Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) brings life-saving research to the real world by helping life science innovators bridge the gap between academic research and commercial product development. When you join API, you are part of a rapidly growing team that is creating collaborative opportunities to commercialize Canadian life sciences discoveries, increasing the amount of commercial research and development in the country, and supporting Alberta as a key pillar in Canada’s life sciences sector. You will be creating the planning, supply chain, and program costing function from the ground up. You will own integrated demand and capacity planning, GMP materials management and procurement, and end-to-end program cost modeling from R&D; through to fill finish
- ensuring that every program that moves through our facility is properly resourced, costed, and scheduled. You will work directly with the Chief Translational Officer, Director of Business Development and VP Technical Operations, and will be a key contributor to the organization's ability to deliver on client commitments and price programs accurately and profitably. This role carries significant near-term responsibility and is expected to evolve into a senior leadership position as the organization scales. *
* Please note this position requires full-time on-site presence. Integrated Planning & Scheduling Build and own the master production schedule and capacity planning process across preclinical, clinical, and commercial manufacturing suites for both drug substance and sterile fill/finish. Develop and maintain a rolling demand forecast informed by client programs, R&D; pipeline visibility, and BD inputs. Translate client program timelines into internal resource and material requirements at each stage gate. GMP manufacturing




- batch materials, labor, QC testing, facility overhead allocation. Provide bid inputs for every client proposal: materials costing, labor hours, timeline, capacity check, and fill finish cost estimate. Build the post-project reconciliation process. Flag pricing risk to BD and CEO when program scope assumptions in a bid carry material cost uncertainty. GMP Materials Management & Procurement Build the critical materials list for all programs. Establish and maintain the Approved Supplier List framework in partnership with QA
- own the materials strategy, QA owns the qualification decision. Own demand-driven procurement planning for GMP raw materials, reagents, excipients, and single-use assemblies. Develop inventory management strategy balancing working capital efficiency against supply risk. Drive dual-sourcing strategy for critical and single-source materials. Manage supplier relationships for critical materials; enlarge qualification and supply risk issues to QA and CTO. Pre-Commercial Readiness Lead materials readiness workstream for facility commissioning and first GMP batch. Develop SOPs for planning, scheduling, materials management, and program costing processes. Partner with Technical Operations on tech transfer timelines
- ensure materials, capacity, and cost assumptions are aligned as programs transition between stages. Interface with QA on supplier qualification,



change control for material or supplier changes, and inventory disposition. Provide planning and costing inputs to BD for client timeline commitments and capacity availability conversations. Participate in program team meetings as the planning, materials, and cost lead for each active program. Not a pure demand planning role. You are building the system. Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, supply chain, or related field. 8-12 years of experience in planning, supply chain, or operations in a GMP-regulated biotech, pharmaceutical, or CDMO environment. ~ Demonstrated experience building program cost models for drug development or manufacturing programs
- not just scheduling. ~ Direct experience with GMP raw materials procurement and supplier qualification processes. ~ Strong understanding of approved supplier lists, material change control, and GMP compliance requirements. ~ Experience building or significantly rebuilding a planning or materials management function. ~ Experience at a CDMO or contract manufacturing environment -understands multi-client, multi-program complexity, preferred. ~ Experience supporting a facility build, commissioning, or startup -has lived through pre-commercial readiness, preferred. ~ Experience with cost of goods (COG) modeling for pharmaceutical or biotech programs, preferred. ~ APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP), SCMP, or equivalent combination of pharmaceutical supply chain experience in a GMP-regulated environment, preferred. Personal Competencies You do not need to be a scientist but genuinely engage with the technical context of what they're planning and costing. Quality-minded. You understand that in a GMP workplace, shortcuts in procu

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