Director, Sample Logistics and Inventory Management

**Job Function**:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development
**Job Sub Function**:
Biological Research
**Job Category**:
People Leader
**All Job Posting Locations**:
Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium

**We are searching for the best talent for our Director, Sample Logistics and Inventory Managment position, to be located in Spring House, PA or Beerse, BE.**

**About Innovative Medicine**:
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Leading daily sample logistics and inventory management operations and ensuring resource efficiency and operational excellence across the Spring House, (PA), La Jolla (CA), Beerse (BE) sites
- Partnering with internal and external collaborators to deliver robust, end-to-end modality-agnostic sample logistics and inventory management capabilities across the Therapeutics Discovery organization
- Advancing capabilities and driving innovation through next-generation infrastructure, software, and process improvements to meet the needs of the evolving Discovery portfolio
- Driving strategic planning for the expansion, optimization, and management of the small molecule collection in partnership with DTMP, ISD, GDC and external vendors/contract research organizations
- Ensuring Controlled Substance, Shipping logistics and Spring House Donor program capabilities are aligned and in compliance with regional laws and regulations and address inquiries by regulatory authorities
- Managing Operational and Contractor budgets
- Initiating and leading external interactions and collaborations with key suppliers and contract research organizations
- Accountability for the development of organizational culture and capabilities

**Qualifications**:
**Education**:

- Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Engineering field or Related field, is required.
- 10+ years leading sample logistics, compound management, laboratory automation or related field with a strong emphasis on getting results and operational excellence in a fast-paced discovery environment

**Experience and Skills**:
**Required**:

- 4-6 years proven experience leading a multi-disciplinary team supporting all aspects of sample logistics and inventory management end-to-end workflows, including technical infrastructure and software to ensure operational excellence
- Experience cultivating and developing relationships to identify and leverage opportunities to meet the evolving organizational needs
- Expertise with monitoring/reporting equipment performance and capacity utilization metrics, and quality control methods
- Keeps up with the up-to-date scientific advancement (e.g. competitive landscape, new technology, new research portfolio, and new partnership)

**Preferred**:

- Expertise and depth of knowledge within sample logistics and inventory management across multiple modalities
- Hardware/programming and troubleshooting experience with robotic liquid handlers (e.g. Tecan, Hamilton, Beckman, Agilent) and robotic integration / scheduling software (e.g. HighRes Biosolutions Cellario or Thermo Scientific Momentum)
- Expertise with all aspects of designing, integrating, deploying, and maintaining data-driven high-availability high-throughput laboratory automation systems and workflows
- Expertise managing the full life cycle of capital projects from conceptualization to production ensuring projects complete on time and on-budget
- Experience with managing Controlled Substance and associated regional laws and regulations
- IT systems and database expertise from development to deployment

**United States
- R-024480**

**Belgium - R-026544**

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