Global Category Buyer, Clinical & Medical

The Global Category Buyer, Clinical and Medical will be responsible for a multi-million clinical trials spend related to Clinical and Medical Services (Clinical Full Services Outsourcing & Functional Service Provision such as Data Management, Biostatistics, Medical Imaging, Medical Writing, Electronic Data Capture, IRT, ePRO, eCOA…) ranging from Phase I to IV trials to support IPSEN assets development across our 3 therapeutic areas (Oncology, Neurosciences and Rate Diseases).

His / her responsibilities will be to support implementation of Category Strategies working in close collaboration with the business stakeholders to ultimately deliver value to the business.

You will initiate, lead and execute the procurement strategy for our clinical trials, in alignment with business stakeholders and the Global Strategic Sourcing Director to support business strategies and goals and deliver competitive advantage to the business.

You will contribute to the strategic development of your portfolio and will ensure the robust delivery through clear and measurable benefits.

WHAT - Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies

Business Partnering

• Partner with the business to gain visibility on the Clinical Development Plan and R&D/Medical trials portfolio.
• Analyze spend and budget to identify Procurement opportunities with R&D and Medical business stakeholders
• Work in close collaboration with R&D and Medical business stakeholders to get a clear understanding of future business needs, to determine the appropriate Procurement strategy, source vendors, and to ensure the consistency between the technical specifications, vendor proposals, and contractual documents
• Drive, execute and implement the procurement process for Clinical and Medical initiatives according to the global procurement policy and procurement best practice
• Deploy 7-step strategic sourcing process to optimize Clinical and Medical spend, drive supplier performance and minimize risks,
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and lead negotiation efforts to obtain best value prices, terms, and optimized lead-times for services and goods
• Be accountable for building & delivering a savings pipeline for the assigned categories

Category Management

Support Category Management processes

These main activities would include the following but are not limited to:

IMPLEMENT CATEGORY STRATEGIES

• Implement appropriate sourcing strategies across the assigned categories
• Lead outsourcing projects from need definition, cost analysis, negotiation strategy and contract development and provide hands-on procurement execution support
• Manage commercial conditions negotiation to secure contract execution in collaboration with study director / project manager or any other internal stakeholders.
• Support CSR initiatives related to category
• Manage or support contractual or business litigations for the assigned categories

CATEGORY SUPPORT

• With the support of the Global Strategic Sourcing Director, oversee the implementation of Research & Laboratory category plans
• Support some key operational initiatives and manage RFP processes until contract execution to support Business projects
• Monitor MSA execution, compliance and deviation.

Strategic Supplier Relationship Management

Support SRM processes already existing or to be defined

These main activities would include the following but are not limited to:

SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• Build robust partnerships with strategic vendors.
• At Therapeutic area/ asset level, managing key supplier interactions, communication process across the organization
• Collaborate with the Global Strategic Sourcing Director to prepare, run and steer supplier governance meetings
• Develop a culture of supplier performance driven by KPI and metrics

Contribute to the development & management of the Procurement community

• Contribute to drive a culture of teamwork and project management good practices.
• Facilitates & promotes compliance of Category strategies, processes, policies & tools.
• Shares best practices & participate actively in external networking and benchmark for the specific categories of the position

Knowledge & Experience (essential):

• Demonstrated experience in Procurement in an international and matrix environment.
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry and Drug Development process
• Experience dealing with Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
• Good planning, and organizational skills to consistently meet procurement deadlines
• Effective and proven strategic sourcing & procurement skills
• Experience in negotiation in cross functional teams based in multiple geographies
• Fully skilled in procurement processes, systems & tools
• Demonstrated successful use of risk management and supplier relation management
• Project Management: Ability to manage projects to ensure successful delivery, to establish clear goals and accountabilities. This includes the ability to develop project plans, prioritize, identify potential issues/risk and develop contingency plans.
• Negotiations: Ability to influence and negotiate optimal agreement.
• Data Analysis/Interpretation: Ability to convert general data and findings into specific suggestions that add value to the business and the team.
• Knowledge of markets & suppliers for specific categories of the position

Knowledge & Experience (preferred):

• Operational role in Clinical Operations eg, CRA,
• Role in a CRO especially Business development or Customer Delivery

Education / Certifications (essential):

• Master’s degree in business / management / procurement.

Education / Certifications (preferred):

• Professional Qualification in Procurement eg CIPS

Language(s) (essential):

• English (Fluent)