Associate Director, Supply Chain Security

Associate Director, Supply Chain Security
- ** Based in Singapore**, the regional hub for **Asia Pacific (AP)**and **top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times**and** Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).**:

- Join the** premier biopharmaceutical company** that has been **in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.**

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Director, Global Security - Supply Chain Integrity, the Associate Director, Supply Chain Security is responsible for leading the **China/Japan/Asia-Pacific** Region** implementation and execution of strategic and tactical operations intended to ensure the end-to-end efficient and secure movement of COMPANY products and materials, provide effective supply chain security risk management, and promote engagement and awareness of associated security matters.

The focus of this work is on protecting patient safety through securing the supply chain against illicit actions, product diversion, theft, terrorism, and unauthorized activities that threaten product integrity including compromises of confidential and proprietary supply chain information.

**Primary Responsibilities**

Leading the Regional execution of COMPANY’s global Supply Chain Security Strategy, including tactical operations designed to protect COMPANY’s supply chain from threats and acts of theft, product diversion, tampering, terrorism, illicit activities, and unauthorized access via effective security measures, analysis, expert consultation, and investigations leading to meaningful root cause determinations, corrective actions, compliance, and law enforcement outcomes. Following are the areas of focus:
**Security Risk Management**
- Implement and manage regional execution of a proactive Supply Chain Security strategy focused on incident prevention through intelligence-based risk mitigation
- Manage regional execution of a security risk assessment regime to proactively and periodically monitor and measure internal operations and external business partner security performance against established criteria
- Manage regional execution of initiatives to identify and enhance protection of supply chain operations and products categorized as “high value”
- Measure and report supply chain security performance in collaboration with designated Regional Security leads
- Study and assess implementation of technology and innovative solutions to mitigate supply chain security risk
- Manage and/or support matrixed cross functional response to Supply Chain Security events
- Coordinate and/or support matrixed Regional Security personnel in investigations for supply chain security matters
- Manage and/or support matrixed supply chain risk intelligence gathering and monitor efforts of emerging threats to global supply chain security as well as related country/region specific regulations
- Manage the flow of communications related to Regional supply chain security and disseminate relevant information within Global Security and the Company

**Policy and Standards**
- Support the development and manage execution of supply chain security policies and minimum standards
- Manage regional execution and compliance with established government trade security programs such as CTPAT, AEO, PIP, and similar country-based initiatives in which COMPANY participates

**Engagement and Awareness**
- Cultivate and maintain relationships that support internal and external engagement and awareness for supply chain security matters at COMPANY
- Serve as Regional point of contact for Global Security to the COMPANY Controlled Substance Compliance program, providing Security support to Compliance initiatives associated with the manufacturing and distribution of Scheduled Medicines and Controlled Substances.
- Foster and maintain internal cross-functional relationships in support of Procurement, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain Management, Finance, and Insurance & Risk, IT and other functions as needed
- Support the development and delivery of global Supply Chain Security training materials and proactive awareness information as needed
- Participate in and liaise with professional associations specializing in pharmaceutical crime, supply chain security, and security risk management
- Maintain a network of knowledgeable and influential persons in government, law enforcement, security, intelligence, and internal functions to serve as resources, collaborators and partners related to supply chain security matters
- Serve as the cross-functional single point of contact for matters related to Supply Chain Security within the Region and externally as needed
- Ensure communication and oversight of key milestones and deliverables to support supply chain security strategic efforts

**People Management**
- Develop and maintain oversight of contract business partner resources in support of the Supply Chain Security strategic and tactical needs