Senior Associate Supply Chain (GMP)

Orion Group Life Sciences are looking for a Senior Associate Supply Chain (GMP) (Regional Operations Senior Associate) for our Multinational Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology client based in Breda. Initial 12-month contract, with a high possibility of extension. This is a hybrid position, where during initial onboarding (3 months) you would have to be onsite at least 3 days and afterwards it will go to 1 to 2 fixed days onsite.

What will you do

As Regional Operations Leaders they are accountable for launching, managing variations and life cycle strategies of products in the EMEA markets.
They develop a 3 – 5-year product portfolio outlook with a strong emphasis on good and safe product delivery ensuring our products reach every patient every time.
They are the linking pin between EMEA Commercial partners, Regulatory, the relevant Global Supply Chain - and Manufacturing Sites stakeholders. 

Main Responsibilities of the role

• Support the product Regional Operations Lead with managing every phase of the life cycle of a product and when you are ready, perform all life cycle management activities for a product independently.
• Execute product lifecycle changes per the Regional Variation Master Plan.
• Keep Regional Variation Master Plan up to date by maintaining contact with key stakeholders (e.g. regional and local Regulatory Affairs).
• Perform Labelling assessments in the labelling system, complete checklists.
• Support product launches.
• Manage the Specialized Shipping process for your products.
• Perform Right-First-Time handover to production site(s) by ensuring all regional requirements are correctly documented in the relevant systems.
• Lead small improvement projects and coordinate data collection for customer requests in the team.
• Facilitate cross-functional activities between Supply Chain, Operations, Regulatory Affairs and Marketing.
• Facilitate Master Data requests and activities.
• Support Business Case preparation, impact assessments for launches and lifecycle management.
• Execute Registration samples or Product Demo requests.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline departmental activities.
• Drive process improvements or suggest standardized methods/templates within own sphere of influence.

Required Qualifications and skills

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree and max 2 years directly related experience.
• Fluent in English, both in verbal and written communication.
• Pharmaceutical or Supply Chain (APICS, CPIM or CIRM certification) experience.
• Experience in working in an international environment.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary projects & change management.
• Analytical / Data minded.
• Customer focused, strong facilitator, action oriented and tech savvy.
• Strong communicator: Communicates effectively to diverse stakeholder groups.
• Customer focus: building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solution.
• Strong facilitator: Facilitates and support crucial communication between key stakeholder groups.
• Drives results: consistently achieving results even under tough circumstances.
• Action oriented: taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Tech savvy: anticipating and adopting innovations in business, building digital and technology applications.
• Analytical skills: Applies analytical skills to evaluate and interpret situations/problems using multiple sources of information: qualitative information, quantitative research and trend data.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation regarding this opportunity, please reach out to Tim Browaeys, [email removed] or contact Tim on [phone removed]

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