The Director is responsible for leading the Sourcing team to optimize procurement spend, maximize relationships, minimize risk, and enable business objectives. This leadership role fosters strong partnerships with business leaders and provides team guidance and operational oversight to develop and maintain category sourcing strategies. These strategies leverage the company's purchasing power to drive efficiencies, economies of scale, and strategic relationships as the company grows into a global, multi-product oncology leader.

Categories are established based on consolidation of like-services and areas of spend, including Chemical Manufacturing Controls (CMC), Clinical Supply, and Biologics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with Upper Management to ensure company, business owners’, and department goals and objectives are successfully achieved through comprehensive, sustainable, diversified, and de-risked outsourcing strategies.
• Lead a team of direct reports, assigning projects based on expertise and bandwidth, and overseeing project outcomes.
• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of assigned categories, including daily operations, category strategy development, vendor evaluation and selection, and vendor negotiation and contracting.
• Negotiate contracts including scopes of work, budgets, payment schedules, and out-of-scope management. Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle, including financial reconciliation and contract closeout.
• Collaborate with business units to enforce contract terms, manage vendor relationships, and facilitate issue resolution and continuous improvements.
• Negotiate vendor rate cards, discounts, and performance-based financial incentives.
• Work with Financial Planning & Analysis to support internal financial reporting, including vendor financial accruals, forecasts, and reports.
• Provide guidance and support to business units throughout the vendor management lifecycle.
• Develop and implement spend management strategies that optimize vendor relationships, minimize risk, and enable business objectives.
• Contribute to key vendor relationships, attending governance meetings as required, and collaborating with business leaders to resolve vendor issues.
• Support the operationalization of the sourcing role within the Legal Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, focusing on low-risk contract negotiation and execution.
• Ensure all contracts facilitated by the sourcing team are high-quality, timely, and aligned with company standards.
• Lead or support key initiatives as needed.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly supervise Sourcing Managers and Sourcing Contract Managers.
• Oversee team members’ performance, hiring, and development.
• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of assigned Category Managers’ daily operations and deliverables.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with a minimum of 13 years of experience; or,
• Master’s degree with 11 years of experience; or,
• Doctoral degree with 8 years of experience; or,
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry is required.
• Experience in R&D outsourcing, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, or procurement roles is required.
• Minimum of 7 years of supervisory/management experience is required.
• Direct experience in contract drafting and sourcing negotiations with contract manufacturers (CMOs), clinical researchers (CROs), or clinical research testing laboratories is preferred.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Strong knowledge of outsourcing concepts, methodologies, and financial processes within the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.
• In-depth understanding of contracts, legal terms, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong strategic thinking, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficiency in SAP, Ariba, Tableau, and contract lifecycle management systems (preferred experience with Agiloft).

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Travel may include occasional visits to other corporate offices (5%) and vendor locations (5%).
• Primarily office-based clerical work.