Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute global category strategies for External Warehousing/3PL Distribution and Transportation, balancing leverage with service, patient impact, and compliance.
- Translate business and operating model needs into a multi-year logistics sourcing roadmap; engage in S&OP/IBP to align demand, inventory, capacity, and service risk.
- Partner on network design/transformation; quantify and optimize cost-to-serve.
- Lead make vs. buy assessments; define sourcing approach, supplier requirements, and transition strategy.
Sourcing Execution & Commercial Leadership
- Lead complex RFx (RFI/RFP/RFQ): requirements definition, supplier engagement, scenario/total-cost modeling, bid evaluation, risk assessment, award recommendations, and stakeholder alignment.
- Design and negotiate commercial models (e.g., open-book/indexed structures, volume bands, gainshare).
- Negotiate/implement agreements with controls (SLAs/KPIs, governance cadence, audit rights, change control, business continuity, transition/exit provisions).
- Drive innovation/continuous improvement across service, cost-to-serve, and compliance.
Supplier Qualification, Performance & Governance
- Own supplier performance management (MBR/QBR/EBR), KPI dashboards, escalation, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with Quality/Regulatory on qualification, audit readiness, and compliance monitoring.
Operational Scope Coverage
- Partner cross-functionally to support end-to-end logistics: warehousing/3PL (distribution, value-added services, quality support, loaner/instrument logistics, reverse logistics) and transportation/enabling services (parcel/LTL/FTL/air/courier; 4PL, customs/trade, visibility tech).
Qualifications
- Bachelorβs degree or equivalent in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or related.
Required
- 6β10 years procurement/sourcing with logistics depth (external warehousing/3PL and/or transportation); RFx leadership; negotiation/contracting; supplier performance management.
- Proven leadership of complex RFx for services (requirements, evaluation criteria, scenario/total cost modeling, award recommendations).
- Experience negotiating logistics agreements with strong commercial/operational controls (SLAs/KPIs, rate structures/indexing/open-book, governance cadence, change control).
- Supplier performance governance (MBR/QBR, KPI dashboards, escalation, corrective actions, continuous improvement).
- Strong stakeholder influence/communication; build and scale processes/governance in matrix/multi-region environments.
- Analytical judgment and project/change management (sourcing-to-implementation, transitions, stabilization).