Senior Supply Chain Manager

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 organisation, based in Utrecht Netherlands.

The Company

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Role Description

- Develop and maintain secondary packaging contract and be first SC point of contact import to release
- Maintain contractor information, database and SME for serialization
- Oversee artwork management, packaging development, labelling and product/device specification
- Provide cost and forecast information to support the annual budgeting process for all contractors from import to release
- Ensure change control process is applied correctly
- Support audit programs in close cooperation with Supply Chain and Quality Assurance teams
- Responsible for ensuring the availability of packaging materials and specifications to meet planned requirements
- Cover person-in-plant duties at 3rd party contractor(s) for packaging and other SC outsourced service
- Use, support and train appropriate personnel in Purchasing in Oracle
- Ensure that contract management is being carried out in accordance with GMP and GDP
- Support non-Supply Chain purchase activities when required
- Develop appropriate SOP's to support the Supply Chain activities
- Represent Supply Chain on global, regional or local strategies
- Identify risks and implement contingency plans for business-critical supplies and services including Brexit
- Contribute to audits for all outsourced service providers and preferred vendors
- Support Supply Chain Director on key Supply Chain projects and personnel developments
- Ensure a network of contracts available to support the Supply Chain outsourced activities within Europe
- Utilize intranet and web-based technologies to improve Supply Chain communication process

Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain secondary packaging contract and be first SC point of contact import to release
- Maintain contractor information, database and SME for serialization
- Oversee artwork management, packaging development, labelling and product/device specification
- Provide cost and forecast information to support the annual budgeting process for all contractors from import to release
- Ensure change control process is applied correctly
- Support audit programs in close cooperation with Supply Chain and Quality Assurance teams
- Responsible for ensuring the availability of packaging materials and specifications to meet planned requirements
- Cover person-in-plant duties at 3rd party contractor(s) for packaging and other SC outsourced service
- Use, support and train appropriate personnel in Purchasing in Oracle
- Ensure that contract management is being carried out in accordance with GMP and GDP
- Support non-Supply Chain purchase activities when required
- Develop appropriate SOP's to support the Supply Chain activities
- Represent Supply Chain on global, regional or local strategies
- Identify risks and implement contingency plans for business-critical supplies and services including Brexit
- Contribute to audits for all outsourced service providers and preferred vendors
- Support Supply Chain Director on key Supply Chain projects and personnel developments
- Ensure a network of contracts available to support the Supply Chain outsourced activities within Europe
- Utilize intranet and web-based technologies to improve Supply Chain communication process

Requirements

- Bachelor or Master degree in the area of Supply Chain, Business Administration, Logistics or similar
- Solid experience within Pharma industry manufacturing and distribution (operational roles/services in outsourced environment)
- Ability to work in Supply Chain management and develop/maintain internal and external relationships
- Ability to manage change, negotiate and meet critical timelines
- Excellent planning, organizational , analytical and management skills
- Proficient with interpreting and implementing GMP and GDP guidelines
- Fluent in English, fluency in German is a bonus

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