Contracts Manager

Actual title is Operational Excellence Contracts and Transactions

Top skills needed for the role:

• Excellent understanding of contracting requirements, strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to act independently through complex cross‑functional matrices
• Proactive, resourceful, self‑motivated and possesses good interpersonal skills to interact professionally with all levels in the organization as well as accurate and precise communication skills
• Strong understanding of drug discovery and/or development activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, business administration, Contract Law, or a related field (master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in contract management, within the pharmaceutical industry or a similar complex regulatory environment.
• In‑depth knowledge of contract law principles and best practices in contract negotiation and drafting.
• Strong understanding of risk management principles as applied to procurement contracts.
• Knowledge and comfortable with information technology applications including but not limited to Ariba, Service Now and Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Share Point
• Understanding of Healthcare Compliance, including U.S. Federal Sunshine Act, and general contracting processes and systems

• Liaise with R&D business (requestor) to define the precise nature of goods and/or services required.
• Translate the demand specifications into contractable terms, working with R&D, legal and Procurement staff as appropriate.
• Test contractually defined requirements with the original requestor.
• Understand and execute contracts per category strategies agreed between R&D and Procurement.
• Provide qualitative and quantitative input data to External Business Management function regarding the internal service (Procurement) and external supplier service delivery.
• Ensure that all R&D business requirements are clearly defined and documented prior to the creation of contracts.
• Maintain a register of historic demand specifications by contract.
• Act as a bridge between R&D business, legal and Procurement regarding the nature of supplier services provided.
• Support R&D with the contract management and reporting of activities such as MSAs, SOWs, POs, and consulting engagements
• Registers and updates third‑party suppliers through APEX and MDG systems
• Works with Legal, Compliance, Procurement, TBS etc. to ensure appropriate agreements are drafted, negotiated and executed
• Ensure compliance with Takeda's requirements and policies by managing quotes from Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and ensuring proper terms and conditions and providing guidance to stakeholders about policies and regulations, including but not limited to Procurement Policy, TPRM policy, contract policy, Signature authority Policy, quality requirement (as relevant), Sunshine act (as relevant), SOX requirements
• Oversee proper purchase order (PO) approval and management, invoice reconciliation and accrual reporting related to contracts

• Strong understanding of drug discovery and/or development activities in context of line functions and project teams.
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to act independently through complex cross‑functional matrices.
• Proactive, resourceful, self‑motivated and possesses good interpersonal skills to interact professionally with all levels in the organization.
• Excellent general problem‑solving skills and a proven ability to manage multiple projects and to simplify and organize complex tasks.
• Accurate and precise communication skills are necessary with experience of international partnerships with multiple international contributors to individual projects.
• Excellent knowledge of procurement systems (Ariba, MDG, Invoice Track), legal system (Axxerion, templates databases), Power
  
  BI suite, DAS, Smartsheets.
• Excellent understanding of contracting requirements in line with Takeda policies
• Negotiation skills (internal and external facing)

• Enterprise level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate and drive results
• Ability to present complex information…