Description:

Kimberly Lounds Foster, Corporate Vice President of Global Commercial Supply and is leading an integrated plan, make, source and deliver operations functions for all of Celgene’s commercial therapies.

Within Global Supply are supply chain planning & logistics, internal / external manufacturing, CAR-T SC, Manufacturing Science & Technology along with Operations, Process and Analytics functions.

Prior to Celgene, Kimberly held the position of Head of Global Supply Chain for Novartis’ Cell & Gene Therapy unit. In this role, she was responsible for building out the commercial and clinical autologous supply chain across thirteen countries for CTL019. Kimberly spent over six years at Sandoz where she built the External Supplier Operations function for the North America & LatAm markets following a ‘virtual plant’ model and managed Sandoz US supply chain for in-line products, new product launches and US distribution centers.

Prior to Sandoz, Kimberly held various roles with expanded responsibilities at Catalent Pharma Solutions, Baxter Healthcare, Accenture and Merck. Kimberly’s diverse experience includes business development, mergers & acquisitions, management consulting, strategic planning, process engineering and operational excellence.

Kimberly holds an M.B.A from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.
Kimberly is married and lives in Morris Plains, NJ.