Supply Chain Manager

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Youve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared missionto serve patientsdrives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the worlds leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Supply Chain Manager

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What you will do

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Amgen is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to be a part of our External Planning & Delivery Pre-Commercial Supply Chain group. The Manager will work from Remote US Location or in Thousand Oaks, CA. reporting to Manager or Sr. Manager Supply Chain within External Planning & Delivery (EPD) within Global Supply Chain, whose main objective is to orchestrate supply planning and delivery of pre-clinical, clinical, PPQ and commercial inventory of pipeline products manufactured at Amgens Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO). The Supply Chain Manager will play a critical role in establishing the end-to-end supply chain to support Amgens new product introduction (NPI) to the external manufacturing sites. The overall goals for this position, in tight partnership with Global Supply Chain, Product Team, and Amgen Contract Manufacturing, are to deliver supply in the right product quantity to the right location at the right time, while optimizing inventory and cost within the contractual terms, eliminating stock-out and scrap exposure while improving the overall supply risk profile.

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for the following:

• Direct support to Amgens Integrated Business Processes at the site level, including Plan-To Stock, Order-To-Cash and hand-off processes to CMO / internal functions

• Direct support to the design of, and executing the implementation of, all elements of a new external site supply chain, including but not limited to product physical and financial flows, site and material master data set up in SAP, logistics and warehouse management, raw material and product planning and delivery, forecast and capacity, and relationships with CMO Supply Chain Team

• Executing end-to-end supply chain operations such as order and invoice management, shipment management, warehouse management, and inventory management

• Conducting in-depth planning scenario analyses, with or without the advanced planning tool (RapidResponse) and SAP, to optimize the demand/supply planning and inventory management in support of regulatory filing, clinical/commercial supply, and/or product launch and lifecycle management

• Understanding CMO Supply Chain capabilities and taking proactive actions to overcome constraints

• Maintaining excellent communication lines with all sources of supply chain set up, and demand and supply

• Effectively engaging key partners within supply chain, quality, finance, process development, operations and other functional areas as needed

• Developing and/or delivering reports, presentations and/or recommendations to executive audiences

• Serving as a Supply Chain resource and/or representative for change control assessments, and special projects and initiatives

• Working under minimal supervision in line with Amgen Values and Leadership Attributes

• Leading/Supporting Continuous Improvement projects

The Supply Chain Manager will carry out the following activities per established business processes and procedures. These tasks may vary according to the product portfolio:

Production Planning:

• Setting up master data for initial demand and supply plan in RapidResponse and SAP, to ensure proper material control based on manufacturing process

• Managing end-to-end planning across all manufacturing stages (starting materials, intermediates, DS, DP, FDP) in Rapid Response to generate an executable supply plan to enable product launches or supply, and to avoid or minimize material scrap

• Providing forecast to CMO per agreement

• Managing purchase order and invoices in systems in a compliant and timely manner

• Working with CMO to ensure production schedule adherence and supply continuity

• Conducting production capacity analysis, taking proactive actions to identify constraints, and collaborating with stakeholders to overcome constraints

Raw Material Management:

• Direct support to developing Raw Material Ordering strategy (order quantities, delivery timing, safety stocks) with inputs from internal and external stakeholders to ensure continuity of supply

• Ensuring CMO site of raw material readiness and supply; preemptively working with internal and external parties to remove constraints and resolve supply issues

• Supporting or executing the raw material master data set up

• Shipment planning and management to prevent delay to production initiation due to raw material

Logistics:

• Evaluating CMO Storage capacity and readiness and ensuring constraints are identified timely for resolution

• Determining shipping requirements and schedules with origin and destination sites

• Assessing the need for new or revision of shipping lanes, and requesting the lane set up at the managed sites to support product shipments

• Assessing the need, and if applicable, requesting and managing shipper qualification as site supply chain representative in collaboration with engineering, distribution, and quality organizations

• Implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for managing material transportation, storage, and delivery during NPI and tech transfer stages of program management

• Driving shipment readiness to ensure supply continuity

• Managing sample and product forecasts, and managing or coordinating shipments from CMOs to Amgens sites and/or third-party locations in closed partnership with Amgens Transportation, Trade Operations, Sites, and the CMOs

• Supporting review of import/export documentation for product and sample shipments, as required

• Generating and providing import/export documentation for product and sample shipments, as required

• Escalating shipment issues with distribution, quality, or site functions, as applicable

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Supply Chain OR

• Associates degree and 8 years of Supply Chain experience OR

• Bachelors degree and 4 years of Supply Chain experience OR

• Masters degree and 2 years of Supply Chain experience OR

• Doctorate degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business Management or Life Science, or advanced degree

• Experience in regulated manufacturing or supply chain

• Commercial and/or clinical planning and execution at a regulated manufacturing site

• Supplier or vendor management

• Experience in a continuous improvement role applying tools, methodologies and change management (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma)

• Leading product teams

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and establish and maintain working relationships with a variety of individuals and groups

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with external parties and contract development experience

• Experience in SAP and RapidResponse ERP environments

• Strong project management skills and ability to implement and lead sophisticated projects and programs

• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities, business acumen and risk management training and/or experience in manufacturing systems

• Experience in tools such as Smartsheet, Spotfire, Tableau

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our

teammates professional and personal growth and well-being.

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

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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