Senior Manager, Advanced Therapies Procurement

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Procurement

Category

Professional

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America;
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America;
Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

About Innovative Medicine:
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We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Manager, Advanced Therapies Procurement! This hybrid position will be located in Raritan or Titusville, New Jersey (USA) or Spring House, Pennsylvania (USA).

In the Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC) team, we are working to build a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat, and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. Are you interested in joining a team delivering outstanding results to our customers? Apply now for this exciting opportunity!

The Senior Manager is responsible for global External Manufacturers and Critical Direct Materials and Service suppliers which bring unique capabilities to the Innovative Medicines Advanced (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). The category and spending are highly sophisticated and require close collaboration with team members within the business. Many of the innovative suppliers are early phase growth and require a supplier development mentality to support our scale.

This individual will identify, develop, and lead the implementation of procurement goals and strategy as well as the organization's activities and deliver against targets for financial performance, quality, service, and compliance adherence. They will maintain key relationships within the business, manage key supplier relationships globally or regionally, and support the development of end‑to‑end category strategy and deployment.

• Lead or support sourcing initiatives to identify the right supplier partners and build adequate material capacities to support business.
• Influence business decision‑making to deliver ongoing value improvements and drive competitive advantage.
• Lead RFPs, applying e‑sourcing systems effectively to drive speed to the market and decision‑making internally through the tool.
• Develop and/or support category sourcing strategy for defined portfolio through Business needs assessment, Market Intelligence, Supplier evaluations, and sourcing choices.
• Proactively engage business partners and/or category managers to identify their needs and incorporate those needs into sub‑category strategies.
• Develop and lead supplier partnerships / external manufacturing partnerships to drive performance delivery, risk mitigation, and value through supplier‑enabled innovation.
• Mitigate business risk through the understanding of commercial, legal, and regulatory requirements and the use of efficient contracting channels demonstrating standard processes and technology.
• Lead, support, or engage as a procurement authority in projects ranging from contracting, supply reliability,…