Head of Supply Chain Site

**About the role**:
This role is part of the Site Leadership Team. The position participates to reach our goal of manufacturing large scale molecule to serve our rare disease Patients in Takeda, a patient-focused, values-based, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to people worldwide.

The organizational structure at the site will be based on self-directed work teams where decisions

will be made at the level where the data exists.

The Site Supply Chain Head will work across the site to identify and resolve issues in order to allow the site to achieve its Governance Pillars in EHS, Quality, Value, People and Delivery.

The Site Supply Chain Head will be responsible for Supply Chain operations for the site. The

scope of supply chain operations includes direct and indirect material planning and purchasing, warehouse operations, drug substance inventory management and site supply planning and scheduling processes. As a member of the Site Leadership Team, the Site Supply Chain Head, will drive site performance in line with the vision and strategic roadmap for the site. This role is a critical role on the site leadership team to create value for our patients.

**How you will contribute**:
People:

- Be an ambassador for the Takeda Values of Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance.
- Engage pro-actively with teams through active 1:1s, skip levels, development planning, and regular site updates that fosters a continuous learning and growth environment.
- Celebrate with use of proactive recognition tools that inspire teams and individuals.
- Drive an environment that ensures the team have clear workplans and development plans that gets each employee to their full potential through coaching and mentoring.
- Align your team and individual goals to provide a direct line of sight for each employee to the team and Dunboyne objectives.
- Role model the behaviors that creates a culture of respect and dignity in line with Takeda Guide to ethical conduct.

Delivery:

- Support the development and continuous update of the value stream map.
- Support development and regular update of the site capacity evaluations to identify projects and initiatives that support site ramp up and sustainability.
- Utilize continuous improvement tools, lean and six sigma methodology to identify improvement opportunities, perform technical troubleshooting and successfully implement solutions.
- Support the implementation of site strategy and business unit strategy by identifying appropriate initiatives for applicable improvements to the value stream. In some instances support corporate initiatives and projects.
- Identify the appropriate business drivers for each initiative, draft proposals and seek appropriate governance approvals.
- Lead approved projects and continuous improvement initiatives that are in alignment with the site strategies.
- Support detailed project planning including but not limited to schedule and resources and successfully execute cross functional projects.
- Prepare timely project reports and communicate effectively with all stakeholders including reporting any potential project delays timely and provide mitigation plans to assure on-time execution.

Values:

- Drive a high performance organizational culture that accommodates rapid growth and highly dynamic expectations ensuring attainment of site operational and development goals.
- Create an environment of right first time in everything that we do through a focus on principles of lean, including simplification, standard work, visual management and a learning organization.
- Benchmark across industries to develop a best in class lean organization.
- Encourage new and innovative approaches to improve the value stream.
- Challenge the status quo with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Utilize real-time data analytics for making decisions on the value stream improvement initiatives.
- Engage in implementing innovative solutions that drive a high performance organizational culture that accommodates rapid growth and highly dynamic expectations ensuring attainment of site operational and development goals.
- Build and continuously improve processes that forecast and manage inventory to inline with Takeda’s decision making model of Patient, Trust, Reputation and Business.

**What you bring to Takeda**:

- Minimum of level 8 Bachelors degree in supply chain, business administration or related Discipline. A masters is desirable.
- Proven leader capability in developing people and teams with at least 7 years’ experience in the supply chain area.
- Proven record of accomplishments of working in a Pharma/Biopharma company or related industry is desirable.
- Proven ability around working cross functionally, focusing on meeting and tracking to schedules and embracing an interdependent work culture.
- Experience working in a GMP/regulated environment is desirable.
- Organization Skills - Ability to manage mu