The Clinical Demand & Supply Planning mission is to cost-effectively ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time every time, such that no patient will go without and no clinical trial will be delayed. The group lead will report to the Head of Kaiseraugst Clinical Demand & Supply Planning and will play a critical role in achieving this mission.
Primary responsibility of this position is to successfully manage a team of CDSLs (Clinical Demand & Supply Leaders), to ensure the department objectives are achieved and to support direct reports with performance management, personal development, and issue resolution. Additionally, the CDSL group lead is expected to apply change management techniques to successfully guide the team through changes. The CDSL group lead will be expected to adhere to the Roche Leadership Commitments to build a strong group of engaged and motivated employees. Group leads are active members of a global CDSL management team that seeks to improve all aspects of the Clinical Supply Chain business; such as customer service and collaborative partnerships, simplifying both internal and cross-functional business processes, and focusing upon establishing a strategic global direction for the department.
The CDSL group lead will ensure the team of CDSLs partner with Clinical Operations to translate trial assumptions into drug forecasts and utilize SAP/APO to develop both supply & distribution plans. These plans need to align with the Technical Development Teams and meet major Clinical Operations milestones. Moreover, CDSLs partner with teams preparing and coordinating timely finished goods packaging to ensure packaging plans are handed over to meet customer requirements. Partnering with Finance ensures accurate budgeting of project variable costs. As a manger the group lead will be expected to determine the best use of resources and assign responsibilities for molecules and project work in order to meet department goals and align with individual’s development.
In addition to managing the team of CDSLs, this role has accountability for planning one or more development molecule programs. CDSL group leads are expected to lead cross-functional teams as required to drive improvement and align with our colleagues in San Francisco to assist with global process integration.
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