Senior Specialist, Project Management (Logistics) - Hybrid

MSD • Rahway, NJ

11h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global Clinical Supply (GCS) organization is responsible for managing the end-to-end integrated clinical supply chain across the Company’s Research Laboratories portfolio of clinical trials. GCS oversees the sourcing, labeling, packaging, and global distribution of clinical supplies to clinical sites worldwide. The GCS Logistics Planning function serves as a critical interface between internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clinical supply networks are designed to enable the efficient, compliant, and timely movement of investigational product across dynamic global supply chains. This role is responsible for analyzing, designing, and maintaining compliant clinical supply distribution networks for assigned clinical studies, with a focus on operational readiness, trade compliance, regulatory requirements, and depot preparedness to support global distribution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 5 years’ experience in supply chain, preferably in pharmaceutical clinical supply chain. OR High School Diploma or equivalent and minimum 10 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical Operations.
• Working knowledge of international shipping documentation, customs processes, and international shipment execution.
• Familiarity with global supply chain participants, including brokers, freight forwarders, importers, CMOs/CROs, and depot/warehouse providers.
• Experience supporting international distribution strategies, including country and regional depots and direct-to-site delivery models.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and evolving business needs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal effectiveness and ability to influence across functions.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and web-based applications.
• Clinical Supply Chain
• Clinical Trials
• Communication
• Continuous Improvement
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
• International Logistics
• Optimization Methods
• Planning Operations
• Project Management

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of clinical supply processes and applicable GMP and GDP and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with SAP or similar enterprise supply chain systems.
• Familiarity with clinical supply trial operations, including packaging, labeling, blinding, randomization, and distribution planning.
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and maintain compliant and efficient clinical supply chain networks for assigned clinical studies.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Clinical Supply Planning, Clinical Operation, Country Operations, CMOs, Regulatory, Trade Compliance, and third-party providers
• Ensure readiness of internal and external depots/warehouses for global distribution, including verification of trade and regulatory data, temperature control requirements, shipping materials and compliance with GMP and GDP standards
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to resolve clinical supply-related issues in a timely and effective manner.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior