Supply Chain Manager​/Supply Chain Planning & Raw Materials Procurement Manager

Job Details

Location:

Holly Springs, NC – Hybrid (Onsite 1–2 days / week). Duration: 14 months. Shift: Dayshift, Standard Business Hours.

The Supply Chain Manager, Procurement will utilize necessary systems to acquire materials and manage inventory levels, lead times, and safety stock efficiently to prevent stock shortages and minimize waste. The role’s primary duties will include supply planning, procurement, and management of raw materials, and management of supplier and customer relationships.

• Progress and communicate short term and long-term inventory goals and management objectives to support products manufactured at ANC.
• Develop and implement supply chain inventory tools (e.g., MRP), solutions and methodologies to ensure successful execution of the supply plan, management of inventory and scrap per corporate and site targets and policies.
• Monitor, assess, and revise targeted inventory levels in conjunction with changes in demand/supply variability. Track and analyze monthly performance metrics for adherence, accuracy, cycle times, and inventory investment.
• Initiate and/or evolve existing supplier relationships with assigned commodities and service providers.
• Procure materials via purchase orders, blanket orders, vendor‑managed inventory, or other supply agreements using required systems (SAP, Rapid Response, Ariba, etc.) and optimize inventory levels, lead times, and safety products to ensure no stockouts.
• Be proficient in inventory processes within SAP or other ERP systems. Partner with manufacturing, quality, and production planning to review, rationalize and update Bill of Materials (BOM) requirements for new and existing products. Maintain current process orders and master data in SAP using current production information.
• Release forecasts and orders to suppliers, analyze, consolidate, and report supply and demand to the various stakeholders in the company.
• Coordinate and facilitate cross‑functional efforts to handle inventory (e.g., an expedition of material release to prevent/alleviate inventory shortages).
• Support resolution of complicated issues and facilitate stakeholder inputs and outputs.
• Generate, review and update existing procedures (SOPs/policies) and compliance records (Change Control and Corrective Action Preventive Action). Maintain supply chain systems virtue and keep purchasing documentation to cGMP standards.

• Well‑versed in supply chain concepts, planning principles and inventory management theory and/or equivalent experience in the supply chain, engineering, manufacturing, or quality functions.
• Experience with handling inventories of single‑use production parts and/or chemicals/excipients in the biotech or healthcare industry.
• High proficiency with computer systems (SAP, Rapid Response, Excel, Smartsheet or comparable).
• Strong social skills and strength in communication and issue resolution across multiple levels in the organization.
• Solid understanding of cGMP guidelines.
• Knowledge of raw material qualifications for the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, data science, and optimization skills.
• Ability to influence and negotiate to resolve issues, gain consensus, and develop relationships tactfully and optimally.
• Self‑motivation and ability to grow and learn new insights.
• Project management skills.

• Doctorate degree or Master’s degree and 2 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience or Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience or High school diploma/GED and 10 years of experience.

• Supply chain experience including procurement, planning principles and inventory management and/or equivalent experience in the engineering, manufacturing, or quality functions.
• Experience managing single‑use production parts and/or chemicals/excipients in the biotech/pharma industry.
• High proficiency with computer systems (SAP, Rapid Response, Excel, Smartsheet or comparable).
• Problem Solving & Communication skills

• Primary duties will include supply planning, procurement, and management of raw materials, and management of supplier and customer relationships.

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