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.

Key Responsibilities:

Process Team Member and Support

• Act as the focus and conduit for communications between the CMO and with members of BioMarin Process Teams and other departments to meet the supply plan
• Analyze, issue and execute with the CMO the production plan to deliver an uninterrupted supply of clinical & commercial product
• Identify any supply constraints and negotiate/resolve with the CMO any issues to meet the supply plan
• Coordinate BioMarin activities in the evaluation/execution of issues, process changes, change requests and deviations to ensure timely resolution without impacting on supply
• Commit Process – maintain process order dates to match CMO order confirmations and changes in schedule to support supply plan visibility and master scheduling
• Shipment Management – request submission, shipment coordination, inbound & outbound, DS/DP/bulk packs & samples
• Manage ERP aspects at BioMarin for purchasing and production efforts at CMO

Purchase Order Management

• Creation, submission, and supplier confirmation
• Material allocations
• Maintenance of dates, costing, and materials through closure
• Oversight and maintenance of associated condition records in ERP
• Ensure on-time supplier and vendor payment upon invoice

• Convert planned to process orders per production planning
• Process order maintenance of dates and allocations

Shipment Planning and Management

• Manage of all shipments within the network
• Creation and execution of STR/STO in SAP
• Lead cross-functional coordination and visibility for shipments

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Management

• Monitor and manage inventory levels of drug substance, drug product, finish goods and components as applicable at the CMO site
• Determine order requirements thru use of ERP MRP, Min Max system and other electronic reporting tools (consumption, scheduling)
• Management of materials outside of ERP system
• Establish and maintain relationships with suppliers

Problem Solving

• Review and maintenance to improve planning and cost accuracy
• Creation and review of master data for new nodes, products, and SKU launches

• Maintain a visual metric/dashboard to provide oversight of area and supplier performance
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives

• Deviation and change control authoring relevant to our area
• Purchase order and invoice issue analysis and resolution
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience 

• Minimum requirement of 3-5 years in Operations or Supply Chain
• BS/BA degree; life sciences, business, or supply chain management
• Will have a good understanding of the processes/unit operations assigned to the team.
• Ability to guide and support cross functional teams in the resolution of short-term issues and sustained performance for long-term goals.
• Experience with CAPA, FMEA, RCA tools in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is desired.
• Strong written and verbal communication, commercial acumen.
• A high level of initiative and questioning skills are key role requirements, as well as strong organizational skills.
• Experience in supply planning or inventory management.
• Experience in inventory reconciliation.
• Working knowledge of GXP regulations.
• Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems and processes (Knowledge of SAP is preferred)

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.