Director, Global Supply Chain Planning

About Antheia

Antheia is an advanced biosynthesis company transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing and innovation for the 21st century. Its commercially proven technology platform produces high‑value pharmaceutical ingredients faster and with significantly reduced supply‑chain risk. Backed by leading investors and recognized by the U.S. government as a priority technology for public health and national security, Antheia manufactures the medicines the world needs today while enabling tomorrow’s breakthrough therapeutics.

This leadership role will establish Antheia’s first dedicated planning leader and global S&OP process owner. The Director will architect and operate the integrated business planning infrastructure that connects Antheia’s commercial ambitions to its manufacturing and CDMO network. Working cross‑functionally with Commercial Operations, Finance, Operations, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, and external CDMO partners, the Director will create a single source of truth for demand and supply and facilitate executive decisions that keep the company on plan.

• Design, implement, and own Antheia’s global S&OP and S&OE processes from the ground up, establishing a disciplined monthly and weekly cadence.
• Serve as the enterprise’s S&OP process owner and primary facilitator; lead cross‑functional pre‑meetings (Demand Review, Supply Review, Financial Reconciliation) and executive S&OP meetings with senior leadership.
• Evolve the process from foundational S&OP to a full Integrated Business Planning (IBP) model as Antheia scales, connecting demand/supply plans to financial and strategic long‑range plans.
• Define and maintain S&OP governance, meeting cadence, templates, escalation paths, and decision rights across the organization.
• Build and maintain executive‑ready S&OP dashboards and reporting packages that surface key risks, gaps, and decisions clearly and concisely.

• Develop and govern the global demand planning process across all time horizons (short‑term execution, rolling 24‑month S&OP, and long‑range strategic plan).
• Partner with Commercial Operations and Finance to build a consensus‑based, statistically grounded demand plan for both commercial and new pipeline products.
• Establish forecast accuracy metrics, accountability frameworks, and continuous improvement mechanisms to drive increasingly reliable demand signals.
• Ensure demand plans reflect market intelligence, new customer wins, product launches, regulatory milestones, and pipeline transitions in a timely and accurate manner.

• Develop and maintain end‑to‑end supply plans integrating Antheia’s US manufacturing site and European CDMO partners into a unified global supply network view.
• Translate demand signals into executable supply plans across fermentation, downstream processing and distribution, identifying capacity constraints, bottlenecks, and risk mitigation options.
• Partner with Operations, Technical Operations, and CDMO partners to assess and balance global capacity, ensuring alignment with commercial commitments and financial targets.
• Establish supply planning processes that account for the unique dynamics of fermentation‑based manufacturing including yield variability, batch campaign scheduling, and yield optimization initiatives.
• Drive supply scenario planning and contingency modeling to ensure business continuity and supply‑chain resilience.

• Define and implement global inventory strategies including safety stock policies, buffer positioning, and segmentation logic across Antheia’s product portfolio and supply network.
• Monitor and manage inventory health using industry specific KPIs, providing regular reporting and recommended actions to leadership.
• Optimize working capital through disciplined inventory management without compromising customer service levels.

• Lead supply chain planning for new product introductions, including commercial launches, product scale‑ups, and…