Direct experience in global demand/supply planning and/or S&OP required.
• Experience working within a contract manufacturing or client service organization strongly preferred
• Expertise in supply chain architectures and systems (e.g. SAP, MRP, planning software)
• Demonstrated ability and strength in leading cross-functional teams within a matrixed organization.

The budgeted range for this position is $190,000 - $260,000. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected hourly range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.