Local Supply Chain and Warehousing Lead
About The Position
UCB is building a new state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing campus in Georgia, USA, a significant investment designed to strengthen its global manufacturing network and expand supply capabilities for future medicines. This greenfield initiative offers a unique opportunity to help design, build, and launch a world-class facility from the ground up. The Local Supply Chain & Warehousing Lead will be a key part of the Internal Manufacturing team, contributing to this strategic project by ensuring supply chain and warehousing requirements are integrated into facility design and project decisions. This role requires a blend of strong operational expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence project decisions to create an efficient, compliant, and scalable manufacturing facility.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations Management, or a related field.
- +10 years of Relevant experience within biopharmaceutical operations and regulated manufacturing environments.
- +6 years of experience supporting large-scale pharmaceutical or biotechnology projects, facility start-ups, capital projects, or manufacturing transformations.
- Strong expertise in supply chain and warehousing operations, including planning, procurement, inventory management, storage, logistics, and distribution.
- Strong understanding of the systems, processes, and technologies supporting modern supply chain and warehouse operations.
- Ability to translate operational requirements into clear business, technical, and project requirements.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational detail and navigate complex project environments.
- Excellent communication and technical writing skills.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and solution-oriented, with a strong continuous improvement and innovation mindset.
- Ability to work effectively in a rapidly evolving environment with changing priorities and project needs.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to communicate in French.
Responsibilities
- Represent Internal Manufacturing throughout the project, ensuring supply chain and warehousing requirements are embedded into facility design and project decisions.
- Define user requirements and translate operational, technical, and business needs into practical, compliant, and future-ready solutions.
- Provide subject matter expertise across planning, procurement, warehousing, inventory management, material flows, logistics, and distribution processes.
- Collaborate with manufacturing sites and global stakeholders to gather best practices, operational knowledge, and lessons learned from existing operations.
- Review technical documentation, process designs, layouts, and operational concepts to ensure they support long-term manufacturing performance and business objectives.
- Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities, while actively influencing project teams to develop robust and sustainable solutions.
- Contribute to the design of efficient and scalable supply chain and warehousing operations that support both current and future manufacturing requirements.
- Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and innovative practices to help shape future-ready manufacturing capabilities.
- Ensure Quality, GMP, HSE, and compliance requirements are considered and embedded throughout all project phases.
- Promote operational excellence and support project decisions that enable safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations from day one.
Benefits
- Hybrid-first approach to work, with 40% of time spent in the office unless explicitly stated otherwise or precluded by the nature of the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
