Description

• Oversee and facilitate the monthly Supply Review Meeting (SRM), including preparation, execution, and follow-up.
• Act as the Supply Planning Process Owner, maintaining governance and continuous improvement of planning processes.
• Orchestrate the global Supply Planning Cycle, ensuring timely execution and alignment across planning tiers.
• Unify supply plans across products and regions to provide a consolidated view for decision-making.
• Track and report the latest supply plan performance against the Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
• Provide oversight of inventory and Excess & Obsolete (E&O) management across all products.
• Partner with site planners and cross-functional teams to ensure accurate inputs and execution alignment.

• Give guidance to team members. Provide coaching and technical training as subject matter expert. Act as mentor for Product Planners.
• Ensure culture of performance, collaboration, and accountability where individuals are valued, recognized, and aligned to the BioMarin values.
• Support Head of Global Product Planning to ensure alignment of SRM process to S&OP, Site and External Manufacturing processes.

• Worldwide scope with focus on top countries, key & established brands and early assets 

• Create/Maintain Supply Chain Product Planning Processes
• Accountable for developing what-if supply scenarios to continuously improve performance relating to both service levels and total costs thru continuous evaluation of supply, outsourcing strategies, product strategies and the positioning of inventory across the network.
• Communicate decisions and supply impacts to all stakeholders, escalation and prioritization of supply responses around all issues and opportunities impacting customer service to stakeholders.
• Actively participate and support New Product introduction to ensure that supply network plans are optimally created and that supply plans are executed in support of the established timelines
• Develop strong relationships inside and outside the organization including Business Insights & Analytics, site planners, site supply chain leads, Long Range Planning, Finance, Quality and Regulatory.

• B.S. or BA in supply chain management, science and/or engineering (biotechnology, engineering or related sciences). M.B.A or advanced degree, diploma or certification in Supply Chain Management (e.g., APICS or CSCP certification) strongly preferred
• Required 10+ years of supply chain management and planning experience for a reputed, global or multi-plant Biotech, Pharmaceutical or Consumer Product company utilizing world class supply chain planning and execution processes with at least 3 of those years as a manager.
• Required Experience with global product supply planning and knowledge of Biotech, Pharmaceutical Sales & Operations Planning processes.
• Good understanding and exposure to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory requirements
• Experience in developing and implementing world class, global supply chain planning processes and managing them through deployment of global advanced planning and scheduling systems
• Exposure and experience in Biotech / Pharmaceutical manufacturing process, principles and practices; preferably at production site and headquarters level
• Experience in working internationally in a fast paced, reputable global Biotech / Pharmaceutical or Consumer company organized in a matrix structure
• Expertise in SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and advanced planning tools.

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, especially in building highly effective, world class, global teams
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and build strong relationships by being transparent, reliable, and delivering commitments.
• Demonstrated capability in implementing challenging goals, objectives and practices in a complex and ambiguous environment
• Ability to provide innovative ideas to optimize the supply chain and generate new ideas or alternatives that create value including seeking new information and external insights.
• Certification or exposure to Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement concepts desirable.
• Demonstrated proficiency in competencies of Strategic Agility, Organizational Agility, Business Acumen, Process Design and Management, Organization Change Management and Process Effectiveness - in globally diverse, rapidly changing cross-cultural environments
• Strong ability in negotiating and influencing without authority in complex, high impact situations
• Strong coaching, mentoring and employee development skills
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, problem solving and rapid decision making skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills both, oral and written
• Developed ability to create and foster a team based environment to establish and maintain a cooperative relationship with individuals contacted during the course of work

Preference for candidate to be based in Northeast U.S. to enable regular collaboration with BMRN offices and external partners.

Who We Are 

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems – and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.



Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.