Commercial Logistics Lead, North America

The Distribution & Logistics Lead US is responsible for End-to-End distribution activities in the US and Canadian markets. The Lead sets Logistics Service provider partner management strategy, order-to-cash strategy, local inventory management & import process strategy to meet financial objectives, drives partner performance and customer value creation, resolves bottlenecks, and develops new capabilities and solutions for the team.
The role is the primary PO&T Supply Chain contact to US and Canadian Commercial management and owns the management of the S&OP process with the Commercial function. Together with commercial counterparts, the ultimate goal of the Lead is to ensure desired customer service levels, launch timelines and continuous product supply are met.
The role works closely with the US and Canada Commercial, Finance & Planning teams to ensure on-time-in-full supply. The role has responsibility for US/Canada finished goods distribution management, replenishment of Biogen products at US/Canadian DC’s, and sales & inventory reporting. The role routinely identifies and communicates any supply continuity risks to management and supports recommendations and initiates implementation of corrective actions to exclude any supply risk. The US / Canada markets contribute $8+ billion to Biogen revenue.
The role has in-depth understanding of the end-to-end supply chain and an intimate knowledge of the functioning of the US and Canadian markets. This includes a robust knowledge of US/Canadian market dynamics, go-to-market models, import & customs broker management, customer order-to-invoicing process, 3PL performance, inventory management, month-end reporting, SOX compliance and cost management.
Challenging and highly visible role that serves as the D&L strategic partner and operational lead to Biogen stakeholders in the US and Canadian markets, including Commercial, Finance, Legal, R&D and Compliance. In addition, the role owns the relationship with multiple Logistics Service Providers in both the US and Canada
1. Leads the US Distribution & Logistics Team within the Global Distribution & Logistics group. Develops direct reports by coaching within established and innovative business practices. Sets direction, strategy, develops new opportunities, capabilities and processes for the team.
2. Strategic partner for US and Canadian Commercial organizations and multiple Logistic Service Providers to meet commercial objectives, achieve desired service levels within budget, orchestrate an efficient, uninterrupted supply chain flow and deliver on local inventory strategy.
Executes order-to-cash strategy at 3PLs. Delivers OTIF metric and contributes to meeting revenue targets for US and Canada markets. First point of contact for the US & Canadian commercial organizations.
3. Sets and drives logistics partner management strategy for the US/Canada markets, drives alignment with global vision & strategy. Drives excellent partner performance & customer service, accountable for regional D&L budgetary goals in areas of distribution, warehousing, brokerage and transportation as well as cost improvement initiatives.
4. Leads continuous improvement projects and mindset to drive process standardization and efficiency improvements of the D&L processes. Provides Supply Chain / D&L Management process analyses and identifies solutions for improvement projects. Identifies process bottlenecks and influences internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues. Translates strategic objectives into operational plans for team execution.
5. Strategic Alliances: Develops and maintains strategic alliances with external contract partners for transportation, brokerage, warehousing and distribution.

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Minimum 10 years work experience in Distribution & Logistics in North America
Deep cross functional knowledge in logistics, finance, commercial, quality and operations/Supply Chain processes and IT interfaces.
Proven experience in working cross functio

Commercial Logistics Lead, North America is responsible for End-to-End distribution activities in the US and Canadian markets. The Lead sets Logistics Service provider partner management strategy, order-to-cash strategy, local inventory management & import process strategy to meet financial objectives, drives partner performance and customer value creation, resolves bottlenecks, and develops new capabilities and solutions for the team.