Director, Supply Chain

About the company

Gilead Sciences has spent more than 35 years working to improve health outcomes around the world. The organization has focused on serious diseases including HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, and cancer, with an emphasis on developing treatments that make a real difference and improving access to those therapies globally. The company’s work depends on collaboration, persistence, and a strong commitment to impact.

Every person at Gilead contributes to scientific progress that can change lives. The company values its people as its strongest asset and is looking for driven professionals who want to make a direct contribution. Gilead also emphasizes leadership that supports inclusion, growth, and empowerment across the workforce.

Role summary

The Director, Supply Chain will lead key supply chain activities at the Cork site, with responsibility for planning, coordination, compliance, process improvement, and cross-functional execution. The role requires strong leadership, the ability to manage complex operations, and close collaboration with internal teams and external partners to keep supply chain processes aligned with site and business goals.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee operations and people management, including daily prioritization, training, and performance reviews, while staying within budget and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate complicated cross-functional processes and work with team members to ensure product labeling complies with regulatory expectations.
• Help shape and roll out supply chain policies, procedures, methods, standards, and systems.
• Lead planning-related activities so that company targets and the site production schedule are met in line with regulatory obligations.
• Develop project plans and drive projects through to completion on time, while identifying, escalating, and resolving issues that could affect strategic objectives.
• Ensure department documentation is created and maintained so that performance and effectiveness can be clearly tracked.
• Support continuous improvement by actively identifying opportunities to strengthen supply chain performance and processes.
• Work with the purchasing team to maintain required inventory levels for direct materials and to resolve supplier quality records promptly.
• Collaborate across organizational, cultural, and geographic boundaries to improve strategic outcomes for the supply chain function.
• Manage new product introduction activity for the GSIUC site across EU and ROW markets, coordinating all site actions needed to launch products according to commercial and regulatory timelines.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to address quality issues related to product review and release so customer requirements are met.
• Handle more complex issues using detailed analysis and a forward-looking approach to reduce quality risks proactively.
• Manage master data needs by organizing, prioritizing, and responding to requests in a timely manner.

Skills and knowledge

The successful candidate should bring strong planning and organization skills, excellent communication, effective time management, and confidence working with computer systems to support supply chain planning. A deep understanding of supply chain principles, practices, and industry standards is important, along with the ability to coordinate across multiple supply chain disciplines and competing priorities. The role also calls for strong analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and the capacity to design and implement electronic solutions for planning operations.

Knowledge, skills, and working style

• Strong understanding of supply chain concepts, standards, and industry practices.
• Ability to coordinate work across multiple supply chain functions and communicate clearly across teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Capability to develop practical solutions for moderately complex problems using creativity and innovation.
• Comfort with planning and supply chain systems, including electronic tools that support operations.

Equal employment opportunity

Gilead follows a non-discriminatory hiring and employment approach, with decisions made on the basis of qualifications and business needs. Employment-related actions, including compensation, transfers, layoffs, training, and similar programs, are handled without unlawful discrimination under applicable laws. The company also states that it does not discriminate on any other characteristics protected by law.

Internal applicants

Current employees and contractors are directed to use the internal career opportunities portal in Workday.

Additional information

This position is based in Cork, County Cork, Ireland and is a full-time onsite role.