
Associate Director, Supply Chain
Gilead Sciences
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Foster City • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $165,495 - $235,620 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Act as a primary partner to regional commercial supply chain leads to understand regional demand planning trends, market access changes, promotional campaigns, and product lifecycle events.
- Ensure demand signals from regional planning teams are accurately reflected and integrated into the end-to-end supply plans.
- Facilitate regular communication and alignment sessions with regional leads to validate assumptions, reconcile forecast discrepancies, and adjust supply plans accordingly.
- Develop, maintain, and execute detailed commercial supply plans that reflect the latest demand insights and manufacturing capacities.
- Utilize SAP ERP and Kinaxis RapidResponse to build and monitor supply plans, adapting quickly to changes in demand or supply constraints.
- Work closely with internal and external manufacturing sites to confirm production schedules support demand trends and commercial priorities.
- Collaborate with regional supply leads to optimize inventory positions, balancing customer service levels with cost efficiency.
- Support supply allocation decisions during constrained supply scenarios by leveraging insights from demand trends.
- Partner with Commercial Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, and Finance teams to ensure supply plans support overall business objectives.
- Monitor and report key supply planning metrics including supply plan adherence, inventory levels, and service performance.
Requirements
- Doctorate and 5+ years of relevant experience OR Master’s and 8+ years of relevant experience OR Bachelor’s and 10+ years of relevant experience
- Experience in supply planning or related roles within pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical commercial supply chains.
- Proven experience partnering with regional commercial supply chain leads to incorporate demand planning insights into supply plans.
- Strong experience with SAP ERP and Kinaxis RapidResponse or equivalent supply planning tools.
- Knowledge of commercial supply chain dynamics in small molecule and/or biologics product sectors.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to foster collaboration with regional teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret demand data and translate into executable supply plans.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in a global, matrixed environment.
- Proactive problem-solving mindset and customer-focused approach.
Benefits
- company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
- paid time off
- discretionary annual bonus
- discretionary stock-based long-term incentives
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
demand planningsupply planningforecastinginventory managementdata analysissupply chain optimizationproduction schedulingcommercial supply chain dynamicsproblem-solving
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillscollaborationanalytical skillsprioritizationcustomer-focused approach