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About the Role

The Director of APAC Regional Supply Chain will manage supply chain operations across Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, ensuring patient-centric delivery of cell therapies by bridging Commercial and Technical Operations. This role guarantees uninterrupted patient supply, strengthens operational resilience, and drives continuous improvement across a diverse and fast-growing region, requiring strategic leadership and deep operational expertise.

Responsibilities

Lead and be accountable for end-to-end APAC Regional Supply Chain Operations, including Regional Cell Order Management, Launch Management, Japan Depot Material Management, Regional Logistics, Trade Compliance, and Change Control.
Ensure excellent regional operational performance in line with targets and guarantee uninterrupted, reliable patient supply.
Further develop and optimize the APAC regional operating model to support regional scale expansion, continue to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and enhance customer experience.
Partner with Network Planning and Product Supply Chain Leads to optimize supply allocation across Kite’s global manufacturing network.
Regularly reassess and optimize APAC shipping lanes to ensure compliance, cost efficiency, and adherence to Trade Compliance and Kite’s Quality standards.
Strengthen APAC regional operational resilience by ensuring robust, regularly tested Business Continuity Plans aligned to identified risks.
Lead, inspire, grow, and retain the high-performing APAC Regional Supply Chain team across multiple countries, cultures, and time zones.
Establish clear priorities, ensure effective workload management, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Maintain and reinforce established strong relationships with Business Unit Directors (BUDs) and senior Commercial leaders across the APAC region.
Serve as the primary Global Supply Chain representative to the International KLT and for APAC BUDs.
Partner closely with the Regional Supply Chain Leads from Americas and Europe/Middle East to share best practices and ensure globally aligned and efficient operations.
Act as the voice of the region to other teams and functions within Commercial and Technical Operations, providing actionable operational insights, country feedback, and risk assessments.
Support business case development for new country launches, product expansions, and other strategic initiatives within the APAC region and the broader International Region.
Evaluate and advance opportunities for regional improvement, digital enablement, automation, and future capability building.
Champion a continuous improvement mindset across APAC Regional Supply Chain and drive the team to strengthen customer experience, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

Requirements

Strategic leadership
Deep operational expertise
Ability to operate effectively across diverse cultures, multiple time zones, and regulatory frameworks.

Location

Santa Monica
Tokyo

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Director

About the Company

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care.
The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors.
Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA.
Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer.
Every day, we aim to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work.
We are creating Kite together, with the recognition that the best teams are built by the best people.
We maintain an attitude of curiosity, and creativity with each challenge as we develop a new market for cancer therapies.
We appreciate and respect one another, and most importantly, we don’t take success for granted.
While we’ve come a long way to make what others viewed as impossible, possible, we know one thing is certain. Today is just the beginning.