Onsite 3 days/week

The Position:

We’re seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our growing Global Procurement & Strategic Sourcing team. , You will have the opportunity to deliver significant value and support our gene therapy portfolio programs, including ELEVIDYS, which is the first approved DMD gene therapy program.

The Global Procurement & Strategic Sourcing function is a newly formed and growing function at our client, that focuses on delivering value by building efficiency and bringing standardization to business processes for the identification, engagement and performance of our strategic suppliers and service providers.

The Senior Procurement Manager builds, operationalizes, and executes strategic sourcing strategies for key raw materials by leveraging the client’s total demand in supporting our rapidly growing TechOps organization. This role also integrates supplier selection, negotiation and contracting, and supplier relationship management with consolidation of spend in partnership across TechOps including but not limited to TechOps Supply Strategy & Planning, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, RNA Drug Substance, Gene Therapy Process Development, and Global Supply Chain. The role interface closely with business partners to understand business priorities and needs, and in turn, define specific initiatives to support the client’s TechOps business priorities and growth.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

Business Partnering

• Collaborates and builds productive relationships with TechOps business partners and stakeholders to identify opportunities to gain efficiencies, drive cost savings, proactively respond to business needs, and reduce risk while fulfilling business requirements.
• Partnering with stakeholders to align prioritization and lead execution.

Category Management

• Support the development category and sourcing strategies for GMP materials, Non-GMP consumables, and Capex
• Lead category strategy implementation as well as value creation initiatives in support of TechOps priorities and deliver cost savings.
• Proactively support the Gene Therapy process development and Commercial products, focusing on negotiating the best price for top key raw materials.
• Supports the TechOps business team with identification of all applicable risks as part of the Sourcing process, including coordination with the TechOps business stakeholder to properly assess and develop mitigation plans, where necessary.
• Ensures accurate reporting of Procurement key performance measures (operational metrics, savings, quality, customer service, etc.) for the category and tracks ROI.

RFx and Negotiation

• Leads supplier identification / selection and negotiations of MSA/SOW/RFPs with key raw material suppliers
• Implementing RFx activities.
• Preparing and implementing advanced negotiation strategies. Manages complex negotiations on price and terms, partnering with stakeholders and Legal to negotiate and finalize agreements.

SRM

• Manages the Supplier Performance/Relationship Management process and ensures performance and accountability are tracked and improved.
• Maximizing values from our supplier relationships.

Desired Education and Skills:

• 7-10 years of demonstrated relevant Sourcing & Procurement experience in Raw material/QC GMP Testing/Supply Chain/CMC sourcing and other areas of global TechOps or CMC outsourcing is preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of GMP requirements for raw materials and manufacturing process
• Experience working with stakeholders/partners at all levels, across the organization.
• In-depth strategic and operational procurement experience with knowledge of category management.
• Outstanding communication.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong business acumen and financial analysis capabilities; ability to develop solid business cases to demonstrate the value proposition to move forward with project investment.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office Applications; Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook.