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Compass Consulting

Clinical Supply Chain Manager

Compass Consulting, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Principal Recruiter / Senior Client Relations Compass Consulting | Life Science Industry

Our client is a research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies to increase our understanding of the biology that controls lifespan.

Location:

San Jose, CA

Salary:

$185,000.00 - $230,000.00

Employment Type:

Contract

Hours:

40 hours per week for six months minimum. Conversion to an FTE role if the team member demonstrates a technical and cultural fit at the Company and alignment with the Company’s Core Values.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: Develop and optimize global supply chain strategies for clinical (small molecule/biologic) programs, aligning with development plans, future commercialization, regulatory needs, and corporate objectives.

End-to-End Supply Management: Oversee all supply chain aspects, including:

Clinical Supply: IMP demand forecasting, packaging, labeling, distribution, returns, and destruction for global clinical trials, ensuring timeline and budget adherence.

Comparator Sourcing: Strategically plan and execute the sourcing, procurement, and management of comparator products for clinical trials, ensuring quality, authenticity, and timely delivery.

Commercial Supply: Strategic planning, launch readiness, manufacturing coordination, inventory, warehousing, and distribution for commercial products.

Transition Management: Lead seamless transition of drug products from clinical development to commercial supply, including tech transfer, scale-up, and commercial readiness.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Lead cross-functional teams (Clinical Ops, QA, Regulatory, Manufacturing, CMC, Commercial, Finance) for integrated execution across the product lifecycle.

Vendor & CMO/CDMO Management: Select, help qualify, and manage third-party vendors, CMOs, and CDMOs for clinical packaging/labeling, storage, distribution, and commercial manufacturing, ensuring performance against KPIs/SLAs.

Forecasting & Planning: Lead accurate clinical supply forecasting (based on trial design/enrollment) and robust commercial forecasting (with commercial teams), translating into comprehensive supply plans.

Risk Management: Proactively identify supply chain risks (e.g., manufacturing delays, regulatory changes, logistics, market fluctuations) and develop mitigation strategies for uninterrupted clinical and commercial supply.

Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all supply chain activities comply with global GMP, GDP, GCP, and relevant regulatory requirements (FDA, EMA, Health Canada, etc.) for clinical and commercial products.

Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in supply chain, implementing best practices, new technologies, and efficient processes to enhance effectiveness, reduce costs, and improve reliability.

Budget Management: Develop and manage the overall supply chain budget for programs/products, tracking expenditures and identifying cost efficiencies.

Documentation: Ensure meticulous documentation and record-keeping for all supply chain activities, ready for audit/inspection.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred but not required.

Experience: 10+ years progressive supply chain experience in pharma/biotech.

Demonstrated expertise managing clinical and commercial supply chains for small molecule/biologic products across all development phases and commercialization, including product launch.

Proven experience in comparator sourcing and management for global clinical trials.

Technical Skills: In-depth knowledge of global regulations for pharma supply chains.

Strong understanding of drug development, clinical operations, and commercialization strategies.

Proficient in supply chain forecasting, ERP/MRP, IRT and logistics.

Experience with cold chain management for biologics.

Familiarity with import/export regulations.

Knowledge of global regulations and best practices for comparator product sourcing.

Leadership & Soft Skills: Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, influencing and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.

Proven strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making under pressure.

Strong project management, managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Detail-oriented, committed to quality, compliance, and operational excellence.

Adaptable and able to lead through ambiguity.

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