Sr Associate Supply Chain (Procurement)

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Career Category Supply Chain Job Description 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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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. Sr Associate Supply Chain I (Procurement) What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be part of the Supply Chain team reporting to the Sr Manager Supply Chain, Procurement and will participate in multiple cross-functional initiatives for Amgen North Carolina (ANC) leading to the improvement of the overall procurement process applying enterprise-wide programs. In addition, you will organize, drive, and/or support the identification and implementation of related Supply Chain systems and processes. The Sr Associate Supply Chain, Procurement will utilize necessary systems to acquire materials and manage inventory levels, lead times, and safety stock efficiently to prevent stock shortages and minimize waste. The Sr Associate Supply Chain, Procurement’s primary duties will include supply planning, procurement, and management of raw materials, and management of supplier and customer relationships. • Consistent and effective communication within Supply Chain and throughout all Amgen Networks • Procure materials using required systems (SAP, Rapid Response, Ariba, etc.) and optimize inventory levels, lead times, and safety products to ensure no stockouts • Generate purchase orders, blanket orders, vendor-managed inventory, or other supply agreements, which could include expediting, monitoring, and updating of purchase orders • Develop raw material inventory plans, including handling material transition analysis and performance • Maintain supply chain systems virtue and keep purchasing documentation to cGMP standards • Monitor, assess, and revise targeted inventory levels in conjunction with changes in demand/supply variability • Release forecasts and orders to suppliers, analyze, consolidate, and report supply and demand to the various stakeholders in the company • Define, create, and own business processes and tools for handling inventory (e.g., Kanban processes and analysis of min/max). Ability to perform analysis, assess impact, and adjust processes when the business environment changes. • Coordinate and facilitate cross-functional efforts to handle inventory (e.g., an expedition of material release to prevent/alleviate inventory shortages) • Lead small team projects and contribute to large cross-function project teams, including build, analyzing, and managing data and reports to identify issues and opportunities for enhancing business performance • Track and analyze monthly performance metrics for adherence, accuracy, cycle times, and inventory investment • Support resolution of complicated issues and facilitate stakeholder inputs and outputs • Interact with Manufacturing, Process Development, and Engineering to develop specifications for new features and materials • Lead changes in ownership of GMP materials, systems, processes, and suppliers as knowledge grows and department needs change • Handle the receipt scheduling and testing of materials to implement labor and demand constraints What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a person with these qualifications. Basic Qualifications: • High school/GED + 4 years of Supply Chain/Procurement work experience OR​ • Associate’s + 2 years of Supply Chain/Procurement work experience OR​ • Bachelor’s + 6 months of Supply Chain/Procurement work experience​ OR • Master's ​ Preferred Qualifications: • Degree in math, science (including data science), or engineering • Well-versed in supply chain concepts and inventory management theory and / or equivalent experience in the supply chain, engineering, manufacturing, or quality functions • Experience with handling inventories of single-use production parts in the biotech or healthcare industry • High proficiency with computer systems (SAP, Rapid Response, Excel, or comparable) • Strong social skills and strength in communication and issue resolution with customers and suppliers across multiple levels in the organization • Solid understanding of cGMP guidelines • Knowledge of raw material qualifications for the pharmaceutical industry • Experience with OE (Operation Excellence) methodologies to improve processes and decision making • Ability and interest to learn and support other areas of ANC Supply Chain depending on business need • Strong analytical, critical thinking, data science, and optimization skills • Ability to influence and negotiate to resolve issues, gain consensus, and develop relationships tactfully and optimally • Self-motivation and ability to grow and learn new insights • Project management skills 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. 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