Supplier Relationship Sr Mgr

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Supplier Relationship Sr Mgr

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will lead the development of a global packaging strategy for cartons, be the site lead / liaison for External Supply and the supplier relationship managers and drive multiple supplier relationship both domestically and globally. Your responsibilities will ensure consistent high-quality products that are protected through developed mitigation strategies to ensure supply to our sites and ultimately our patients. You will help develop, design and implement key metrics to drive supplier performance not just on commercial operations, but through development, improvement, and productivity projects.

In this role you will be a part of a team that oversees supplier engagement of Amgen’s external network of packaging suppliers to ensure uninterrupted supply of quality materials to support Amgen’s clinical and commercial portfolio. This role will lead the resiliency strategy and deployment of other category level initiatives for all suppliers under this scope to support Amgen’s volume driven growth. You will be expected to identify and drive strategic cross-functional continuous improvement and transformation initiatives to advance functional processes and network level standardization. Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Partner with Package Engineering, Quality, Site Manufacturing and Supply Chain to ensure supply
• Develop global carton, leaflets and label category strategies and drive the strategies through supplier engagement.
• Define specific supplier engagements/projects to align with site goals and be accountable for their execution.
• Be a Strategic Thinker: Balance supplier partnership with performance accountability; Develop and supervise key metrics to measure and track the performance across suppliers, Lead external and internal operating review meetings, and Develop / implement performance improvement plans when required
• Lead cross-functional teams with clear accountability for performance and ensure the supply, quality, and cost of raw materials from our global network of suppliers consistently meets the needs of operations.
• Actively participate in supply/supplier long range forecasting, capacity planning and project management.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives to advance standardization, mature existing processes, and transform current ways of working
• Lead and/or be a thought partner on issue resolution and problem solving
• Manage executive escalations and communication, as needed
• Build and maintain a vast network of stakeholders across all packaging sites, corporate functions and suppliers
• Provide influence through expertise in the design/development phases of packaging: informing supplier capabilities, cost analysis, supply chain processes, warehousing constraints, and other supply related factors.
• Provide leadership in the identification, evaluation and selection of packaging suppliers to advance our pipeline, network expansion, risk management, supply resiliency initiatives and other Operations initiatives.
• Create and maintain external intelligence insights including assessment of industry trends, technology advancement, and supplier landscape.

Travel 20%: Domestic

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Manufacturing professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Manufacturing or Packaging experience in a GMP environment; Or
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing or Packaging experience in a GMP environment; Or
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of Manufacturing or Packaging experience in a GMP environment; Or
• Master’s degree and 4 years of Manufacturing or Packaging experience in a GMP environment; Or
• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Manufacturing or Packaging experience in a GMP environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Engineering or Science
• 8+ years demonstrated experience in Pharmaceutical or equivalent package engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, process development or supplier management
• 8+ years working knowledge of cGMP principles and other regulatory guidelines
• 5+ years demonstrated competency working with external supplier/customers and leading large cross-functional teams supporting production
• 5+ years of project management experience leading cross-functional, multi-company teams
• 3+ years managing or a part of executive sponsored teams
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulated packaging
• Self-starter with a high-level of comfort with ambiguity and complexity and the ability to multi-task while consistently delivering quality results
• Strong leader with executive presence who is quick on their feet, can hold their own with site leadership and can influence across functions, sites, and suppliers
• Experienced team member of a cross-functional, matrixed team with effective writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills to address a broad scope of audiences
• An eye for business, high-level critical thinking, and strong problem-solving skills with the ability to structure, pragmatically scope and solve problems
• Demonstrated quantitative skills including experience in business process development and standardization, operational excellence or transformation initiatives
• Strong knowledge in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and change management techniques

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $xxx,xxx.00 to $xxx,xxx.00. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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