Associate Director, Sourcing Strategy & Procurement
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
August 22, 2026
Remote friendly (Conshohocken, PA)
United States
Operations
Position Summary
The Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing leads strategic sourcing initiatives and category management for CMC, Supply Chain, and QA in a highly regulated biopharmaceutical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute category strategies (CDMOs; analytical/CMC activities; raw materials/APIs/excipients/packaging; logistics/warehousing; quality & compliance consulting).
- Conduct market assessments, supplier evaluations, and benchmarking for cost savings, innovation, risk mitigation, and efficiency.
- Run competitive sourcing events (RFI/RFP/RFQ), lead supplier selection, and negotiate contracts.
- Manage supplier relationships: performance metrics/governance, business reviews, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement.
- Lead complex negotiations (Master Service, Quality, Supply Agreements, SOWs, pricing).
- Partner cross-functionally to support launches, tech transfers, manufacturing scale-up, and network optimization; forecast sourcing needs.
- Proactively mitigate supply chain/quality/operational/financial risks; support business continuity and supplier risk assessments; ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, and GxP.
- Build business cases and total cost of ownership analyses; deliver value (savings, cost avoidance, working capital, performance); track/report savings and category metrics.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (Supply Chain/Business/Engineering/Life Sciences/Chemistry or related) required; MBA/MS/CPSM/CPM or equivalent preferred.
- 8+ years strategic sourcing/procurement/supply chain/category management; 5+ years in pharma/biotech/other highly regulated industries.
- Demonstrated enterprise sourcing strategy leadership; complex supplier negotiations; ability to design/lead large RFP processes; strong communication and stakeholder influence.
- Preferred: experience supporting CMC/Technical Ops/Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Quality; GxP/regulatory and quality systems knowledge; experience managing CDMOs.
Skills & Abilities
Strategic sourcing expertise, contract/negotiation skills, pharma supply chain knowledge, analytical/financial modeling, supplier risk assessment, project management, strong written/verbal communication, thrives in fast-paced environments.
Travel
~15–25%; office-based 3 days/week in Zug, Switzerland; Waltham, MA; or West Conshohocken, PA.
The Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing leads strategic sourcing initiatives and category management for CMC, Supply Chain, and QA in a highly regulated biopharmaceutical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute category strategies (CDMOs; analytical/CMC activities; raw materials/APIs/excipients/packaging; logistics/warehousing; quality & compliance consulting).
- Conduct market assessments, supplier evaluations, and benchmarking for cost savings, innovation, risk mitigation, and efficiency.
- Run competitive sourcing events (RFI/RFP/RFQ), lead supplier selection, and negotiate contracts.
- Manage supplier relationships: performance metrics/governance, business reviews, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement.
- Lead complex negotiations (Master Service, Quality, Supply Agreements, SOWs, pricing).
- Partner cross-functionally to support launches, tech transfers, manufacturing scale-up, and network optimization; forecast sourcing needs.
- Proactively mitigate supply chain/quality/operational/financial risks; support business continuity and supplier risk assessments; ensure compliance with company policies, regulations, and GxP.
- Build business cases and total cost of ownership analyses; deliver value (savings, cost avoidance, working capital, performance); track/report savings and category metrics.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (Supply Chain/Business/Engineering/Life Sciences/Chemistry or related) required; MBA/MS/CPSM/CPM or equivalent preferred.
- 8+ years strategic sourcing/procurement/supply chain/category management; 5+ years in pharma/biotech/other highly regulated industries.
- Demonstrated enterprise sourcing strategy leadership; complex supplier negotiations; ability to design/lead large RFP processes; strong communication and stakeholder influence.
- Preferred: experience supporting CMC/Technical Ops/Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Quality; GxP/regulatory and quality systems knowledge; experience managing CDMOs.
Skills & Abilities
Strategic sourcing expertise, contract/negotiation skills, pharma supply chain knowledge, analytical/financial modeling, supplier risk assessment, project management, strong written/verbal communication, thrives in fast-paced environments.
Travel
~15–25%; office-based 3 days/week in Zug, Switzerland; Waltham, MA; or West Conshohocken, PA.