Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing, Commercial and G&A
Beam Therapeutics
10 hours ago
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
$185,000 - $225,000 USD yearly
Corporate Functions
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to Commercial and enterprise objectives, incorporating spend analytics, market intelligence, and risk assessment.
- Lead complex RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs; manage the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle, including supplier selection and negotiation strategy development.
- Negotiate and execute contracts with strategic suppliers and service providers; ensure alignment with defined KPIs, SLAs, compliance standards, and measurable value delivery.
- Own day-to-day purchasing and category management activities, including order accuracy and compliance; serve as the primary escalation point for commercial and service issues.
- Partner with Commercial, Finance, Quality, IT, and Legal; present supplier performance, savings delivery, and risk updates to leadership.
- Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve purchasing discrepancies; strengthen procurement governance and controls.
- Build and manage supplier relationships; establish performance scorecards/dashboards; conduct structured business reviews for quality, delivery, cost, and service.
- Anticipate supply market dynamics and mitigate risk through supplier rationalization, contingency planning, and proactive issue resolution.
- Manage orders for completeness, accuracy, and compliance; act as the initial escalation point for purchasing issues.
- Negotiate contract execution with strategic suppliers/service providers; communicate contract details internally.
- Drive continuous improvement and digital enablement in procurement processes, including spend analysis, vendor consolidation, and performance reporting.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 7–10 years of progressive experience in Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Procurement leadership within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or regulated industries.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Commercial organizations in a life sciences environment.
- Experience managing indirect categories including IT, Professional Services, Marketing, and Corporate Services.
- Experience with SAP and Coupa; financial risk tool experience is a plus.
- Strong process-mapping and process-improvement skills with close attention to detail.
- High degree of customer focus; collaborative team environment.
- Proven success leading complex negotiations and delivering structural cost savings.
- Strong project management skills to prioritize, balance, and manage multiple efforts with results/goal orientation.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel when needed.
- Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to Commercial and enterprise objectives, incorporating spend analytics, market intelligence, and risk assessment.
- Lead complex RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs; manage the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle, including supplier selection and negotiation strategy development.
- Negotiate and execute contracts with strategic suppliers and service providers; ensure alignment with defined KPIs, SLAs, compliance standards, and measurable value delivery.
- Own day-to-day purchasing and category management activities, including order accuracy and compliance; serve as the primary escalation point for commercial and service issues.
- Partner with Commercial, Finance, Quality, IT, and Legal; present supplier performance, savings delivery, and risk updates to leadership.
- Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve purchasing discrepancies; strengthen procurement governance and controls.
- Build and manage supplier relationships; establish performance scorecards/dashboards; conduct structured business reviews for quality, delivery, cost, and service.
- Anticipate supply market dynamics and mitigate risk through supplier rationalization, contingency planning, and proactive issue resolution.
- Manage orders for completeness, accuracy, and compliance; act as the initial escalation point for purchasing issues.
- Negotiate contract execution with strategic suppliers/service providers; communicate contract details internally.
- Drive continuous improvement and digital enablement in procurement processes, including spend analysis, vendor consolidation, and performance reporting.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 7–10 years of progressive experience in Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Procurement leadership within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or regulated industries.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Commercial organizations in a life sciences environment.
- Experience managing indirect categories including IT, Professional Services, Marketing, and Corporate Services.
- Experience with SAP and Coupa; financial risk tool experience is a plus.
- Strong process-mapping and process-improvement skills with close attention to detail.
- High degree of customer focus; collaborative team environment.
- Proven success leading complex negotiations and delivering structural cost savings.
- Strong project management skills to prioritize, balance, and manage multiple efforts with results/goal orientation.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel when needed.