Procurement Manager

Job Type: W-2 contract

Duration: 6 months

Location: Boston, MA HYBRID 3 days onsite

Job Description

The Associate Director/Manager, Global Sourcing / Procurement will develop strong partnerships with functional leaders in the management of external spending supporting Medical Affairs and Marketing. Collaborating with functional leadership, develop and implement global sourcing category strategies and value generation plans. Owns sourcing strategy for Global Supplier Category base. Manages the strategic sourcing process from supplier/product evaluation through negotiating contracts, compliance considerations, and ongoing performance management. Maintains an up-to-date understanding of enterprise needs, relevant industries, and best practices for strategic sourcing.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive global procurement experience managing a range of marketing, medical affairs, or R&D categories
• Procurement experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including medical affairs, marketing, patient services, meetings & events, market access, operations, R&D or equivalent roles
• Proven ability to work effectively with Clinical Research Organizations/External Providers and to interact widely and effectively within the company across regions, functions, and cultures.
• Experience working on R&D Clinical Trials or Medical Evidence studies or working with Secondary Data sources and real-world healthcare data, and understanding of outcomes research /payer access issues
• Experience in the delivery of Real-World Evidence generation studies and understanding of epidemiological study designs
• Working at a CRO or hands-on experience managing research projects conducted by CROs
• Must be very team oriented and be able to apply a customer service and value-added approach to work across boundaries and borders and influence and lead procurement functional specialists.
• Must be a strong relationship builder with a proven track record of establishing and maintaining effective internal and external client relationships.

Education

• BA/BS in Operations, Finance, Business or comparable discipline.
• MBA desirable
• CPSM certification desirable