Executive Director, Global Planning

Who We Are

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best - people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems - and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we've produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin's Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin's cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

• Lead enterprise Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes to align demand, supply, and financial goals.
• Oversee supply and demand planning, inventory optimization, production planning, and network planning across clinical and commercial portfolios through the execution of a robust planning cycle across all planning horizons.
• Drive forecasting and scenario planning to support strategic decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Ensure planning excellence across drug substance, drug product, and finished goods segmented supply chains balancing capacity, lifecycle management and optimized inventory strategies.
• Champion the use of ERP and advanced planning tools (Kinaxis, O9, OMP) to enable real-time visibility and agility.

• Develop and execute a multi-year strategic roadmap for global planning transformation.
• Lead business process improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and DMAIC methodologies.
• Establish and monitor KPIs to measure planning performance and supply chain resiliency and reliability.
• Leverage predictive analytics and data modeling to drive proactive planning and scenario-based decision-making.

• Partner with enterprise wide with key stakeholders (Commercial, Development, Finance, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and IT) to ensure seamless end-to-end planning.
• Own the IBP and planning cycle processes and drive alignment across global, site and regional teams.
• Lead organizational design and redesign efforts to optimize planning capabilities and structure.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing global team; foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive change management initiatives to support planning transformation and digital enablement and AI adoption.

• Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams to achieve BioMarin's strategic / operational goals and objectives.
• Ability to prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast paced, dynamic environment with multiple projects.
• Sophisticated use of scenario planning tools to facilitate decision making to drive optimized inventory levels while managing effective supply for our clinical and commercial product portfolios.
• Business processthinker that drives for continuous improvement of business processto achieve product strategies.
• Demonstrated, deep understanding ofend-to-endglobal supply chainprocesses.
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to work in a global, matrix organization.
• Strong analytical, organization, decision making, written and verbal communication and presentation skills to operational as executive levels.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, able to distil key decisions from complex data and environment and effectively articulate issues such that they resonate with senior management.
• Ability to interact, collaborate and execute at all the highest levels of the company.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Life Sciences, or Business. Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA) desired.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in global supply chain planning, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Deep experience in biopharma supply chains, including clinical and commercial operations.
• Strong knowledge of GxP, regulatory compliance, and global operations.
• APICS or equivalent certification preferred.
• Proven experience with key technologies SAP ERP, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, O9, or OMP.
• Skilled in business process modeling tools (e.g., SIPOC, RACI) and scenario modeling.
  

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.