Global Partnership Supply Manager

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. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline and portfolio of medicines to treat heart disease, obesity and obesity-related conditions, rare diseases, inflammatory conditions and cancer. 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.

Global Partnership Supply Manager

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will play a critical role in driving Amgen’s commercial expansion and advancement of pipeline products through support of external collaborations. In this role, you will manage a Partnership portfolio within the team, ensuring the successful execution of the operations aspects of our external collaborations and increasing the strategic value and health of our partnerships. In addition, you will oversee current process execution, identify and enable opportunities for future improvements, standardize and document processes, and leverage technology to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Analytical thinking, financial foresight, and strong communication skills are imperative.

• Ensure efficient, timely and quality supply of product to Amgen’s partners in accordance with
• all contractual obligations.
• Build effective working relationships across partner organizations and Amgen teams (PDT, Global Supply Chain, and other Ops teams).
• Lead cross-functional work within Amgen and across partner organizations on critical collaboration activities, including commercial demand and supply planning, transfer pricing, CMC variation strategy, product launches, manufacturing technology transfers, and scientific or technical data exchange.
• Provide supply chain guidance as a core member of one or more Product Delivery Teams (PDTs).
• Lead partner S&OP meetings and coordinate performance management with Amgen teams (ie commercial, finance, supply chain teams.)
• Manage partner demand forecasts and coordinate with the Amgen network to assess risks and align supply with contractual obligations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned partners, working across Legal, Quality, Alliance Management, Partner Accounting and Operations Finance to summarize key challenges and raise them to senior leadership.
• Provide functional input into collaboration, licensing, and quality agreements; own supply agreements; and contribute to financial modeling.
• Identify opportunities to increase the strategic value of partnerships and advocate for continuous improvement across collaborations and the Partnership Supply organization.
• Contribute to Partnership Supply strategy by using feedback and root-cause analysis to propose and deliver improvements, standard processes, and projects that strengthen collaboration and organizational capabilities.
• Keep people aligned through clear meetings, progress updates, and follow-through on commitments.
• Identify risks early, work with stakeholders to resolve them, and keep plans and decisions up to date.

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 leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree
OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of Business, Engineering and/or Supply Chain

experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Business, Engineering and/or Supply Chain

experience
OR
Associate’s degree and 8 years of Business, Engineering and/or Supply Chain

experience
OR
High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Business, Engineering and/or Supply Chain

experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Supply chain expertise: Experience with demand and supply planning, S&OP, forecasting, risk assessment, and product delivery in a regulated environment. Familiarity with GMP requirements and supply planning systems is an advantage.
• Partnership and agreement management: Experience managing external partners / supply agreements, with the ability to interpret contractual, quality, and licensing terms.
• Influence and alignment: Ability to coordinate teams across organizations and functions including Commercial, Finance, Quality, Legal, Alliance Management and Cost Accounting. Influence decisions without direct authority.
• Relevant technical knowledge: Experience using tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, SAP, Kinaxis, or equivalent systems to support supply planning, reporting, process automation, and decision-making. Familiarity with pharmaceutical manufacturing and CMC activities is an advantage.
• Communication and stakeholder management: Strong facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills, including leading S&OP meetings, keeping teams accountable, and raising clear recommendations and risks to senior leaders. Ability to distill complex information into a logical, concise message.
• Inclusive collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively with diverse, multicultural teams.
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement: Ability to identify risks early, resolve issues with stakeholders, apply root-cause analysis, and use Operational Excellence methodologies to identify and implement improvements.
• Planning and execution: Strong project management skills to maintain plans, milestones, dependencies, decisions, and actions while delivering multiple priorities on time.
• Financial Acumen: Familiarity with basic costing models and ability to anticipate and understand potential financial implications of decisions

What you can expect from 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 posted. 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 where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

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.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities, consistent with legal requirements. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Salary Range

115,511.60USD -156,280.40 USD

About Us

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.

Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen