VP Supply Chain

The Vice President of Supply Chain is responsible for designing, leading, and optimizing the end-to-end supply chain for a radiopharmaceutical company operating under stringent regulatory, time, and safety constraints. This role oversees the procurement, manufacturing logistics, warehousing, and distribution of products with short half-lives, ensuring on-time delivery of life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic agents to patients and clinical sites. This role is accountable for procurement strategy, supplier relationship management, cost reduction, long-term contracting, and supply continuity for critical raw materials, components, services, and external partners. The successful candidate will balance the unique demands of radioactive material handling, isotope supply security, and just-in-time delivery with cost control, quality, and full regulatory compliance. Job description Summary of Position The Vice President of Supply Chain is responsible for designing, leading, and optimizing the end-to-end supply chain for a radiopharmaceutical company operating under stringent regulatory, time, and safety constraints. This role oversees the procurement, manufacturing logistics, warehousing, and distribution of products with short half-lives, ensuring on-time delivery of life‑saving diagnostic and therapeutic agents to patients and clinical sites. This role is accountable for procurement strategy, supplier relationship management, cost reduction, long‑term contracting, and supply continuity for critical raw materials, components, services, and external partners. The successful candidate will balance the unique demands of radioactive material handling, isotope supply security, and just‑in‑time delivery with cost control, quality, and full regulatory compliance. Essential Functions Strategy & Leadership Develop and execute a comprehensive supply chain strategy aligned with commercial, clinical, and manufacturing objectives. Develop and execute procurement and sourcing strategies that support manufacturing continuity, commercial objectives, cost reduction, supplier resilience, and long-term business needs. Build, mentor, and lead a cross‑functional team spanning procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier management, planning, warehousing, logistics, and distribution. Serve as a member of the senior operations leadership team, contributing to enterprise‑wide decision‑making. Procurement & Supplier Management Develop and lead procurement strategies for direct materials, indirect materials, services, logistics providers, contract manufacturers, and other critical external partners. Negotiate and manage long‑term supplier agreements that improve cost, service, quality, supply continuity, and risk mitigation. Identify, qualify, and develop supplier options to reduce single‑source exposure and strengthen business continuity. Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Finance, and Commercial teams to align sourcing decisions with production requirements, quality expectations, regulatory obligations, and business priorities. Drive cost reduction, working capital improvement, supplier performance, and procurement process discipline without compromising quality, safety, or compliance. Establish supplier performance measures, business reviews, escalation processes, and accountability mechanisms for critical suppliers and service providers. Isotope & Raw Material Supply Work cross‑functionally and intracompany to secure isotope and critical raw material supply, de‑risk single‑source dependencies, support long‑term sourcing strategies, and mitigate global supply disruptions. Manage relationships with reactor/cyclotron suppliers, generators, and precursor manufacturers. Lead or partner on supplier negotiations, capacity commitments, long‑term agreements, and contingency plans for isotope, precursor, generator, and other critical supply needs. Establish contingency and business continuity plans for isotope shortages. Warehousing, Distribution, Planning & Compliance Oversee warehousing operations for radioactive materials, precursors, components, and finished products, ensuring proper segregation, shielding, and storage controls. Establish and maintain licensed radioactive material storage areas in compliance with NRC and state radiation safety requirements. Implement inventory accuracy, cycle counting, lot/serial traceability, and decay‑based stock rotation appropriate to short‑half‑life products. Manage temperature‑controlled and hazardous‑material storage, including monitoring, alarming, and qualification of storage environments. Optimize warehouse layout, capacity, and workflows to support rapid release and dispatch of time‑critical product. Oversee time‑critical, temperature‑ and radiation‑controlled distribution networks to deliver short‑half‑life products within tight delivery windows. Design and manage the distribution strategy, including 3PL partners, specialized couriers, and last‑mile delivery for radioactive materials. Ensure compliance with DOT, IATA, NRC, DEA, and international transport