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Global Category Buyer, Clinical and Medical

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas:
Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company's success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

Ipsen is a growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care. We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients' health and quality of life, providing effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in Oncology, Neurosciences, and Rare Diseases.

The Global Category Buyer, Clinical and Medical is responsible for a multi-million clinical trials spend related to Clinical and Medical Services ranging from Phase I to IV trials to support IPSEN assets development across our 3 therapeutic areas.

You will:

• Support implementation of Category Strategies working in close collaboration with the business stakeholders to ultimately deliver value to the business.
• 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.
• Contribute to the strategic development of your portfolio and will ensure the robust delivery through clear and measurable benefits.

Main Responsibilities

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

Category Management

Support Category Management processes

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

• 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…