Clinical Supply Chain Planner

Responsibilities

• Represents the work group to Senior Leadership and CMC Teams by communication of progress against goals.
• Converts Clinical demand into supply requirements for Clinical trials and communicates demand to supporting manufacturing groups.
• Maintains supply/demand tools.
• Plans/executes necessary API manufacturing campaigns.
• Manages inventory movement to maintain adequate depot levels.
• Supports vendor management activities.
• Supports clinical supplies initiatives.
• Attends/leads required meetings to communicate milestones and challenges that are facing current and upcoming projects.

In simple terms:

• You sit between clinical teams (who need drugs for trials) and manufacturing teams (who make the drugs)

You figure out:

• “How much drug do we need, when, and where?”

Then you:

• Convert that clinical need into a manufacturing plan
• Coordinate API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) production runs
• Manage inventory + shipments to trial sites (depots)
• Track supply vs demand so trials don’t get delayed

You also:

• Update planning tools (Excel/system-based forecasting)
• Manage vendors and external partners
• Communicate progress, risks, and delays to leadership
• Lead meetings and keep everyone aligned

Bottom line:

If this person fails → clinical trials get delayed due to drug shortages

If they succeed → trials run smoothly with zero supply issues