Global Partnership Supply Manager

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

The Global Partnership Supply Manager manages a portfolio of external partnerships, ensuring successful execution of the operational aspects of collaborations and increasing their strategic value and health. The role supports Amgen’s commercial expansion and pipeline products by ensuring timely, efficient, high-quality product supply in accordance with contractual obligations. It also oversees current process execution and identifies, enables, standardizes, and documents improvements, including the use of technology to enhance efficiency and accuracy. The manager leads cross-functional collaboration activities within Amgen and across partner organizations, including commercial demand and supply planning, transfer pricing, CMC variation strategy, product launches, manufacturing technology transfers, and scientific or technical data exchange. The role provides supply-chain guidance to Product Delivery Teams, leads partner S&OP meetings, manages demand forecasts and performance, and coordinates with Amgen’s network to assess risks and align supply with agreements. As the primary contact for assigned partners, the manager works with Legal, Quality, Alliance Management, Partner Accounting, Operations Finance, and other teams to address challenges and raise key matters to senior leadership. The position provides functional input into collaboration, licensing, and quality agreements; owns supply agreements; and contributes to financial modeling. It also advances Partnership Supply strategy through feedback, root-cause analysis, process improvements, standardization, and projects that strengthen collaborations and organizational capabilities. Clear communication, early risk identification, stakeholder alignment, and reliable follow-through are essential.

Requirements

Doctorate degree; or Master’s degree and 2 years of Business, Engineering, and/or Supply Chain experience; or Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of such experience; or Associate’s degree and 8 years of such experience; or high school diploma/GED and 10 years of such experience.
Experience in demand and supply planning, S&OP, forecasting, risk assessment, and product delivery in a regulated environment.
Experience managing external partners or supply agreements, with ability to interpret contractual, quality, and licensing terms.
Ability to coordinate teams across organizations and functions, including Commercial, Finance, Quality, Legal, Alliance Management, and Cost Accounting, and influence decisions without direct authority.
Strong facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills, including leading S&OP meetings, maintaining accountability, and communicating recommendations and risks to senior leaders.
Ability to distill complex information into logical, concise messages.
Ability to work effectively and sensitively with diverse, multicultural teams.
Ability to identify risks early, resolve issues with stakeholders, apply root-cause analysis, and use Operational Excellence methodologies to identify and implement improvements.
Strong project management skills to maintain plans, milestones, dependencies, decisions, and actions while delivering multiple priorities on time.
Familiarity with basic costing models and ability to anticipate and understand potential financial implications of decisions.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with GMP requirements and supply-planning systems.
Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, SAP, Kinaxis, or equivalent systems for supply planning, reporting, process automation, and decision-making.
Familiarity with pharmaceutical manufacturing and CMC activities.

Responsibilities

Ensure efficient, timely, and quality product supply to partners in accordance with contractual obligations.
Build effective working relationships across partner organizations and Amgen teams, including Product Delivery Teams, Global Supply Chain, and other Operations teams.
Lead cross-functional collaboration activities, including commercial demand and supply planning, transfer pricing, CMC variation strategy, product launches, manufacturing technology transfers, and scientific or technical data exchange.
Provide supply-chain guidance as a core member of one or more Product Delivery Teams.
Lead partner S&OP meetings and coordinate performance management with Amgen commercial, finance, and supply-chain teams.
Manage partner demand forecasts and coordinate with the Amgen network to assess risks and align supply with contractual obligations.
Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned partners and work across Legal, Quality, Alliance Management, Partner Accounting, and Operations Finance to summarize challenges and raise them to senior leadership.
Provide functional input into collaboration, licensing, and quality agreements; own supply agreements; and contribute to financial modeling.
Identify opportunities to increase the strategic value of partnerships and advocate for continuous improvement across collaborations and the Partnership Supply organization.
Use feedback and root-cause analysis to propose and deliver improvements, standard processes, and projects that strengthen collaboration and organizational capabilities.
Keep stakeholders aligned through clear meetings, progress updates, and follow-through on commitments.
Identify risks early, work with stakeholders to resolve them, and keep plans and decisions up to date.

Benefits

Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
Group medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Discretionary annual bonus program, or sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans
Flexible work models where possible
Career development opportunities