Supply Chain Manager

Role Description: This is an exciting opportunity to join the Supply Chain and Distribution team in Veterinary Medicine Research and Development (VMRD). In this role, you will be accountable for the active development and management of supply plans to guarantee a precise and ongoing supply to companion animal and livestock patients, with a focus on embracing the Zoetis Core Beliefs in your work. Our managers are core members of research and development project teams to ensure that the right material of the right quality gets to the right place at the right time. This role combines the utilization of your scientific skills to understand not only the production of investigational veterinary materials but also the clinical and safety study plans in which these materials will be evaluated.

Responsibilities:

Forecasting and Planning:

• As the Supply Chain Lead, you will partner with project team members to ensure that study needs and priorities are understood.
• You will review clinical study protocols to determine the requirements for supplies entering the studies and propose optimal packaging configurations.
• You will lead efforts for forecasting and calculating sampling needs from the study in conjunction with Clinical, Safety, biological, pharmaceutical, and biopharmaceutical scientists to ensure the data gathered from the study is optimized for use across VMRD.
• You will design the import and export pathways that may be needed for global distribution of supplies entering and samples obtained from studies.
• You will monitor adherence to production schedules and adjust supply plans as necessary.
• You will provide input to matrix teams on timing, sourcing, and budget projections.

Partner Interface:

• As the Supply Chain Lead, you will represent the Supply Chain and Distribution and Sample Technologies and Logistics Teams to internal stakeholders and will maintain relationships with external supply partners.
• You will be responsible, in conjunction with Regulatory Affairs, for the comparative agent strategy (sourcing and blinding) associated with their candidate responsibilities.
• You will work closely with Regulatory and Quality Assurance Groups to enable supply deliverables to meet study needs while ensuring adherence to all relevant regulatory guidances.

Materials Management:

• You will design a fit-for-purpose packaging, labeling, and distribution model - for supplies and samples - to meet the study needs of each unique study.
• You will manage packaging, labeling, and distribution activities at the preferred packaging and distribution location (internal or external).
• You will manage stock and inventory levels at the preferred packaging and distribution location (internal or external).
• At the completion of studies, you will manage the returns, reconciliation, and destruction strategy that meets the scientific and regulatory needs for the supplies.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D / M.S. in a scientific field or B.S. + 10 years' experience in a scientific field.
• 5+ years in a Research and Development environment.
• Ideally, 1+ years of demonstrated expertise in managing a partner interface to deliver results and achieve shared goals within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Established skills in project management, communications, and negotiation coupled with proficiency in using information systems.
• Strong organizational abilities coupled with the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to balance competing priorities tactfully.
• Excellent prioritization of various tasks with a high level of self-motivation and a 'will-do' attitude.
• Able and willing to be flexible and adaptable to work in a complex, global environment.
• Able to build relationships across the global organization.
• Strong sense of customer service and willingness to work with fellow colleagues to obtain the best outcomes for the company.
  

About Zoetis

At Zoetis, our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Connected to our purpose and Core Beliefs, at Zoetis, we lead with inclusion. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) focus helps create an environment where each colleague can thrive. Our commitment to DE&I begins with our leadership team of diverse backgrounds, experiences and ethnicities, and it is demonstrated in our support of our colleagues and the animal health industry. We have nine colleague resources groups whose members spread awareness, foster inclusivity and make a positive impact on our business and communities.

Our commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has earned us recognitions as a 2024 Catalyst Award recipient and a Top 50 Company for Workplace Fairness by Fair360 (formerly DiversityInc). Zoetis has also been named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality, a Best Company for Working Parents, a Top Company for Executive Women, among many others. Learn more here.

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