Supply Chain Manager - Component manager

Career Category

Supply Chain

Job Description

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives everything we do. As one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, we work together across research, manufacturing and supply to deliver ever-better medicines to more than 10 million patients worldwide.

It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us as:

Supply Chain Manager- Components & Device Planner

The Component Manager owns the end-to-end component management business for the assigned portfolio. The role sets direction, orchestrates and priorities to ensure a reliable, compliant, and cost-effective supply of components that supports production, product launches, variations, and business plans. The role is accountable for portfolio performance and leads decisions across suppliers and internal partners. The operational teams execute routine planning and purchasing activities; the Component Manager provides long term purchasing plans for components and devices, sets business direction, orchestrates the work, manages escalations, and drives sustainable outcomes.

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What will you do

• Own the component supply strategy ( order-to-cash) and business performance for the assigned portfolio, balancing service, quality, inventory, cost, and resilience.

• Ensure component availability supports production schedules, product introductions, variations, new lines, and long term priorities

• Manage the device planning for ABR site in close collaboration with the global network.

• Orchestrate global stakeholders, component planners, planning departments, suppliers, warehousing, and External Supply stakeholders toward aligned plans, clear decisions, and accountable execution.

• Anticipate supply and lifecycle risks and drive timely mitigation, recovery, and contingency planning.

• Sponsors and lead CI 2.0 improvements that strengthen the end-to-end component management process and deliver sustained business value.

Knowledge and expertise

• Applies broad supply chain and component management expertise to business decisions and complex supply situations.

• Understands supplier markets, procurement, planning, inventory, manufacturing, quality, and applicable regulated-industry requirements, and connects these disciplines to business outcomes.

• Uses relevant data, systems, and reporting to identify trends, forecast and inventory risks, evaluate trade-offs, and guide decisions.

• Builds knowledge of global and External Supply networks, product lifecycle needs, and long term planning requirements.

Problem solving and judgment

• Resolves complex, ambiguous, and interconnected problems with significant impact across functions, suppliers, or business commitments.

• Develops and evaluates options using data, risk, cost, service, quality, and customer impact; recommends a clear course of action.

• Identifies systemic causes behind recurring performance issues and ensures corrective actions prevent recurrence.

• Anticipates emerging constraints and develops scenarios and contingency plans before issues affect supply.

• Reports out metrics and leads and manage countermeasures against performance risks.

Autonomy and accountability

• Works with broad autonomy within established business, quality, and regulatory frameworks; sets priorities for the assigned component portfolio.

• Makes decisions within delegated authority and shapes cross-functional decisions where outcomes affect multiple teams or sites.

• Owns delivery against agreed portfolio objectives and ensures actions have accountable owners, milestones, and follow-up.

• Escalates decisions when impact, risk, or authority requires leadership input, bringing a clear assessment and recommendation.

Contribution and leadership

• Sets direction for the component management business and contributes to site, regional, and global supply chain priorities.

• Leads cross-functional initiatives and influences stakeholders without relying solely on formal authority.

• Coaches colleagues and builds capability, ownership, and consistent decision-making across the component management team.

• Promotes and leads continuous improvement initiatives, compliance, and a proactive approach to risk and performance.

Position specific responsibilities

Business ownership and performance

• Own the Component & Device supply strategy, portfolio objectives, priorities, and performance framework.

• Monitor availability, supplier delivery, schedule stability, inventory health, scrap, obsolescence, and cost; translate results into business decisions and improvement actions.

• Lead performance reviews and root-cause discussions for significant or recurring gaps; ensure recovery actions are effective and sustained.

• Provide clear updates to stakeholders and leadership on performance, decisions, risks, and recovery plans.

Supplier and supply risk management.

• Align supplier capacity,…