Director Demand Planner

As the Director Clinical Demand Planning & Optimisation you will lead a team accountable for demand planning study design input and secondary kit inventory strategy across AstraZenecas clinical development portfolio.

You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of robust data-driven demand plans at finished goods (secondary kit) level from early study design through study execution. Through your team you will influence study design governance decisions and ongoing study delivery by ensuring high-quality demand insights scenario planning and inventory strategies that balance cost risk and patient needs.

Acting as a key interface between Clinical and Supply you will ensure Demand Planning is effectively integrated into the end-to-end clinical supply model with clear alignment to Study & Supply Planning to enable reliable efficient clinical trial delivery.

Accountabilities:

• Leads and develops the Demand Planning & Optimisation function defining the strategy priorities and performance expectations across the clinical development portfolio.

• Working with the Demand Business Process Owner ensures the demand planning framework standards and governance ensures consistent high-quality delivery across all studies

• Promotes proactive engagement with Clinical and R&D stakeholders enabling the team to effectively influence study design & delivery plans; including recruitment strategy country footprint ECP strategies and supply chain design decisions.

• Drives delivery of high-quality scenario planning and analytics supporting governance decisions through clear evaluation of cost risk and waste trade-offs

• Ensures delivery of unconstrained demand plans at finished goods (secondary kit) level translating clinical assumptions into robust demand scenarios that inform supply planning and study execution.

• Ensures effective end-to-end demand lifecycle management with demand plans continuously maintained refined and adapted in line with study/programme evolution.

• Drives strong alignment with Supply Planning to ensure effective reconciliation between unconstrained demand and constrained supply enabling informed decision-making and trade-off management

• Monitors and drives performance metrics for demand planning including forecast accuracy bias demand volatility waste and responsiveness ensuring continuous improvement and corrective action.

• Ensures effective demand planning representation and high-quality inputs into cross-functional forums including CS&OP and study-level collaboration forums (e.g. SDWG CPT) enabling data-driven decisions

• Ensures robust and proactive management of demand-related risks and customer service impacts including identification and mitigation of supply-demand gaps

• Provides oversight of secondary kit inventory strategy including optimisation of inventory levels make frequency and site-to-site transfer strategies (where applicable)

• Drives roadmap for alongside Demand Planning BPO of demand planning tools systems and methodologies (e.g. N-SIDE IRT) ensuring effective digital enablement across the function

• Builds and develops team capability including coaching performance management and succession planning

• Embeds a culture of continuous improvement standardisation and accountability ensuring the function evolves to meet the needs of AstraZenecas pipeline

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor degree and at least 7 years of related experience
• Significant experience in clinical demand planning & study supply chain optimisation.

• Understanding of clinical planning/optimisation tools (e.g.N-Side) & IRT.

• Excellent analytical skills ability to coach others in the use of data to drive scenario-based decision recommendations

• Proven ability to influence/negotiate cross-functional stakeholders and shape strategic decisions.

• Understanding of clinical study designs and R&D governance processes

• Proven experience leading teams and delivering through others.
• Clinical Operations (e.g. GSAD clinical study teams)

• Global Project / Programme Directors (GPDs)

• Clinical Supply Programme Directors

• Supply Planning and Study Execution teams

• Regulatory and CMC stakeholders

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Advanced degree (MBA MSc PhD)

• Experience in clinical supply optimisation methodologies

• Lean / continuous improvement experience

• Experience with long-term planning and portfolio modelling

• Strong financial awareness (cost waste optimisation trade-offs)
• System and tool providers (e.g. N-SIDE IRT vendors)

• External partners supporting planning or clinical operations

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from$141997.60to$212996.40 positions offer eligibility for various incentivesan opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs paid time off (i.e. vacation holiday and leaves) as well as health dental and vision coveragein accordance withthe terms of the applicable plans.

AstraZenecais an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing.

Why AstraZeneca:
Join a place where you are trusted to take ownership and move fast combining scientific rigor with data-driven operations to deliver therapies that change lives. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with unexpected teams in the same room unleashing bold thinking to solve complex logistics challenges at scale. We champion curiosity and decisive action value kindness alongside ambition and empower you with the tools partnerships and freedom to shape how living medicines reach patients across the world.

Call to Action:
Lead the global nerve center of cell therapy logistics and build the systems teams and partnerships that move cures to patients fasterbring your expertise and make your mark.

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