Teva Pharmaceuticals Posted April 20, 2026

Director, Supplier Relationship Manager 1

Ulm, Germany Type not listed
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About this opportunity

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

The Director, Supplier Relationship Management, serves as the External Manufacturing Site Manager and has accountability for manufacturing performance across a multi-partner external network, ensuring reliable patient supply, product quality, regulatory compliance, technical robustness, capacity readiness, and cost competitiveness. The role leads a cross functional team of business partners representing Manufacturing, Quality, MS&T, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Engineering, Procurement, and Finance as a virtual plant management team (SRT Supplier Relationship Team).  The External Manufacturing Site Manager serves as Teva’s primary operational interface with the assigned external manufacturing partners.  The role is responsible for products generating high revenue impact.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Own cross functional coordination of end-to-end operations activities to deliver reliable patient supply, technology transfer, process validation, regulatory approval, commercial launch, market expansion, and lifecycle changes.

Establish and oversee internal and external governance frameworks, business processes, performance metrics, and management review programs.

Ensure alignment across stakeholders by communicating priorities, expectations, and performance outcomes effectively.

Identify potential business and supplier risks, developing proactive mitigation and contingency strategies.

Drive resolution of manufacturing delivery and external partner business challenges

Partner with MS&T to maintain process capability, control strategy, process robustness and COGS improvement.

Partner with Quality and Regulatory to ensure sustainable cGMP compliance, inspection readiness, and effective product quality governance.

Sponsor complex investigations, cross-site technical improvements, and manufacturing readiness activities.

Engage the culture aligned with Teva Safety, Health, and Environmental policies and procedures

Identify and create continuous improvement plans for supplier relationships via SRT

Translate product, supply, and commercial requirements into integrated manufacturing strategies, operating plans, and priorities.

Own integrated engineering, capacity, and capital planning for assigned assets and sponsor major projects required for compliance, reliability, growth, and productivity.

AOP generation, financial management of budget and COGS reduction for assigned assets.

Evaluate capacity, sourcing, resilience, and network requirements; serve as external manufacturing SME on Due Diligence teams which provide recommendations for operational or investment decisions.

Collaborate with Procurement in development of supplier strategy and negotiation approach for ongoing relationships.

Participate in development of License and Supply Agreements to ensure requirements for effective External Manufacturing oversight for supply continuity are included in the contracts.

Drive Lean, digital manufacturing, standardization, performance management, and transformation initiatives across assigned external partners.

Represent external manufacturing operations as SME on internal cross functional teams including but not limited to Product Operation Team, Launch Readiness Team, Alliance Team etc.

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement while coaching and developing cross-functional team members.

Build strong executive-level relationships with external suppliers to enhance manufacturing delivery reliability and long-term value creation.

Your Skills and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or related discipline; Master's degree or MBA preferred.

10+ years of progressive biologics experience in manufacturing, technical operations, engineering, MSAT, supply chain, or related biologics roles.

6+ years leadership experience in biologics manufacturing including external manufacturing/CDMO management.  Leadership experience includes people leadership, matrix leadership, program leadership, or ownership of major business deliverables.

Demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional organizations, programs or projects from strategy through execution, with high energy and bias for action.

Strong knowledge of cGMP, manufacturing science, technology transfer, process validation, quality systems, commercial supply, and product lifecycle management.

Experience supporting regulatory filings, inspections and launch programs.

Strong financial and business acumen to balance operational, quality, safety, financial and strategic priorities, including but not limited to COGS, S&OP/IBP, capital investment, and business cases.

Outstanding collaboration, communication, relationship-building skills and conflict management, with proven ability to influence external partners and stakeholders at all levels and in global multicultural matrix organizations.

Strong change management capabilities and a track record of driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Travel requirements approximately 25%.

How We’ll Take Care of You

At Teva

we take care of your health (among other things through a company health management system, a company doctor, physiotherapy, sports activities and a company canteen)

you have time for your family (through our own company kindergarten and holiday camps for school children, as well as 30 days of vacation)

you can develop your potential to the fullest (through a comprehensive virtual training program)

your achievements are valued accordingly (e.g. through recognition and Senior-Leaders-Programs, as well as various company events)

we think together with you about your future (e.g. through a company pension scheme)

Function

Manufacturing

Reports to

Sr Dir Bio EMSO SRT Leader

Contact

Judith Horn

Human Resources

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Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Ulm, Germany
Employment type
Not listed

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 300 comparable Director Manufacturing & CMC roles across 47 biopharma companies.

300Comparable roles tracked
280Currently active
47Companies hiring similar roles
22Countries represented

Salary context

158 of 300 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Principal Project Engineer- Design Lead · Lilly $90,000/yr – $132,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Senior Director Process Engineering · AbbVie $206,500/yr – $393,000/yr
Peer group range $111,000 – $299,750 (median $192,800)

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United States223
Netherlands15
India12
Ireland12
Germany6
United Kingdom4

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Seniority mix

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Principal146
Director102
Senior Director52

Therapeutic area mix

5 of 300 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease3
Respiratory1
Oncology1

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