Demand and Supply Manager - China

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Location/Division Specific Information

We are the Clinical Trials Division (CTD): We Supply the Hope that Changes Lives - Global (remote)

CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time - a concept that we internally adopt as "There is a Patient Waiting." Our unique blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialtylogistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repositorystorageand much more. Our more than 4000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters.

A Day in the Life:

• Design, Implement, Interpret and Review inventory management plan to forecast supply plan of study drugs to global and sophisticated clinical trials, using sound supply chain techniques.

• Provide input into User Requirement Specifications of Interactive Response Technology (IRT) medication management module and complete User Acceptance Testing ifrequired.

• ReviewIRTstrategy to ensure it supports the strategic supply plans and that IRT settings are adjusted tooptimizethe supply and demand.

• Ensures plans are robust andoptimizesglobal and regional supply strategies to ensure continuity of subject supply in the most effective and efficient manner.

• Develop and provide clients with reports on actual project spend versus budget.

• Establishes connections betweendemandplanning team and S&OP ensuring the latest forecast information is aggregated and integrated into the divisional S&OP process.

• Partners with the Enterprise Project Manager, along with global and site project management teams and/or directly with the customer to advise and proactively share key client data vital tofacilitatean effective supply chain planning cycle.

• Ensure temperature excursion process is performed asrequired.

• Establish andmaintainfinancial forecasts and monthly billing processes for assigned client projects.

• Assistin training and on boarding of new employees (buddyconcept)

• Stay on top of relevantcGMPs, GCPs, and other regulatory requirements and ensure study management activities are aligned.

• Demonstrate and promote company vision.

• Conduct activities in a safe and efficient manner.

As Demonstrated By:

Project Management

• Structures demand plans in line with client strategy—startingfrom an identified need, setsobjectivesand specific goals.

• Speaksandwritesin a clear, concise, and organized way. Listens carefully to others to ensure understanding and effective communication.

Technical Knowledge

• Independentlydigestsdata thatis applicableto project results and collaborators.

• Handles the demand planning part of projects efficiently in different systems andmaintainstheir own as well as the team’s accountability for using Thermo Fisher tools to help the team be successful.

• Demonstrates comfort with technology and uses innovations to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of work processes, procedures, and outputs.

• Knowledge of general inventory and billing principles, good documentation practices, and report generation.

Project Management Leadership

• Works with others to quickly resolve or raise solutions to problems. Develops a sense of urgency among cross-functional teams to influence project timelines.

• Communicates at the proper time, understands boundaries, respects differences, and confronts tension. Ensures that all communications are clear, focused, and based on a solid understanding of needs, using the mostappropriate medium.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business/operations management preferred.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

• 4 to 5 years of supply chain and/or planning experience managing global supply chain design andlogisticsmanagement, preferably as they relate to clinical program design and execution.

• Understanding ofclinical supply requirements, phases of clinical development, and the factors that influence study designs preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Requiresstrongeye for business including the ability to understand the manufacturing process and how costimpactsthe overall business.

• Requires enhanced PC knowledge and skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) products.

• Requires interpersonal skills and the ability to lead and work in teams including client services, technical, planning, and financialexpertise.

• Requires excellent analytical and organizational skills.

• APICS certification or equivalent preferred.

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