Director, Supply Chain

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages operations and personnel, including organising and prioritising daily tasks, performing training and performance reviews to accomplish company objectives, in accordance with the budget and timelines.

• Manages complex processes across functions and interacts effectively with the other team members to ensure product labeling meets regulatory requirements.

• Implements and assists with the development of Supply Chain policies, procedures, techniques, standards, and systems.

• Directs activities within the Planning functions to meet company goals, including adherence to the site production schedule, while ensuring Gilead is compliant with all regulatory requirements.

• Prepares project plans and manages projects to successful and timely completion. Provides expertise to the team and functional areas to anticipate, identify and resolve complex project issues which pose a challenge to achieving strategic goals.

• Responsible for ensuring the creation and maintenance of documentation to reflect the effectiveness and efficiency of department activities.

• Supports the Continuous Improvement process by aggressively seeking ways to improve Supply Chain processes and performance.

• Directs activities within the Planning group to meet company goals, including adherence to the site production schedule, while ensuring Gilead is compliant to all regulatory requirements

• Directs activities in collaboration with the Purchasing group to meet required inventory levels for all direct materials, timely resolution of any quality related records for external suppliers.

• Responsible for working across organizational, cultural and geographic boundaries to optimize company strategic results within the supply chain function.

• Responsible for managing the NPI activity for the GSIUC site, for EU and ROW markets.  This includes co-ordination of all site activity required to ensure that a product is launched as per the commercial and regulatory market timelines.

• Works with Quality Assurance to resolve quality related issues with product review and release to meet customer needs.

• Works on more complex issues where analysis requires an in-depth assessment, and potential consequences – more future oriented/preventive analysis to proactively manage quality risks.

• Responsible for managing master data requirements, coordinating and prioritising the requests to ensure timely response and action.

Knowledge & Skills

• The ideal candidate will possess good planning and organizational skills coupled with strong communication, time management skills and an aptitude for working with computer systems to plan and manage supply chain requirements.

• He\She will demonstrate an in depth understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards along with an in-depth knowledge of industry practices.

• He\She will demonstrate knowledge and proficiency across multiple practices within the Supply Chain department at Gilead, to understand, coordinate and communicate across the competing demands of each.

• He\She will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, strong analytical skills and problem-solving capability.

• He\She will be able to develop solutions to a wide range of moderately complex problems, which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation.

• He\She will be able to direct and implement electronic solutions for supporting Planning operations systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Gilead" or the "Company") to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company.  Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all  employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws).  Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:

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