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The Position

The Associate Director, Global Strategic Sourcing & Procurement will lead the development and execution of global sourcing strategies within Supply Chain within a biotechnology organization. This role is responsible for optimizing supplier performance, reducing total cost of ownership, mitigating risk, and ensuring compliance in a highly regulated environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep biotech/pharma category expertise (e.g., CROs, CDMOs, clinical services, capital equipment, and overall direct spend), strong negotiation capabilities, and experience building scalable procurement processes to support a growing global organization.

This role is based in onsite with an expectation to be in the office five days a week.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute global category strategies for direct spend aligned with corporate objectives and pipeline priorities.
• Lead long-term sourcing strategies across direct spend categories
• Drive supplier consolidation, value creation, and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Establish preferred supplier programs and strategic partnerships globally.
• Support business continuity planning and supply risk management across the value chain.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee end-to-end sourcing lifecycle: RFI/RFP, supplier selection, contract negotiation, and implementation.
• Lead complex contract negotiations with global suppliers to optimize pricing, service levels, and contractual protections.
• Partner with Legal to ensure contracts reflect regulatory, compliance, and IP requirements.
• Partner with the Corporate Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team to Implement procurement policies, systems, and controls to ensure SOX and regulatory compliance.
• Drive cost savings and cost avoidance targets annually.
• Develop and monitor procurement KPIs (savings, cycle time, supplier performance, compliance).

Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner closely with the Corporate Strategic Sourcing and Procurement to ensure alignment and collaboration.  
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Global Operatoins, CMC and other leaders.
• Advise executive leadership on sourcing risks, market trends, and supplier landscape.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance for budgeting, forecasting, and spend visibility.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Partner closely with the Corporate Strategic Sourcing and Procurement to ensure alignment and collaboration.  
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Global Operatoins, CMC and other leaders.
• Advise executive leadership on sourcing risks, market trends, and supplier landscape.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance for budgeting, forecasting, and spend visibility.

Systems & Process Development

• Establish structured supplier governance models (QBRs, scorecards, performance reviews).
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation initiatives with strategic suppliers.
• Ensure suppliers meet quality, regulatory, ESG, and diversity requirements.
• Oversee global direct supplier onboarding and qualification processes.

Requirements

• BS in Business Administration, Supply Chain/Logistics, Engineering, or other field related to the essential duties of this role.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience (5+ years in fast paced cGMP environments; 5+ years in a supply chain leadership role within the pharmaceutical industry.)
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal communication, project management, collaboration, and analytical skills.
• Strong MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills.
• Experience using Smartsheet or other work management software.
• Proficient generating and presenting operational and financial metrics/KPI's.
• Thorough understanding of and experience with some aspect of technical operations or CMC.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and influence cross-functional teams not under direct organizational reporting lines to communicate challenging goals and achieve objectives.
• Quick learner with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, maintain focus, and adapt to a variety of challenges.
• Exhibits creativity in adapting to changing situations, development of contingency plans and comfortable with making decisions.

Preferred

• Able to lead and coordinate large, complex strategy projects, with minimal direction
• Experience developing operations network strategies for a growing global market