Senior Category Manager, BiotechPharma Early Research & Development, Sourcing

OPEN JOB: Senior Category Manager Early Research & Development Sourcing
LOCATION:San Rafael California
HYBRID 3 days work from home 2 days onsite in San Rafael CA weekly on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
BASE SALARY: $128800 to $177100
BONUS ELIGIBLE
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
INTERVIEW TRAVEL REIMBURSED

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• The person is from biotech/pharma procuring for Research needs in: early discovery translational biology and bioanalytical sciences.
• Hiring Manager is open to review folks in the clinical space especially if early clinical phase 1 having worked with clinical pharmacology.
• The hiring manager DOES NOT want to see profiles with the majority of experience in technical operations/manufacturing s/he will decline them.

SUMMARY:

• The Global Sourcing and Procurement (GSP) organization leads transformation change and implementing industry leading category strategies that directly support business needs.
• The GSP organization leverages market intelligence subject matter expertise and business insights in the procurement of good and services and management of the companys growing third party spend of $1B.
• Through collaboration with our external suppliers and internal business partners GSP helps bring innovative new medicines to patients.
• The Early Research & Development Senior Category Manager is an individual contributor role. This role reports to the Associate Director of R&D Services in Global Sourcing and Procurement. The R&D Services team is part of the broader Indirect Procurement function in which the functions Senior Director who reports to the Chief Procurement Officer.
• The primary customer group is the Worldwide Research & Development organization which Translates Genetic Discoveries into Transformative Medicines with specific focus on the Research and Early Development (RED) organization.
• This function covers a broad range of Preclinical sciences and includes external support needs in both GLP and non-GLP environments.

Role Scope:

• The role is primarily focused on developing and executing category strategies in the Early Research and Development area including but not limited to the following: Preclinical Research Services Bioanalytical and Translational Sciences In-Vivo Animal Research and Toxicology Academic Research and Independently Sponsored Research
• The role will work with other category managers to ensure alignment on related services or overlapping suppliers supporting other categories.
• Focusing on aligning early development outsourcing strategies to any impacted downstream activities within Clinical R&D or GMP environments.
• This role will collaborate closely with category leaders from across the Global Sourcing & Procurement organization to ensure that all Worldwide Research and Development as well as laboratories in the Technical Operations Organization are fully supported and optimized.
• The Senior Category Manager must support development and implementation of industry leading procurement practices develop deep relationships with stakeholders drive innovation and continuous improvement in the ways of working.
• Provide mentoring and management to ensure colleague engagement and professional development.
• Cultivate long term strategic goals that align with business requirements and drive financial rigor and cost savings throughout.

Strategy & Leadership:

• Design develop and shepherd sourcing and category strategies that support business strategy and enable world class procurement execution.
• Stakeholder Management: align early to understand stakeholder needs build credibility through strong relationships and solid track record of results via a collaborative approach ability to manage senior stakeholders across various functions and foster cross-functional alignment; become the point of procurement accountability for the RED team; develop productive relationships with key suppliers.
• Leadership: leading through influence and provide excellent procurement thought leadership a have a strong understanding of all GSP capabilities and strategies be a strong advocate for the GSP organization across the company.
• Finance Collaboration: closely partnership with Finance organization in support of the functional stakeholders.
• External perspective: maintain an active understanding of industry trends and functional practices through participation in industry organizations bringing knowledge to the team and stakeholders.
• Ways of working: Be the subject matter expect on evolving procurement practices and standards that may be rapidly changing internally and externally.
• Communication: skilled in written and verbal communication.

Operational Focus:

• Sourcing and category management strategies: spearhead creation and implementation of sourcing strategies to drive savings and risk mitigation drive process improvement through transformational projects; support the team in the implementation of such strategies.
• Supplier Relationship Management: create and implement collaborative business plans with strategic suppliers; optimizes supplier performance with a company view seek opportunities to right size the supply base.

Negotiations:

• Lead complex negotiations that require a detailed strategic plan and have a direct correlation with the companys operational and business goals.

Source to Pay Transformation:

• Provide strategy and operational input into transformation efforts process and technology solutions; collaborate across the value stream to optimize outputs.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree in business Supply Chain Management or related field.
• Extensive experience in procurement and R&D management in a global capacity preferably within the pharmaceutical sector.
• 8 years of experience in Procurement/ Sourcing/ Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated experience with sourcing and procurement in the pharmaceutical industry including the regulations associated with the pharmaceutical industry.
• Specific knowledge and expertise in sourcing pre-clinical services and research services; solid understanding of the drug development process and early research requirements for pre-IND candidates
• Experience and knowledge related to drug life cycle supporting the business in critical downstream elements that should be considered during external R&D for clinical or GMP use
• Strong people management and team leadership experience.
• Experience in supplier management and complex contract negotiations
• Results-driven mindset and capabilities Excellent communicator and interpersonal skills with comfort working cross-functionally to gather information and resolve conflicts
• Motivated high-energy curious self-starter and strong business mindset
• Knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing request for proposal management quotation analysis contract negotiation supplier review supplier development and others; specific expertise with Ariba and SAP preferred
• Demonstrated expertise in managing in scope categories particularly category strategy development and implementation stakeholder management and supplier relationship management
• In-depth understanding of external environment and supplier relationship models
• Strong knowledge of finance (cost benchmark financial audit with key suppliers) and legal matters (contracting)

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please respond back and include the following:

• MS WORD Resume
• required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

Upon receipt one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.


STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP INC.
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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 128800 - 177100