About this Clinical Supply Chain Manager ** open to several countries across EMEA, LATAM and APAC ** - Remote role at Syneos Health
Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.
Job Responsibilities
Eligible countries:
- EMEA
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Greece
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Spain
- Turkey
- LATAM
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Peru
- APAC
- Hong Kong
- Korea
- New Zealand
- Taiwan
The position provides customer-focused leadership of operational and financial aspects of clinical trial supplies management during the complete project life cycle. Duties include liaising with customers, vendors, and/or investigative sites to manage Clinical Trial Supplies deliverables. Assignments may range in size and complexity from single service studies to full scope, multiple protocol projects and/or global projects across various phases and functional areas.
Core Responsibilities
- Manages clinical trial supplies for assigned studies and ensures compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs), and regulatory requirements
- Accountable for the operational delivery and financial performance of services assigned to the Clinical Supplies team
- Liaise with the Supply Chain Logistics Coordinator for IoR/EoR services as required
- Leads the identification of and contracting with approved Clinical Trial Supplies related vendors, as necessary
- Provides vendor management, inclusive of ensuring key Clinical Trial Supplies deliverables are met and financial parameters of contracts are upheld
- Defines supplies requirements in collaboration with client packaging and distribution vendors and the Project Lead (PL)
- Provides oversight for the creation, implementation and maintenance of drug and supply distribution plans
- Accountable for maintenance of project information on a variety of databases and systems
- Oversees the inventory, supply, and re-supply plans for subject kits and/or study medication required for the duration of a study and provides relevant reports for customers and management
- Provides oversight for development and implementation of project plans in accordance with Controlled Documents and ensures proper archival of records in Trial Master Files to ensure inspection readiness
- Develops contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful provision of all required clinical trial supplies
- Participates in bid defense meetings to demonstrate overall capabilities of the Clinical Trial Supplies Management team and specific strategies for management of clinical trial supplies logistics for new business opportunities
- Develops strong relationships with current and potential customers to ensure satisfaction and identify new business opportunities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) level of qualification in Life Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing or related field equivalent
- Prior experience in a contract research organization (CRO), pharmaceutical, or biotechnology company in project management or clinical trial supplies management
- Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, ICH guidelines, Good Manufacturing Practices and other applicable regulatory requirements
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong ability to manage time and work independently
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convince and persuade
- Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines while delivering high quality work in a dynamic environment
- High level of competency in English language
- Proficiency with MS Office Applications
- Ability to travel as necessary (up to 25%)
Disclaimer
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
