Associate Director, Bothell Materials Management

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The Associate Director Materials Management provides strategic and operational leadership for all materials planning purchasing and raw materials inventory governance activities supporting the Bothell manufacturing site encompassing both commercial and clinical production and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities within a GMP regulated biopharmaceutical environment.

As the site Materials Management leader this role sets strategy and standards while ensuring compliant consistent execution across all materials portfolios. The Associate Director provides people leadership and technical oversight to enable uninterrupted manufacturing and successful clinical and commercial launches while serving as a key interface to Global Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing to translate enterprise strategy into executable site plans proactively manage risk and drive crossfunctional resolution.

Duties/Responsibilities

Materials Management Strategy & Site Accountability

• Own end-to-end site material availability across Operations Quality Control and Facilities ensuring alignment between materials strategy execution priorities and manufacturing readiness.
• Define and maintain site Materials Management standards governance and operating models to ensure consistent compliant execution across all materials portfolios.
• Serve as the senior site authority for Materials Management performance risk posture and decision making.

Clinical Development NPI & Launch Enablement

• Serve as the site level functional owner for Materials Management strategy and risk posture across clinical programs tech transfers and new product introductions.
• Define and approve site materials strategies for clinical development and launches ensuring alignment across planning approaches supplier readiness expectations planning BOM governance and inventory positioning.
• Own escalation prioritization and decision making for materials related risks impacting clinical supply continuity and launch readiness ensuring timely cross functional resolution.

Materials Planning Inventory Governance & Risk Management

• Own sitelevel inventory health strategy and risk posture for raw materials including expiration risk excess obsolescence and scrap.
• Establish and oversee site material status governance ensuring clear realtime visibility to material disposition release readiness constraints shortages and disruptions with defined escalation and decisionmaking accountability.
• Define expectations for inventory accuracy constraint recovery planning and escalation pathways to protect manufacturing continuity.
• Sponsor and prioritize sitelevel continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen supply resilience reduce waste and improve longterm inventory performance.

Supplier Quality & Compliance Leadership

• Serve as the primary site interface with Global Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing and Quality to coordinate continuity escalation and supplyrisk mitigation.
• Ensure appropriate investigation root cause analysis and CAPA ownership for materialrelated issues through partnership with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers.
• Promote a culture of compliance environmental health & safety and operational excellence through strong crossfunctional partnership and leadership.

People Leadership & Organizational Capability

• Lead coach and develop a team of Materials Management planners and buyers (people managers and/or individual contributors); set priorities build technical and leadership capability and ensure training and qualification aligned with cGMP requirements.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability across the organization.

Performance Management Systems & Change Enablement

• Define monitor and communicate Materials Management KPIs (e.g. service level shortages inventory health supplier performance) to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the site Materials Management SME for new processes systems and planning models ensuring effective adoption sustained performance and alignment with global strategy.
• Support additional site and enterprise initiatives as required.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the Director Site Supply Chain and Logistics.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree required in Supply Chain Engineering Life Sciences Business or a related field.
• Advanced education or professional certification in supply chain management product lifecycle management or related disciplines (e.g. MBA MS graduate certificate APICS CPIM/CSCP/CLTD) a plus.

Experience

• 812 years of progressive experience in materials management or supply chain roles supporting manufacturing operations within a regulated biopharmaceutical or pharmaceutical environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading materials planning purchasing and inventory governance activities in support of clinical development tech transfer new product introductions and commercial manufacturing.
• Experience leading and developing teams and/or providing functional leadership within matrixed organizations.
• Strong working knowledge of cGMP requirements and regulatory expectations as they apply to materials planning purchasing inventory control and manufacturing readiness across clinical launch and commercial operations.
• Handson experience with ERP and planning systems preferably SAP S/4 and SAP IBP including sustained regular use in materials planning purchasing and inventory management to support manufacturing operations.
• Experience operating within global supply planning and purchasing models including coordination across network strategies Global Supply Chain organizations and broader enterprise stakeholders.

Technical & Professional Competencies

• Deep expertise in materials planning and purchasing processes including MRPbased planning Planning Bill of Materials (BOM) governance consumptionbased planning models inventory optimization and risk mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and governing planning BOM structures to support clinical programs tech transfers and new product introductions.
• Proven ability to assess and manage complex supply risks anticipate downstream impacts and protect continuity in patientcritical manufacturing environments.
• Strong working knowledge of quality systems material disposition and release readiness processes and audit expectations.
• Ability to define performance metrics interpret data across systems and drive riskbased datadriven decision making.
• Experience interpreting demand signals and scenario changes to inform materials planning purchasing and inventory strategies in clinical launch and commercial environments.

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to lead coach and develop teams while building organizational capability.
• Strong crossfunctional leadership and influence skills with the ability to engage site network and enterprise stakeholders.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with handson operational engagement in fastpaced highcomplexity manufacturing environments.
• Resilient adaptable and solutionsoriented approach to ambiguity competing priorities and change.

Travel

• Occasional domestic travel may be required.

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• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account BMS Living Life Better and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan short- and long-term disability life insurance accident insurance supplemental health insurance business travel protection personal liability protection identity theft benefit legal support and survivor support.

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Paid Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited with manager approval 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix AZ Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

• Phoenix AZ Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt Non-Exempt Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval 11 national holidays and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility* additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time up to 2 paid volunteer days per year summer hours flexibility leaves of absence for medical personal parental caregiver bereavement and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

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