This position is a leadership role, being responsible for the direct management of people managers & individual contributors.  As a key leader, you are jointly responsible for the site culture by leading by example and role modeling WuXi values and competencies.

Job Summary: Lead the material supply processes related to products manufactured at the Middletown site, from the procurement of the raw materials to the shipment of finished goods, as well as manufacturing master data management.

Responsible for the excellent relationship with commercial clients & ensuring a premium service via frequent communication and finding innovative, win-win solutions that meet client needs.

As a strategic role and key player for the organization, this position will interact with the following departments: Bulk Operations, Packaging Operations, QC, Validation, QA, IT and Finance.

This position oversees lead times and the requested delivery date and ensures on-time in full delivery.

Department management

• Guide, mentor & develop your teams to achieve an environment of personal accountability and trust.
• Do the right thing (be effective): align with the site to set the strategy & priorities for your teams, ensuring we are working on the right things,
• Doing it right: (be efficient): manage your teams by setting & tracking goals and tasks. Continuously improving processes to ensure we are doing it right.
• Ensure proactive priority and daily activity management for team & activities (planning communication, team organization, control, checking of the defined targets),
• Ensure department processes are sufficiently defined and documented. KPIs are implemented & monitored, actions are prioritized to ensure KPIs are on target.
• Communicate pro-actively, consistently, and collaboratively with peers, stakeholders, and partners.
• Use risk management & scientific assessments to ensure the depth and breadth of resource allocation (people, duration, documentation, etc.) is commensurate to the risk, impact, and the ROI.
• Keep up to date with current industry best practices that may give an operational or strategic advantage to WuXi.
• Accountable for the department budget (OPEX and CAPEX).

Purchasing, planning and shipping:

• Accountable for timely supply of products and materials as per business requirements (Demand plan, Launches, Projects, Safety stock, Shipment, etc.), to ensure overall on time delivery to our clients.
• Accountable for sufficient inventory of all raw materials to ensure overall on time delivery to the customer, whilst optimizing costs and risks (e.g. expiration).
• Responsible for lead time optimization and monitoring,
• Supervise and lead the demand plan management from supply plan cycle to reaching OTIF (RTP, PRA) targets,
• Act as single point of contact for all operational interactions with VPT,
• Capacity review with the impacted plant departments (QA, QC, Bulk Operations, Packaging Operations) and the Warehouse,
• Support QC and QA release prioritization when applicable,
• Accountable for on time Supply Chain and Master Data deliverables to support NPI project.
• Responsible for the direct material standard cost setup, write-offs and crossed charge to customer to deliver defined financial target.
• Responsible for indirect purchasing activities and CAPEX procurement

Manufacturing ERP/ MES Master Data:

• Accountable for timely Manufacturing Master Data activities, to ensure overall on time delivery to our clients.
• Ensure Manufacturing Master Data activities are performed according to GMP rules for Purchased Items, Recipes or Routings. For Manufactured Items ensure appropriate coordination with Global Master data.
• Ensure execution of assigned tasks & impact assessment on ERP system
• Ensure preparation of data templates, initiation and follow-up of workflows and data entry in the system
• Ensure CAPA and change control follow-up and ownership
• Ensure collection of requests, sequencing and proactive solution proposals
• Ensure proper IT involvement for developments, test script creation and execution during ERP or routing changes
• Ensure appropriate training is provided to users in regard to routing changes

Commercial Client Relationship Management:

• Responsible for an exceptional relationship with commercial clients, by frequent communication and innovative solutions to ensure On-Time-In-Full delivery.
• Accountable for impeccable customer service, including converting Purchase Orders received from customers into Sales Orders in SAP system.
• Accountable for revenue tracking and communication.

Compliance

• Accountable for the planning, execution and tracking of all compliance activities (GxP as well as other regulatory requirements). Including:
  • Accountable for the departments related topics during audits & inspections (including regulatory, compliance, client and corporate)
  • Process definition, and management of documentation (SOPs, Job Descriptions, etc.), ensuring alignment to corporate policies, regulatory requirements and best practices.
  • Training Curriculum definition and on-time completion of training,
  • Follow up, coordination and management of CAPAs, deviations and Change Controls.
  • Lead complex deviation investigations, change management, and critical quality complaint resolution activities.

EHS:

• Line Managers shall provide a safe and healthy work environment for their staff in areas under their control and shall ensure compliance with relevant rules and legislation in those areas.
  • Identify 1 (or more) members of your department to be part of the site EHS team,
  • Work closely with EHS to evaluate hazards and perform risk analysis,
  • Ensure that staff (including short duration and temporary contracts) are properly informed on hazards, and trained to act in consequence,
  • Promote safe practices and behaviors, verify that EHS rules are implemented and respected.
• Report immediately all incidents and near-misses to EHS, participate in investigations and identify preventive measures to prevent similar accidents in the future

Experience / Education

• BS in Science, Technology or Business
• 15+ years of experience in manufacturing logistics/supply chain (in a GMP environment a strong plus)
• 10+ years managing teams
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Maximo, Calibration program software, MES, etc. 

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Known for exceptional management of teams: to maintain an environment of personal accountability and trust,
• Decisive leader; at ease to take autonomously important decisions under pressure and to drive successful execution,
• Organized and rigorous,
• Excellent knowledge and strong experience in supply change strategy,
• Strong understanding of warehouse operations and related regulations,
• Solid knowledge of transport and customs rules,
• Natural leader, at ease to take autonomous decisions under pressure and to drive successful execution,
• Excellent management and organizational skills,
• Well-developed ability to constructively work across functional areas and levels to achieve results,
• Strong verbal and written communication skills,
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, influential, and deductive skills,
• Capability to work with short deadlines and simultaneous activities,
• Understanding of GMP and FDA/EMA/Swissmedic regulatory requirements,
• Understanding of solid oral dosage forms manufacturing and packaging processes,

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.

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position.  Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by Management.