Cell Therapy Logistics & Warehousing (Senior Manager)

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Job details

Company overview

We are a global company in the pharmaceutical industry, engaged in research, development, manufacturing, and sales of pharmaceuticals. Our mission is to discover, develop, and provide innovative medicines to help patients with serious illnesses. As leaders in the future of the healthcare industry, we prioritize "Focus, Innovation, Compassion." We focus on disease areas with significant unmet medical needs and aim to guide people to new hope and contribute to improving their quality of life through the provision of innovative medicines and services.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Lead monthly and weekly logistics activities in liaison with Apheresis Operations and Scheduling & Logistics
• Responsible for operations with logistics suppliers and continuously improve ways of working and performance
• Ensure logistical readiness for country launches and new manufacturing plant go lives
• Own monthly and quarterly operations and business review meetings with logistics suppliers and internally
• Own internal logistics procedures and ensure correctness of supplier procedures
• Initiate, lead and manage logistics change controls and transformational change
• Ensure KPI targets are met, analyze metrics, and extract actionable insights from reports to initiate projects
• Select logistics suppliers in alignment with Global Cell Therapy Logistics, Warehousing, and Trade Operations strategy and principles
• Support the team with managing transport bookings and issuing shipping documents where needed 
• Foster lasting internal relationships with partnering functions to advance the logistics program and agenda
• Own discrepancies framework including root cause analysis, CAPA provision and effectiveness checks
• Derive future logistical needs from SD&OP forecasts and initiate projects to meet future requirements
• Responsible for logistics POs and budget adherence. Ensure logistics invoices are audited, reconciled, and paid.
• Develop route planning tools and optimize logistics execution together with Procurement
• Oversee shipping system configurations, cold chain box inventory and maintain the required templates  

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Master’s degree in supply chain, logistics management or equivalent
• Minimum seven years of experience in logistics, transportation, and import / export in pharma industry
• Experience in cell and gene (preferred) or biotech required
• Experience with complex and highly regulated pharma supply chain and logistics models
• Excellent knowledge of GDP regulations, transport regulations and dangerous goods regulations
• Motivated to lead people with or without authority in a global matrix organization
• Skilled in planning tasks, organizing work and communicating problem statements and solution proposals
• Highly self-motivated individual, with demonstrated ability to work independently
• Ability to work in a fast-changing environment and in serving as change agent

Salary

10 - 14 million yen

Location

Tokyo