Head of Supply Chain - Pharma Solutions

Croda International•Plainsboro, NJ

About The Position

Pharma Solutions is a growing business within Croda, serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and veterinary-health customers through innovative excipients, vaccine adjuvants, peptide technology, lipid technologies, and formulation expertise. As the business scales globally, reliable supply execution is essential to customer trust, operational performance, and sustainable growth. The Head of Supply Chain will build and lead the global supply-chain operating model for Pharma Solutions, connecting commercial demand, manufacturing capability, inventory strategy, inbound material security, warehousing, logistics, and customer service through one disciplined and scalable process. This is a visible global leadership role with the opportunity to create new capabilities in the organization and directly influence customer experience, working-capital performance, and long-term growth. Pharma Solutions is at a pivotal stage in its evolution. As a growing business within Croda, we are bringing together industry-leading capabilities across pharmaceutical excipients, vaccine adjuvants, innovative lipid delivery systems, and formulation expertise to create a more integrated and scalable global organization. With strong customer demand, ambitious growth plans, and continued investment across the business, this is an opportunity to help shape the future of Pharma Solutions. This role offers the opportunity to establish the planning, inventory, and customer-service backbone needed to support the next phase of global growth.

Requirements

Leadership experience in supply chain, planning, and integrated business planning within pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, CDMO or biologics; experience with pharmaceutical excipients like lipids, peptides, vaccine adjuvants and CDMO models are advantageous.
Proven success leading global or multi-site S&OP / IBP, demand and supply planning, inventory strategy, and customer service performance.
Experience improving working capital, inventory optimization, supply reliability, and continuity.
Knowledge of warehousing, logistics, GDP expectations, and cold-chain or temperature-sensitive distribution.
Ability to operate through a complex matrix and influence stakeholders across functions, sites, regions, and cultures without relying solely on direct authority.
Strong analytical capability and familiarity with SAP, ERP, and modern planning or IBP technologies.
A hands-on builder who can design new processes, personally drive adoption, and remain calm under service pressure.
Ability to communicate clearly around supply risk, inventory strategy, allocations and recovery plans.
Experience supporting commercial pharmaceutical customers is advantageous.
A relevant degree is; APICS, CPIM, CSCP, Lean Six Sigma, MBA, or equivalent qualifications are advantageous.

Nice To Haves

experience with pharmaceutical excipients like lipids, peptides, vaccine adjuvants and CDMO models are advantageous
Experience supporting commercial pharmaceutical customers is advantageous
APICS, CPIM, CSCP, Lean Six Sigma, MBA, or equivalent qualifications are advantageous

Responsibilities

Design and implement a globally aligned S&OP / Integrated Business Planning process across Pharma Solutions.
Create a disciplined monthly planning rhythm connecting commercial demand, manufacturing capability, inventory strategy, and customer commitments.
Improve forecast quality, planning transparency, and cross-functional decision-making.
Establish Supply Chain as a strategic business partner and trusted source of operational insight.
Own global accountability for OTIF performance and customer-facing supply reliability.
Improve responsiveness, communication, and escalation of customer supply and delivery risks.
Build resilient continuity plans across sites, logistics networks, and critical raw materials.
Strengthen customer confidence through realistic, consistent, and transparent supply commitments.
Establish a global inventory strategy that balances service, risk, cash, and obsolescence.
Drive working-capital improvement and clear inventory ownership across the global network.
Define and optimize warehousing, distribution, and logistics strategies, including regulated and temperature-sensitive requirements.
Strengthen supply-chain visibility, planning systems, and performance through data-driven decision-making.
Build the global supply-chain capabilities to support future growth.
Personally drive implementation and adoption across a complex matrix organization.
Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution and accountability.