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Gilead Sciences, Inc. Team Lead, Americas Logistics & Cell Order Management in Santa Monica, California
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Job Description
Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. Every single day, we seek to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work. Would you like to join us in this mission?
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Supply Chain team as a Logistics Operations Team Lead. The Team Lead is a critical role inside the Supply Chain Logistics & Cell Order Management organization. This person will be responsible for providing support and oversight for the Commercial Logistics team. This person will provide customer centric support for managing the end-to-end physical and systems logistics flow of commercial product, which involves the transport of apheresis material and cryogenically frozen human engineered cells. The Team Lead will work on facilitating resolution of logistics, transportation, and order management issues in a timely and effective manner. This role is considered fast paced with high accountability due to the time sensitive nature of getting our products to patients.
Responsibilities of the Team Lead:
Act as the key point of contact for escalations related to finished product and apheresis logistics operations for the US, Canada, and Brazil
Act as the Logistics and Cell Order Management SME supporting regularity agency and internal audits
Own deviation records arising from the Supply Chain logistics area
Develop training curriculum and tools to enable streamlined on boarding of new Logistics Coordinators
Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities
Lead a team of Logistics Coordinators on resolving operational issues resulting from process or system errors including but not limited to: order creation in EBS through order fulfillment, shipment tracking, troubleshooting and delivery.
Acts as key point of contact for escalations to logistics vendors within region
Oversee Invoice Initiation and Revenue Reconciliation after product delivery
Process entries into the Logistics Vendor Issue Log to track supplier issues and ensures effective team logging
Coordinate and operationally manage key logistics suppliers including the supply, delivery and return of Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Shippers and Apheresis Kits
Participates in on-call escalation and after-hours triage/support
Facilitate and lead conversations with internal cross-functional stakeholders and external vendors
Additional tasks as elevated to support end-to-end logistics management for commercial cell orders
Basic Qualifications:
MS/MA Degree with 3+ year’s experiencewith Supply Chain and/or Operations and/or cGMP manufacturing OR
BS/BA Degree with 5+ years’ experience with Supply Chain and/or Operations and/or cGMP manufacturing OR
HS Degree with 9+ years’ experience with Supply Chain and/or Operations and/or cGMP manufacturing
Preferred Qualifications:
Supervisory experience
Ability to work with multiple database and electronic systems
Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize
Ability to work independently
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities
Flexible to a growing and changing work environment and work structure
Working knowledge of biologic material transport
Experience with Oracle/ERP, courier, and material ordering portals
Experience in writing SOPs and owning quality records (e.g. deviations, change controls)
Does this sound like you? If so, please apply today!
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The salary range for this position is: $104,805.00 - $135,630.00. Kite considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
- Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma .
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Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. Every day, we aim to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work.
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