Senior Manager, Global Procurement R&D/Clinical Sourcing

Role Summary

Senior Manager, Global Procurement R&D/Clinical Sourcing. Responsible for supporting and assisting in the development and implementation of the Clinical Category Management strategy. Proactively manage a supply base, enhance value, minimize risk, and ensure quality and cost effectiveness by collaborating with business units.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates to manage discussions related to the strategies and aligns category priorities with Procurement management and team members.
• Manages negotiations, supplier management activities, and partner engagement activities.
• Takes direction to drive value in terms of cost savings, cash flow improvement, and other efficiency savings from category management activities.
• Represents Global Procurement by participating in organizational decisions with critical short and long-term impact on the success, efficiency, growth, and results.
• Demonstrates knowledge within the biopharmaceutical industry to drive improvements aligned with corporate priorities.
• Manages category activities to ensure compliance with appropriate GxPs and other applicable regulations, as applicable.
• Negotiates contract terms and conditions in consultation with Law department aligned with our priorities and business requirements.
• May, either directly or through a matrix structure, manage team of professional level employees responsible for performing category management tasks.
• May provide coaching and guidance on job performance and career development to direct reports (if applicable) and provides leadership examples for the organization.
• Uses data to drive decision-making for successful category projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field plus relevant, progressive experience in procurement, including experience in the Pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience with category processes and suppliers across a breadth of categories.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver results in Global Clinical Category strategies through sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and supplier relationship management.
• Experience providing insights regarding rates, unit costs, and costing structures to enable optimal negotiations.
• Experience managing associate level professionals is preferred.

Skills

• Relationship management with collaborators and suppliers.
• Market intelligence, risk, compliance, and financial assessment tools for global supply market evaluation.
• Integrity, focus, and clarity in environments of ambiguity to inspire change and improvement.
• Strong negotiation and contracting capabilities in a regulated biopharmaceutical context.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Additional Requirements

• On-site requirements by location: US (Armonk, Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, NY or Warren, NJ) 4 days in office / 1 day remote; UK (Uxbridge) or Ireland (Dublin) 3 days onsite / 2 days remote. Fully remote not possible for this position.