Vice President, Supply Chain

Fujifilm•Morrisville, NC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is seeking a Vice President, Site Supply Chain to join our site executive leadership team. This leader owns the end-to-end supply chain strategy, governance, performance, and organizational capability for a complex, multi-product, GMP manufacturing site. You will translate 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 role partners closely with global Supply Chain and cross-functional leaders across Manufacturing, Quality, Technical Operations, Engineering, Finance, IT, Commercial, and Procurement. By end of 2025, we will open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field with 15+ years of progressive supply chain experience; OR Bachelor’s degree in the above fields with 17+ years of progressive supply chain experience.
10+ years of people leadership within a large, multi-disciplinary 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, multi-site supply network.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related discipline.
Executive supply chain leadership experience in large-molecule biologics, CDMO, or complex multi-product pharma operations.
Success leading greenfield start-up, major expansion, tech transfer, product launch, or production scale-up through commercial readiness.
Executive leadership across global or multi-site 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 to site, network, and corporate objectives.
Serve as executive sponsor for integrated business planning, demand/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, managing 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 (ERP, master data, advanced analytics, planning tools) and data-driven decision-making.
Build strong partnerships 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.
Ensure inspection-ready processes and controls in compliance with cGMP, EHS, trade regulations, and company policies.
Sponsor continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.
Lead and develop a high-performing organization.