Director, Supply Chain

**Who We Are Looking For**

The Director of Supply Chain reports to the Executive Vice President CMC and Manufacturing in Paris and leads Cellectis’ Manufacturing and Distribution supply chain. The position will be accountable for:

- End-to-end planning, material procurement and supply chain management of cell and gene therapy Drug Products produced at Cellectis’ manufacturing sites,
- Materials' management, warehousing, inventory control, product tracking (chain of identity and chain of custody), import/export permits, shipping/receiving, label-pack operations, and cold chain logistics,
- Coordinating production planning, production scheduling, and material kitting activities,
- Planning and ensuring investigational product supply, secondary/tertiary label-pack and delivery to clinical sites involved in clinical trials in the US, EU, and other jurisdictions, in compliance with INDs/CTAs or equivalents thereof and specific local requirements,
- Planning and ensuring gene/cell therapy Drug Products and ancillary materials to external/partner platforms pursuant to established needs and schedules,
- Managing CMOs and other external providers.

**Responsibilities**

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Lead the Global Supply Chain function and team,
- Develop overall raw material and components sourcing strategy, and implement processes for ongoing assessment of supplier cost, quality, capacity, technical capabilities, best practices, security, and compliance to assure a robust vendor management process,
- Partner with Legal and Quality to define supply strategy, Service Level Agreements, and Supply Contracts with providers to ensure priorities, expectations, results, and compliance,
- Establish a well-designed integrated demand and supply plan from raw materials to final distribution, partnering with clinical operations, global supply chain, and quality,
- Work with the Quality Control and Global Manufacturing groups to develop a production planning process at the rough cut and finite schedule levels,
- Manage relationships with external providers/partners for import/storage/release/distribution into the EU and other jurisdictions to ensure on-time delivery of clinical goods,
- Optimize internal capacity and capabilities to ensure clinical and manufacturing needs can be met,
- Establish robust chain of custody tracking,
- Develop and lead participants in the S&OP cycle and escalation of critical risks and issues for resolution,
- Support production-related investigations, ensuring compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements,
- Lead implementation of CAPA projects related to deviation management,
- Escalate appropriate issues to key stakeholders,
- Foster a culture of compliance and strong environmental, health, and safety performance,
- Develop and monitor dedicated budget,
- Implement metrics to track and manage completion of objectives and projects and measure site service performance,
- Develop the vision for what a global approach to Supply Chain deliverables, in partnership with other line functions/stakeholders,
- Deliver business results through timely and quality decision-making,
- Travel up to 20% of the time,
- Such other responsibilities and duties as the Company may from time-to-time assign.

**Core Competencies**
- Excellent organizational and project management skills,
- Ability to manage a varied and complex workload as well as to multitask,
- Good budget management skills,
- Strong collaborative skills and proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve results,
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and ambiguity,
- Excellent skills in MS Office apps, and solid working knowledge of ERPs,
- Strong working knowledge of international logistics standards and regulations (e.g., IATA, Incoterms; import/export requirements from national agencies for medicines, GMOs, agriculture, transportation, and customs/VAT),
- Excellent written/verbal communication in English/French, interpersonal, leadership and motivational skills developed through leading teams,
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and leverage internal and external partners to deploy resources and programs that positively impact the business,
- Excellent problem-solving, conflict resolution, organizational.

**Requirements**:

- Required - Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences or Engineering,
- Required Minimum - 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry in a Technical Operation role (development, supply chain, engineering, manufacturing, and/or project management) with a solid experience in distributing cold-chain requiring investigational products in multiple EU member states’ jurisdictions as well as in the US.

**Location**

Onsite. This full-time position comes with 3 HOD per month.