Associate Director, Oncology Distribution – Europe

Salary

Core Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• •Partner with Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance to support execution of European distribution strategy and ongoing market expansion.
• •Oversee distribution operations across Europe (initially DACH), ensuring effective 3PL coordination, timely order processing, and on-time delivery.
• •Manage key operational processes including allocation and quota monitoring, shortage risk, order-to-cash activities, and returns/credit-debit handling.
• •Track and report distribution performance (service levels, lead times, quality), identifying opportunities to standardize and optimize processes across markets.
• •Participate in SLA development and performance reviews with logistics partners, ensuring service, cost, and quality expectations are met.
• •Ensure compliance with GDP and country-specific requirements, including timely partner/customer revalidation and audit readiness.
• •Manage end-to-end European distribution networks, including warehousing, logistics providers, and specialty distributors.
• •Define and implement inventory positioning strategies in alignment with demand and market access requirements.
• •Partner closely with global supply chain to ensure alignment on supply availability and distribution execution.
• •Implement controls to ensure accurate tracking, documentation, and audit readiness across all distribution activities.
• •Drive continuous improvement of distribution performance, cost efficiency, and service levels.
• •Partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Market Access, Commercial, Finance, Legal/Compliance, and external vendors.
• •Implement cross-functional communication to maintain visibility to inventory strategies and the impact of distribution strategy on demand.
• •Align distribution strategy with pricing, reimbursement, and market access requirements country-by-country.
• •Support coordination across internal and external stakeholders to enable seamless market entry and ongoing operations.
• •Support executive reviews, launch readiness reviews, and regional governance forums.
• •Help to identify, onboard, and manage third-party logistics providers (3PLs), distribution partners, and specialty providers.
• •Establish performance expectations and monitor partner performance against service, cost, and compliance metrics.
• •Drive accountability and continuous improvement across vendor partnerships.
• •Partner with Finance on distribution budgets, account receivables, cost management, and contract oversight.
• •Monitor distribution costs, logistics spend, and network efficiency across markets.
• •Ensure disciplined execution of contracts, invoices, and vendor management processes.
• •Maintain strong executive presence in complex, matrixed environments.
• •Build and scale capabilities across diverse European markets.
• •Combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution while driving collaboration, accountability, and operational rigor.
• •Uphold Corcept's ethics and patient-first principles.