SCM Intern
About this opportunity
Project: External Manufacturing Operating Model Assessment
Project Objective
Assess and redesign the operating model for managing external manufacturing partners (CMOs/CDMOs) to improve efficiency, clarify accountabilities, optimize inventory, and align processes with industry best practices.
Key Work Areas
Current-State Assessment
Map existing processes across Europe and India.
Understand roles, responsibilities, and decision-making structures.
Identify process variations, overlaps, and gaps.
Supply Planning & Coordination
Evaluate planning and replenishment processes.
Assess interactions between internal teams and external manufacturing partners.
Identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy and responsiveness.
Inventory Management
Analyze inventory policies, stocking strategies, and performance metrics.
Identify excess inventory, working capital, and obsolescence risks.
Recommend optimization levers to reduce inventory costs.
Governance & Stakeholder Management
Review governance forums, escalation mechanisms, and accountability structures.
Define clear ownership across functions and geographies.
Strengthen cross-functional and partner collaboration models.
Process Efficiency & Automation
Identify manual interventions and non-value-added activities.
Assess opportunities for digitization and automation.
Recommend process simplification and standardization initiatives.
Future-State Operating Model Design
Define roles, responsibilities, and RACI framework.
Develop a standardized operating model across regions.
Benchmark against industry best practices and leading organizations.
Expected Outcomes
Clearly defined ownership and accountabilities.
Standardized processes across regions.
Improved planning and stakeholder coordination.
Reduced inventory and working capital costs.
Increased automation and operational efficiency.
Future-ready operating model aligned with business growth objectives.
MBA - Operations
Exposure to global external manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Experience working on a live strategic business project.
Hands-on learning in process improvement, inventory management, and operating model design.
Mentorship from experienced supply chain professionals
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 376 comparable Intern/Fellow/Postdoc Manufacturing & CMC roles across 56 biopharma companies.
Salary context
88 of 376 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.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 376 comparable roles
+ 19 more countries
Seniority mix
376 of 376 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
7 of 376 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
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