Vp, Supply Chain Excellence

**The Role**:
Moderna is working to develop first-in-class messenger RNA (mRNA) based medicines and the company’s rapid expansion due to the success of their Covid-19 vaccine has positioned Moderna to become of one of the largest vaccine companies in the world and to impact millions of patients.

To achieve their potential, Moderna must rapidly develop and build improved and more effective supply chain processes supported by advanced digitalization. Additionally, the deployment of a solid control tower structure will be paramount to building an integrated digital ecosystem that brings suppliers and customers together enabling an integrated view end to end of our value chain.

The Vice President, Supply Chain Excellence and Digitalization role is critical for Moderna’s future success. The Vice President, Supply Chain Excellence and Digitalization must ensure that Supply Chain strategies and initiatives are designed to meet requirements based on corporate strategies and portfolio lifecycles. S/he must establish a way of working that will improve the end-to-end Moderna Supply Chain both in terms of customer satisfaction and operating efficiency and effectiveness. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain (Craig Kennedy), the Vice President, Supply Chain Excellence and Digitalization will be a critical member of Moderna’s global supply chain team.

**Here's What You’ll Do**:
Lead the advancement of the Supply Chain end to end digitalization roadmap.

Lead a high-performing team, consisting of global process owners, to develop and facilitate execution of Supply Chain business operations.

Build and improve on adaptable and lean business processes to support Supply Chain transformation, enabling clear communication, prioritization, and escalation within and external from Supply Chain.

Benchmark industry standards for supply chain excellence across pharmaceutical and other relevant industries.

Develop a modern framework for straightforward and lean processes with foundations in MRPII.

Integrate with commercial business requirements, finance, and digital expectations.

Manage the execution of a complex multi-stage SAP deployment program.

Support regional and central supply chain functions with continuous improvement.

Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Supply Chain business processes to measure continuous improvement.

Be a change agent and a dynamic leader. Effectively manage complexity within the organization and work with a sense of urgency regarding timelines, projects, and priorities.

S/he will have a strong execution orientation and a demonstrated ability to lead a global supply chain organization through a significant change and transformation management program using influencing skills.

S/he will have deep functional expertise in “supply chain excellence” and building and transforming supply chain processes, sales & operations planning, and measuring supply chain performance for a large, complex, global organization.

Strong experience in global biologics or vaccines organizations would be required. S/he should ideally have experience developing world-class supply chain processes and systems, including architecture and deployment of a control tower structure delivering end to end visibility of our value chain performance, and standards across a complex matrix organization.

S/he will have a track record of not only doing strategic, conceptual thinking, with a long-term view, but will also have a track record of influencing leadership teams to accept and execute those strategies and changes.

S/he will be an enthusiastic, customer centric, people leader with a humble, mature personality.

**Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table**:
Vice President, Supply Chain Excellence and Digitalization must exhibit the following requirements:
15+ years of supply chain experience with demonstrated understanding of supply chain and operations processes from supply planning through distribution, including understanding of the interdependencies of functional groups.

Proven track record of successful delivery of improvement / transformation programs based on best Lean / Toyota Kata frameworks/practices.

Experience in GMP production, supply & demand planning, corporate strategy, logistics, and project management.

Proven track record of developing end-to-end-supply chain strategies and programs to improve supply chain efficiencies and effectiveness as well as developing the necessary controls to manage a fast-growing demand.

A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science, or Business as a minimum, ideally with post-graduate education in Engineering or Business.

**Additional requirements that will be highly valued include**:
Experience in pharmaceuticals or biotechnology industries will be desired but other highly regulated experience considered “best-in-class” will also be considered for the position.

Experience in the design, build, and optimizat