Sr Manager, Clinical Drug Supply Planning & Forecasting

Role Summary

The Senior Manager, Clinical Drug Supply Planning and Forecasting leads forecasting for clinical trial supplies across a subset of programs. The role develops, maintains, and communicates demand forecasts for clinical supplies, enabling visibility of dynamic trial requirements and optimizing inventory usage within Global Development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Clinical Drug Supply Managers to prepare and present study-level forecasts and demand plans to key stakeholders within Global Development and IOPS, covering demand for both internally procured supplies and projected comparator drug supply purchases.
• Translates study designs, enrollment pace, dosing schedules, and other assumptions into robust demand forecasts; aids in creating and managing IRT algorithms based on predicted conduct of clinical trials.
• Regularly updates forecasts at multiple levels of granularity to reflect revised milestones or current information (e.g., inventory levels, site and patient enrollment).
• Schedules, coordinates preparation for and manages Drug Projection Review Committees in partnership with Clinical Drug Supply & Logistics (CLO).
• Advises CLO, IOPS and Clinical management of resource constraints and recommends strategies to meet existing or anticipated demands.
• Attends Strategic Program Team meetings and presents program-level forecasts and demand plans to senior management.
• Defines and tracks KPIs to measure forecast accuracy and improve cycle times and inventory management.
• Participates in the management of advanced forecasting and simulation software to optimize demand and assess cost/risk for best-fit supply strategies.
• Contributes to automated forecasting technologies that integrate clinical assumptions into robust forecasts for future resource planning.
• Demonstrates understanding of forecasting in the supply chain and develops tools/processes to standardize and improve efficiency.
• Maintains knowledge of packaging/labeling, global distribution, IRT technology, outsourcing management, performance metrics, project management, and quality/compliance requirements; experience with forecast/planning/simulation software is a plus.
• May require up to 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry, with 5 years minimum in clinical supply management.
• Preferred: Masters/MBA/PharmD with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Required: Demonstrated experience in clinical forecasting translating complex clinical trial designs into demand forecasts and supply plans to meet business objectives.
• Preferred: Prior experience with forecasting and simulation optimization software.
• Required: Strong influencing, negotiating and problem-solving skills across functional, geographical and cultural boundaries.
• Required: Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Required: Track record of good project management and risk identification/management.
• Required: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to generate trust through consistent, professional output.
• Required: Ability to develop new ways of working and forecasting processes to improve value proposition to stakeholders; creativity to establish robust business processes.
• Required: Ability to make forecasting decisions that align with organizational priorities, even in ambiguous situations, and provide guidance to other functions.

Education

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience in biotech/pharma (5 years in clinical supply management).
• Preferred: Master's degree (MBA/PharmD) with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.

Additional Requirements

• Travel: up to 25% as needed.