Associate Director Digital Global Clinical Supply Chain & Process Excellence

Takeda • Lexington, MA

64d

About The Position

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company to inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as an Associate Director Digital Global Clinical Supply Chain & Process Excellence based in Lexington, MA reporting to the Senior Director, Digital Global Clinical Supply Chain & Process Excellence. At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to work towards their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, and work toward excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to provide Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world. Here, you will be a necessary contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Scientific, business or supply chain (or significant job related experience).
• 8+ years relevant related work experience.
• Job related experience dealing with Supply Chain operations.
• Knowledge of, and preferably hands on experience with pharmaceutical manufacturing, clinical supply chain, and related systems (SmartSupplies, ERP, IRT, etc.).
• Enhanced competency in project management and process analysis.
• Enhanced experience in creative problem solving.
• Enhanced experience in designing, maintaining, and enhancing processes.

Responsibilities

• Key user and technical support SME for Global Clinical Supply Chain applications.
• Strategic management of numerous key process areas and responsible for improvement.
• Manage GCSC SmartSupplies administration and change control activities including configuration updates, change control, and validation as necessary.
• Monitors and manages system integration with key GCSC external vendors and internal systems.
• Drives setup of new integrations when necessary.
• Ensures computer systems compliance through adherence to all procedures including periodic system checks and reviews.
• Broadly drives GCSC analytics and data architecture, in terms of developing, maintaining, improving and driving adoption.
• Strong development capabilities.
• Manages development, implementation, and management of Global Clinical Supply Chain processes as they relate to systems and a broad array of digital capabilities.
• Proactively seeks opportunities to engage with the user community to create, deliver and maintain digital reference and training material.
• Very strong project management and meeting facilitation that persues initiatives to take advantage of new technologies including various types of algorithms, automation and artificial intelligence.
• Holds team accountable and provides detailed progress tracking through different visual means.
• Broadly contributes significant ideas that can be pursued to improve operational performance monitoring via analytics, and process simplifications through digital capabilities and automations.

Benefits

• U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others.
• U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees