Associate Director, Commercial Supply Chain

The Associate Director, Commercial Supply Chain reports to the Senior Director, Supply and Manufacturing and is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of commercial drug supply, including production planning at CMOs, commercial packaging and labeling execution, logistics, and inventory management. The successful candidate will also play a key role in integrating closely with our internal commercial forecasting organization and managing daily business relationships with all of our strategic supply business partners.

This is an exciting opportunity to help drive Apnimed’s commercial success as part of a major paradigm shift in the treatment of sleep apnea from medical devices and surgery to a first in class pharmaceutical treatment.

The expected annual base salary range for this role is $ to $. Final compensation will depend on the selected candidate’s level, education and relevant experience.

• Lead and manage the entire primary and secondary packaging process at our CPO, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards, and oversee commercial packaging readiness, including serialization, artwork lifecycle management, and shipping lane validation

• Develop, lead, and implement optimal packaging solutions, including technical transfers, validations, and qualifications of new packaging processes, with proper testing and analysis to assess packaging performance

• Responsible for proper serialization coding, barcoding, and GTIN (for each SKU) globally, per current regulations and GS1 standards

• Own and generate monthly commercial supply plans, and develop, coordinate, prioritize, and maintain the S&OP commercial strategy, working with Commercial Operations and Finance to translate demand plans and market analytics into actionable and robust supply plans

• Collaborate with the Commercial Supply Chain team to establish strategic production planning activities (long-term demand and supply planning) as the input for CMO capacity planning and procurement planning, and align with the 3PL to ensure commercial product supply is available based on demand planning

• Develop and manage 3PL and strategic supply partner business relationships, monitor supplier performance, serve as the primary point of escalation for risks and issues, and ensure adherence to contractual commitments, including milestone dates, financial terms, and production schedules

• Work cross-functionally to develop targets for commercial suppliers’ metrics and KPI dashboards for use in Quarterly Business Reviews (Q ) and the Supplier Relationship Management governance process

• Work cross-functionally with Quality, CMC, Commercial, Regulatory, Accounting/Finance, and IT, and ensure all commercial supply chain activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, GMP/GDP, and internal company policies

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Supply Chain, Business or Life Sciences.

• 7-10+ years of experience in a supply chain management role in an established biopharmaceutical company.

• Experience in leading and developing teams to deliver on organization growth initiatives.

• Experience in managing and implementing SRM and S&OP processes and leading cross-functional teams to overcome hurdles and deliver project results on time and as expected.

• Strong knowledge of supply chain processes and experience in supply chain systems (ERP, traceability tools, supply chain planning modules, etc.).

• Understanding of biotech/pharma manufacturing operations, commercial launch, and supply chain operations, with working knowledge of FDA regulations related to New Drug Applications, GMP, serialization, and product packaging and labeling.

• Highly experienced in supply chain strategic analysis and skilled at recognizing…