Global Study Planner - Inventory Management - Noord-Brabant, NL

Location: Netherlands

SIRE® is the market leader in Life Sciences recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continuous innovation. We like technology, in a Life Sciences market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology organisation, based in Noord-Brabant Netherlands.

The Company

Global Clinical Supply Chain arranges the product that is needed for our clinical trials. We serve patients around the world and ensure that no patient comes to the hospital and find out that there is no medication for them to dose with. Our service level is higher than 99,99%. The entire department has several roles including the Set Up of clinical trial supplies, Customer Service and Planning. The planning team is responsible for planning the inventory in centralized warehouse and local hospitals. The planners apply several Demand management and Supply Planning processes in an complex and demanding environment.

Role Description

Independently execute Demand and Supply Planning processes for dedicated clinical studies with a global scope. Ensures Finished Drug Product supplies from study start throughout last patient dosed and is involved until study closure. Coordinate efficient and effective operational inventory management. Balance ensure supplies and minimizing scrap during the full length of the study.

Responsibilities

Under general direction of sr. manager manage the following responsibilities for assigned clinical studies for medium or complex study designs or large sized trials;

• Involved and prepared for forecasting drug conversations and adjust system settings timely to reflect the latest expectations on study demand until end of trial. This includes attending and leading stakeholder meetings.
• Based on demand at the clinical sites and available supplies that hit an expiry date, ensure supply in the central warehouses and all sites that participate in the clinical trial. Indicate ratio, volume and timing of packaging and shipment of packed supplies.
• Balance the right amount of inventory with the scrap risk and management guidance on inventory levels.
• Resolve logistical conflicts impacting studies and R&D milestones ensuring that supplies are not on the critical path
• Promptly identify and escalate risks to study timelines or clinical supplies, from a supply chain perspective, to all key stakeholders and internal management
• Utilize systems to effectively manage key product such as the Forecasting system, SAP, Hospital inventory and dosing system, Dashboard controls and internal documents as a source for daily activities.
• Articulate clearly the clinical supply chain management processes and strategies to key stakeholders
• Identify, review and/or update existing procedures as per Good Manufacturing Procedures
• Negotiate resolution of resource conflicts where necessary and actively participate in planning meetings to ensure that project needs, priorities, and timing are understood

Requirements

- Minimum 3 years of relevant inventory management experience
- Minimum HBO degree
- Proficient in English both verbal and in written

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Ivo Huijskens.