Senior Manager, Clinical Supply Planning

The role

This person designs, develops, and implements the clinical supplies strategy for clinical trials. They manage clinical supply planning, forecasting, and oversight of packaging, labeling, and distribution at contracted manufacturing organizations.

What you will do

• Oversee clinical labeling, packaging, release, distribution and returns of clinical supplies at external CMOs.
• Create and manage clinical forecast plans and budgets for multiple programs and study levels.
• Create global supply strategies and supply plans to support clinical studies.
• Support Clinical Operations with new site onboarding and management of co-therapy drugs.
• Manage clinical trial supply to ensure timely IMP production and uninterrupted supply.
• Manage the label development process from master label text to printing.
• Implement scheduling software program for clinical trials and future commercial requirements.
• Manage the development, review, and User Acceptance Testing of the IRT system.
• Represent Supply Planning function at Clinical trial team meetings.
• Partner with functional leaders in CMC, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations and Quality Assurance.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Biotech or related field.
• 9 years of experience with a BS degree, or 7 years with a Masters in a related Clinical supply chain/planning/operations role.
• Ability to work with multiple database and electronic systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience in writing SOPs.
• Advanced qualitative and quantitative analytical skills.
• Good business acumen, including financial analysis.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Skilled with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Prior experience planning in time critical and temperature sensitive products.
• Experience with Oracle/ERP, courier, and material ordering portals

About the company

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. is the global leader in innovating, developing, and delivering tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapies for patients with solid tumors. The company operates as an end-to-end cell therapy company with U.S.-based manufacturing.