Clinical supply chain Project Manager

Job Overview

Clinical Supply Chain Project Manager (Global Clinical Supply Manager) – Ipsen PharmSciences SAS. Responsible for defining IMP design and supply chain strategy for clinical trials, ensuring sufficient supply and alignment with clinical milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Project management responsibilities: facilitate a cross‑functional CSC sub‑team charged with study set‑up, including operational quality assurance, clinical packaging and distribution for internal projects and CDMO management for outsourced projects.
• Represent GCSM within clinical study team meetings and ensure alignment with clinical trial milestones (timelines, study design assumptions, recruitment assumptions, etc.).
• Define project objectives with the sub‑team while ensuring technical feasibility.
• Develop comprehensive project plans to ensure on‑time supply to patients and avoid IMP stock‑outs.
• Validate the strategy with the Clinical Supply Chain Therapeutic Area Lead.
• Develop strong collaboration with Global Regulatory Affairs and CMC Regulatory teams to ensure alignment of regulatory strategy (submission filing, product references).
• Evaluate impact of changes to project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Facilitate the sub‑team to solve complex challenges and provide mitigation plans in a timely manner to meet business needs.
• Escalate challenges / issues to management when needed.
• Measure performance using appropriate project management tools and techniques.
• Initiate and maintain risk assessment to minimize supply chain potential risks.
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze successful completion of short and long‑term key goals (forecasts KPIs, RTD, miss dose, etc.).
• Present results and progress of projects under responsibility at internal / external meetings.
• Represent GCSM in CMC project meetings, ensuring alignment with Asset Teams objectives (timelines, priorities, forecasts, communication escalation, risk mitigation).
• Represent GCSM within Clinical Operations strategic meetings, ensuring seamless alignment with clinical development programs.
• Propose IMP kit design in partnership with packaging team or CDMO; manage labelling definition and approval.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation (IMP Design and Supply / Handling Manual / Supply Chain Flow Diagram, leaflets).
• Partner with the study forecaster to determine material needs for clinical trials; ensure all study forecasts are regularly revisited.
• Organise resupply meetings with relevant cross‑functional departments.
• Monitor clinical study forecasts, share updates with the CMC sub‑team and anticipate impacts of changes (new sites, protocols, etc.).
• Challenge Clinical Project Managers when relevant and consolidate updated forecasts into the appropriate systems.
• Report on progress of studies and validate milestones.
• Manage quality events (deviations, change controls) in line with KPIs.
• Define and adjust GCSM processes / ways of working and provide continuous feedback.
• Organise and actively participate in lessons‑learned exercises when needed.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects within Global Clinical Supply Management and wider Pharmaceutical Development.
• Be a promoter of continuous improvement processes and guarantee their application.
• Respect Good Practices applicable (BPF, BPD, etc.), EESH rules through company procedures.
• Apply and proactively contribute to actions for CSR development according to Ipsen guidelines.

Behavioural Competencies

• Excellence in execution: prioritise, set clear goals, timelines, and next steps; identify opportunities for real impact.
• Commitment to best practice sharing and setting; promote single point of accountability.
• Ensures single accountable referent per task/project/outcome; consults relevant stakeholders for consent‑based decisions.
• Takes personal accountability for decisions, risk, actions, successes, and failures; fosters same in others.
• Communicates effectively, asks open questions, builds clear and crisp messages, uses visual communication and storytelling.

Knowledge & Experience (Essential)

• Approximately 3‑5 years experience in an equivalent job within the pharmaceutical industry with significant international exposure.
• Experience managing complex investigational supplies for global clinical trials.
• Experience in project management and facilitating communications in a highly matrixed environment.

Knowledge & Experience (Preferred)

• Experience with RTSM platforms and partnership with external CDMOs.
• Experience in using advanced supply forecasting tools including advanced use of Excel.

Education / Certifications (Essential)

• Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent in pharmacy, engineering, operations or supply chain management.

Education / Certifications (Preferred)

• Certification in APICS, PMP, etc.
• Advanced education including MBA, Master’s, PhD or global equivalent.

Language Requirements

• English – essential.
• French – preferred.

EEO Statement

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