Supply Chain Lead- Rare Diseases

Application deadline:  
Location: Gdansk 80-309, , Poland 
Contract type: Permanent 
Job ID: 4322 

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in ensuring critical patient access to life-changing treatments? We are seeking a Supply Chain Lead– Rare Diseases to oversee the supply chain operations for our rare disease products, ensuring on-time and full delivery to patients in urgent situations. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working on product launches and managing supply for rare disease treatments. If this excites you, we would love to hear from you.

Join us in creating a future legacy in medical dermatology.

At LEO Pharma, we are global leaders in medical dermatology. We have 115 years' experience in bringing innovation to healthcare. And we are eager to do much more. Each year, close to 100 million people have a better day because of our medicine.

Your Role

As a Supply Chain Lead – Rare Diseases, you will play a critical role in ensuring speed and accuracy in patient delivery while driving supply chain execution for rare disease products. Your role will also involve close alignment with stakeholders across the organization to drive performance during product launches and address urgent patient needs.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Urgent order handling as the primary point of contact, ensuring seamless distribution and timely delivery.
• Managing executional planning, including purchase order placement, availability date maintenance, and PO pricing confirmation under various distribution models.
• Supporting documentation management, including distribution and quality documentation updates.
• Coordinating commercial supply and demand planning, including market forecast alignment and adapting to forecast changes for low-volume, long-lead-time products.
• Monitoring SKU availability and supporting market safety stock management.
• Taking ownership of launch management for one of the products, acting as the central point of contact, facilitating cross-functional coordination, and hosting launch sessions.
• Collaborating with external manufacturing teams to align capacity requirements, maintain inventory control, and forecast consolidation.
• Supporting business execution for new product launches, proposing tools, documenting processes, and enabling network redesigns.

Your Qualifications

To excel in this role, you should bring:

• A graduate degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration
• Proven experience in the pharmaceutical/healthcare supply chain, with prior involvement in product launches and life-cycle management considered an advantage.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, capable of navigating conflicting interests and operating at strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• A structured ability to handle complex, non-routine tasks and effectively collaborate with diverse teams.
• A flexible mindset to accommodate cross-time-zone collaboration and work outside standard hours to ensure patient needs are met promptly.

Note: Flexible working hours are essential due to the critical nature of rare diseases, across time zones, and the potential for delivery within 24 hours.

Your New Team

As part of the Commercial Supply team, you will work closely with External Manufacturing, Distribution, Global Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Procurement, and other key departments to ensure seamless integration and patient-focused supply. This cross-functional and highly collaborative environment will empower you to drive impactful results for patients with rare diseases.

Contact and Application

If this exciting opportunity aligns with your expertise, we’d love to hear from you!

You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to include a few sentences in your CV about why this position excites you. Please refrain from adding a photo to your CV.

Beyond the Skin

Join LEO Pharma, a global leader in medical dermatology, as we go beyond the skin to make a lasting impact. Our innovative approach sets us apart, and we are dedicated to creating a legacy that positively impacts patients, colleagues, and our planet.

At LEO Pharma, we believe in the power of individuals to drive change. Our flat organizational structure empowers you to make a visible impact and embrace professional growth. Diversity is at the core of our success. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to join our passionate team. Together, let’s make a difference.

Apply now to start shaping the future at LEO Pharma!

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