regulations for radioactive and controlled‑substance shipments. Oversee trade compliance for import/export activities, including customs, classification, licensing, and adherence to applicable global trade regulations. Maintain DEA registration, recordkeeping, and chain‑of‑custody requirements for the handling and distribution of controlled substances. Maintain rigorous chain‑of‑custody, packaging, labeling, and radiation safety standards throughout transport. Drive distribution performance through routing optimization, carrier management, and real‑time shipment tracking. Ensure logistics performance achieves 100% on‑time‑in‑full (OTIF) delivery. Lead demand planning, S&OP, and inventory management tailored to decay‑sensitive products. Design, execute, maintain, and audit master data, bills of materials, routings, supplier data, lead times, minimum order quantities, safety stock parameters, and work order management. Implement systems and KPIs to drive on‑time‑in‑full performance, waste reduction, and forecast accuracy. Coordinate closely with manufacturing to synchronize production scheduling with warehousing and delivery commitments. Ensure supply chain, warehousing, and distribution operations meet cGMP, FDA, NRC, and applicable state and international regulatory requirements. Partner with Quality and Regulatory Affairs on supplier qualification, audits, and CAPA. Maintain rigorous chain‑of‑custody and radiation safety standards across all storage and transport activities. Own the supply chain, procurement, warehousing, and distribution budget; execute supply chain and procurement strategies to deliver cost savings, working capital improvement, supply continuity, and service performance without compromising quality or compliance. Negotiate and manage contracts with suppliers, contract manufacturers, carriers, warehouse operators, 3PL partners, and other critical service providers. Establish procurement governance, supplier performance management, and savings tracking processes to ensure accountability, transparency, and measurable business impact. Requirements Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, life sciences, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. 18+ years or more of relevant supply chain experience,including senior-level procurement, sourcing, supplier management, planning, warehousing, logistics, and distribution experience, with 10 or more years in senior leadership role. Direct experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, nuclear medicine, or radiopharmaceutical industries. Demonstrated experience leading procurement or strategic sourcing functions, including supplier negotiations, long‑term contracting, cost reduction, supplier risk management, and supply continuity. Demonstrated expertise managingprocurement, warehousing, distribution, and time‑sensitive, regulated, or cold‑chain/hazardous‑material logistics. Track record of building resilient, diversified supply networks and distribution operations in constrained markets preferred. Preferred Experience with short‑half‑life or decay‑sensitive product distribution. Familiarity with isotope production (reactor‑based and cyclotron) supply ecosystems. Track record of building resilient, diversified supply networks and distribution operations in constrained markets. Experience building procurement strategies in constrained or single‑source supply markets. Experience leading supplier diversification, supplier development, and long‑term supply agreements for critical materials, services, or outsourced manufacturing partners. Working Conditions Willingness to work in plant producing radioactive materials and requiring all employees to participate in safety programs designed to minimize potential and/or actual exposure levels. Responsibilities include the ability to lift up to 70 pounds, kneeling, crouching, twisting the upper body, walking, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, reaching, must be able to physically negotiate stairs and evacuation ladders with or without accommodation, wear and operate safety equipment, enter vessels, and inspect equipment. Material handling devices (e.g., hand truck, fork truck, and conveyors) are used when possible, however, use of proper lifting and movement techniques is necessary to prevent injury. Must be willing to wear a variety of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hearing protection as needed. May be required to sit or stand for long periods of 8+ hours a day while performing duties. Must possess good hand-eye coordination; close attention to detail is required. Must be able to work indoors and outdoors with exposure to mechanical/moving parts, hazards including corrosive, flammable and toxic material, dust, dirt, odors, and irritants. Willingness to complete safety training within allotted timeframes, and work in a team‑based environment. Must be able to work outside of regular work hours, including off shift, weekend, and holiday work as business needs require. Willingness to travel up to 30% as required by business needs. Competencies #J-18808-Ljbffr Curium Pharma