Director, Regional Supply Chain

About Gilead Sciences

With a steadfast commitment spanning over 35 years, Gilead Sciences has relentlessly advanced therapies targeting serious illnesses such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, and cancer. Our mission focuses on improving global health through innovative scientific development and ensuring broad access to these medications worldwide.

Role Overview

We seek a seasoned Director for our Regional Supply Chain, responsible for overseeing and optimizing commercial supply operations within the region. The focus areas include demand planning, leading the regional S&OP process, and managing supply escalations. This position encompasses support for both small molecule and biologic product commercial supply, aiming to secure consistent product availability, limit stockout risks, and align market demand with supply capabilities. Reporting to the Executive Director, Head of Regional Commercial Supply Chain, the role includes close collaboration with global leaders and regional peers to fulfill global supply chain objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and manage comprehensive demand planning for all commercial products, engaging with teams from Global Trade Operations, Commercial, Finance, and Supply Planning.
• Develop accurate, data-driven demand forecasts factoring in market trends, promotion schedules, product launches, and lifecycle management strategies.
• Track consumption patterns, identify variance causes, and proactively amend forecasts to maintain continual product availability.
• Direct the regional Commercial Sales & Operations Planning process, ensuring agreement on demand data, awareness of supply limitations, and aligned mitigation strategies.
• Present detailed demand and supply outlooks to senior stakeholders and integrate regional insights within global S&OP cycles.
• Handle the management of supply escalations, including backorder situations and allocation decisions, coordinating root cause analysis and rapid resolution with global functional leads.
• Maintain transparent communication on supply risks, mitigation approaches, and recovery timelines with Commercial teams.
• Act as the key liaison between Supply Chain and various departments including Commercial, Customer Service, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, and Regional Leadership to ensure compliant and cost-effective product delivery.
• Support regional product launches and market expansions through strategic supply planning and readiness activities.
• Monitor key performance indicators related to supply chain effectiveness such as forecast accuracy, on-time in-full (OTIF) delivery, backorder volumes, and inventory status.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities regionally and contribute to global initiatives for process harmonization and system upgrades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field is mandatory; advanced degrees such as MBA are preferred.
• Certification like APICS/CSCP or equivalent is advantageous.
• Comprehensive experience in commercial supply chain roles within biopharma or life sciences, with a strong emphasis on demand planning, S&OP management, and supply issue resolution.
• Demonstrated experience handling both small molecule and biologic commercial products.
• Proven leadership in regional or matrixed organizational structures is highly desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Proficient analytical capabilities with a strong focus on forecast precision and supply reliability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, adept at presenting to senior commercial executives.
• In-depth understanding of commercial supply chain operations within regulated environments.
• Practical knowledge of planning software such as SAP IBP, Oracle, Kinaxis, OMP, coupled with advanced Excel expertise.
• Agile, solution-focused mindset with resilience under pressure in fast-paced settings.

Organizational Dynamics & Travel

• Reports directly to the Executive Director, Head of Regional Commercial Supply Chain.
• Coordinates with other Regional Supply Chain Directors to promote process standardization and harmonization.
• Requires approximately up to 25% regional travel and occasional global trips for leadership and S&OP meetings.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Gilead Sciences is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on protected characteristics, adhering to all applicable laws locally and globally.