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- On-site, Barcelona
- Contract
- Permanent
- Experience
- Senior level
- Benefits
- Private health insurance, life insurance, gym access
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Skills
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Significant leadership experience within global supply chain, logistics, clinical supplies or clinical trial operations.
- Proven success leading international teams and complex operational environments.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including vendor and budget management.
- Experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO or clinical research industry.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to lead change and deliver business results.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
This is more than a leadership role. It's a chance to help establish a new operational capability within ICON, influence global supply chain strategy, and leave a lasting impact on how clinical trial supplies are delivered to research sites and patients worldwide.
If you're ready to build something new, lead globally and shape the future of clinical trial supply chain operations, we'd love to hear from you.
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
The role
Director, Global Supply Chain, Spain
ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.
As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.
Director, Global Supply Chain
Spain
At ICON, we're investing in the future of clinical trial supply and logistics. As part of this growth, we are establishing a new kit production facility in Spain, creating an exciting opportunity for an experienced supply chain leader to play a pivotal role in building and shaping this operation from the ground up.
As Director, Global Supply Chain (comparable to Site Head), you will provide strategic leadership across global logistics and kit production operations, helping to define how we scale, optimize and deliver supply chain solutions that support clinical research around the world. This is a unique opportunity to combine operational leadership, commercial impact and team development while influencing the future direction of a rapidly expanding area of the business.
What you'll do
- Lead the strategic direction of global logistics and kit production operations.
- Build, develop and mentor high-performing teams across multiple global locations.
- Experience in process improvement
- Drive operational excellence and scalable supply chain solutions.
- Develop strong partnerships with clients, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Oversee vendor governance, contract management and supplier performance.
- Manage departmental budgets, revenue objectives and margin performance.
- Ensure quality, compliance and audit readiness across global operations.
About ICON plc
ICON is a clinical research organisation (CRO) providing outsourced clinical development and commercialisation services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company describes itself as the world's leading clinical research organisation and operates at global scale, with employees in 119 locations across 53 countries.
Its services span clinical and scientific operations, decentralised clinical trials, early clinical and laboratory services, medical imaging, regulatory affairs, consulting, commercialisation, medical writing, biometrics and outcome measures. ICON works across sectors including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices and government and public health, and across therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, central nervous system, vaccines and rare and orphan diseases.
- Industry
- Clinical research
- Headquarters
- Dublin, Ireland
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Additional information
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We're dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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