Procurement and Supplier Management Manager

Role Summary

Procurement and Supplier Management Manager at Merus responsible for overseeing end-to-end Procurement & Supplier Management processes, focusing on contract execution and supplier performance management through KPIs. Reports to the Senior Director, Procurement and Supplier Management.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier selection process for assigned departments or categories
• Ensure issues and risks per supplier are collected on an ongoing basis
• Ensure compliance to processes and contracts, including ongoing contract management
• Support the Head of PSM or designee in managing the supplier relationship and performance management activities across multiple service areas
• Support the functional/departmental representatives with setting deliverables for suppliers
• Support the functional/departmental representatives in supplier issue escalations
• Support the Head of PSM or designee in conflict resolution and reconciliation
• If assigned to Clinical Operations suppliers: Supports the Clinical Manager in the development and maintenance of the Clinical Supplier Management and Oversight Plan (and associated documents) for each study
• Support the review and approval of the Supplier invoices to ensure a smooth processing
• Actively participate in supplier selection related to clinical trials
• Support set up of suppliers including but not limited to purchase order creation/submission/documentation
• Draft contracts by coordinating with the applicable teams on scope and requirements
• Ensure contract drafting, negotiation, approval, execution and filing
• Ad hoc member of the Clinical Trial Team and Vendor Project Management level meetings as applicable
• Support (clinical trial) insurance process by working with the insurance broker, as required
• Support compliance to processes and contracts including ongoing contract management
• Support audits performed at suppliers for supplier qualifications as per GCP

Qualifications

• University degree
• At least four years of relevant experience in procurement and/or supplier management in a life sciences setting