Vice President, Supply Chain

Fujifilm•Morrisville, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is seeking a Vice President, Site Supply Chain to join the site executive leadership team in Holly Springs, North Carolina. The role owns the end-to-end supply chain strategy, governance, performance, and organizational capability for a complex, multi-product, GMP manufacturing site. It translates site, network, customer, and global priorities into an integrated supply strategy that enables site start-up, reliable production, regulatory compliance, cost competitiveness, customer commitments, and long-term growth. The position partners closely with global Supply Chain and cross-functional leaders across Manufacturing, Quality, Technical Operations, Engineering, Finance, IT, Commercial, and Procurement. The role provides executive sponsorship for integrated business planning, demand and supply planning, materials readiness, procurement, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain data governance. It leads supply chain financial performance for an approximately $375M–$450M combined annual spend and inventory budget, and builds a high-performing organization of approximately 80–100 employees, with approximately 4–8 direct reports. The position represents the site in global supply chain and executive forums and ensures inspection-ready processes compliant with cGMP, EHS, trade regulations, and company policies. This is an on-site position that may require on-call support and the ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation. The work may involve prolonged sitting or standing, lifting or moving up to 33 pounds, and occasional work in warm or cold environments or mechanical/production-adjacent spaces. Respiratory protection and operating motor vehicles or PITs are not routinely required.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or a related field and 15+ years of progressive supply chain experience; or a bachelor’s degree in these fields and 17+ years of progressive supply chain experience.
10+ years of people leadership within a large, multidisciplinary supply chain organization, including leading leaders and individual-contributor leaders.
Significant leadership experience in a cGMP-regulated pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing environment.
Proven success establishing or transforming end-to-end supply chain capabilities for a complex, large-scale manufacturing site.
Significant experience operating across a complex, global, multisite supply network, including joint planning, capacity and inventory balancing, cross-site risk management, governance, and escalation.
Deep expertise in end-to-end supply chain strategy and operations within highly regulated pharmaceutical or biotechnology environments.
Strong knowledge of cGMP, U.S. and international regulatory expectations, trade compliance, and data integrity.
Executive judgment in complex, ambiguous situations with significant operational, customer, financial, and compliance impact.
Strong enterprise collaboration and influencing skills; ability to build trust and align decisions across sites, global functions, customers, and suppliers.
Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, working capital, inventory investment, cost productivity, and business case development.
Proven ability to establish governance, KPIs, and risk management across planning, sourcing and procurement, logistics and warehousing, analytics, and master data.
Demonstrated strength in organizational design, succession planning, talent development, and change leadership.
Experience with integrated business planning, ERP implementation, digital enablement, advanced analytics, and master-data governance.
Ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation and respond to time-critical matters.
Ability to stand or sit for prolonged periods of approximately 60 minutes and may lift or move up to 33 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
Executive supply chain leadership experience in large-molecule biologics, CDMO, or complex multi-product pharmaceutical operations.
Success leading a greenfield start-up, major expansion, tech transfer, product launch, or production scale-up through commercial readiness.
Executive leadership across global or multisite supply networks with direct responsibility for network planning, cross-site decision-making, and alignment to global strategy, standards, and investments.
Track record of partnering with global functions and external partners to standardize ways of working and deliver enterprise outcomes.

Responsibilities

Own and execute the site’s end-to-end supply chain strategy, operating model, and multiyear roadmap aligned with site, network, and corporate objectives.
Serve as executive sponsor for integrated business planning, demand and supply planning, materials readiness, procurement, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain data governance.
Translate business commitments into capacity, inventory, sourcing, and logistics strategies that protect production continuity and enable growth.
Establish executive governance, KPIs, and management routines for service, schedule adherence, inventory, cost, supplier performance, and risk.
Provide strategic direction for supplier selection, contracting, category management, and supplier relationship management; lead negotiations on critical commercial matters.
Build supply resiliency through scenario planning, business continuity, safety stocks, capacity assurance, and mitigation of geopolitical, logistics, quality, and supplier risks.
Own supply chain financial performance, including operating budgets, working capital, cost productivity, and strategic investment cases for a combined annual spend and inventory budget of approximately $375M–$450M.
Ensure supply chain readiness for site start-up, validation, tech transfer, production ramp-up, new customer onboarding, and sustained commercial operations.
Lead digital supply chain capabilities, including ERP, master data, advanced analytics, and planning tools, and promote data-driven decision-making.
Partner with site and global functions to set shared priorities, resolve cross-functional constraints, and deliver integrated site and network outcomes.
Represent the site in global supply chain and executive forums and influence network-wide planning, capacity, sourcing, inventory, logistics, and business-continuity decisions.
Ensure inspection-ready processes and controls comply with cGMP, EHS, trade regulations, and company policies.
Sponsor continuous improvement and transformation initiatives to improve service, responsiveness, cost, cash, and reliability.
Lead and develop a high-performing organization, including leaders of leaders and leaders of individual contributors; establish accountability, succession plans, and capability priorities.
Support a 24/7 manufacturing operation and respond to time-critical supply, quality, customer, or business-continuity matters.
Represent supply chain in executive governance, customer engagements, regulatory inspections, supplier escalations, and major continuity events.