Senior Clinical Supply Manager (m/f/d)

Professional | Permanent | Full-/ Part-time | Hybrid

If you’re passionate about changing lives for the better, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. In Research & Development, we’re continuously exploring innovative new treatment options to make a stronger, more positive impact on the lives of the patients we serve. You’ll work with talented colleagues in a state-of-the-art Research & Development environment, developing innovative medicines that change the life of patients for the better and help us make progress towards our vision of a world free of pain.

What the job looks like

Each day you'll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

• Being responsible for vendor relationship management and identifying potential external CTS service providers, for example Contract Manufacturing Organizations, Depots, Couriers and IRT providers.
• Being the central point of contact for all trial supplies related activities for all assigned trials and projects.
• Developing trial-specific packaging concepts in alignment with relevant stakeholders to achieve packaging design which ensures a proper handling by site staff and patients and fulfils any blinding requirements.
• Developing trial-specific supply strategy including depot involvement to ensure in-time delivery of high quality clinical trial supplies.
• Coordinating and overseeing manufacturing tasks, for example planning, coordination of bulk manufacture, packaging and labelling, coordination of QP release and storage requirements.
• Overseeing outsourced tasks related to any aspect of clinical trial supplies management to ensure adequate performance, implementation of risk management and issues are identified, communicated and corrective actions implemented and documented appropriately.
• Maintaining and delivering budget oversight and forecasts.

What you'll bring to the table

• Pharmacist degree or comparable scientific, technical, or medical qualification.
• More than 10 years experience in Pharmaceutical Industry in field of Clinical Trial Supply Management, preferably CRO experience.
• Experience in budget forecast and budget tracking.
• Experienced in the conduct of clinical trials.
• Thorough understanding of applicable EU and US GMP regulations for IMP manufacturing.
• Thorough understanding of GDP requirements for setup of logistical part of supply chain and of GCP requirements in the conduct of Phase I – IV trials.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills.
• Service-oriented mindset whilst enjoying working in interdisciplinary teams.

About Grünenthal

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, privately-owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focussing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 28 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2024, Grünenthal employed around 4,300 people and achieved sales of € 1.8 billion.

Website: www.grunenthal.com