Supply Planning Director

Company & Job Overview

Global biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative medicines and rare diseases. The Director, Network Supply Planning leads global tactical supply planning across a complex, regulated supply network over a 0-3 year horizon. The role ensures reliable product supply while balancing service, inventory, capacity, cost, risk, and business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global network supply planning team.

• Own end-to-end supply planning across internal manufacturing, external partners, and distribution.

• Lead the S&OE process, aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and priorities.

• Manage supply risks, disruptions, scenarios, mitigation plans, and escalations.

• Establish planning standards, governance, KPIs, and performance management.

• Drive decisions on constraints, allocation, prioritisation, inventory, and network performance.

• Partner with senior stakeholders across Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Commercial, Technical Operations, and Logistics.

• Support financial planning, launches, supply continuity, and network resilience.

• Drive continuous improvement, digitalisation, data-driven decision-making, and process simplification.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in biopharma operations, supply chain, supply planning, or network operations.

• Proven leadership experience in global, matrixed, and regulated environments.

• Strong end-to-end understanding of manufacturing, external supply, distribution, and market delivery.

• Experience in supply risk management, continuity planning, network strategy, launches, or lifecycle planning.

• Strong analytical, strategic, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent cross-functional leadership and senior stakeholder management.

• Working knowledge of GMP, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, supply chain, operations, business, or related field required; advanced degree desirable