Director - BD​/NPI Business Partner & Strategic Sourcing Lead

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Date:
May 7, 2026

Location:

Haarlem, Netherlands, 2031

Job

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

The Director – BD/NPI Business Partner & Strategic Sourcing is responsible for leading and executing strategic sourcing and contracting activities across assigned External Manufacturing (EXM) initiatives led through Teva’s Business Development and R&D organizations. This role plays a key part in shaping procurements upstream engagement with Business Development and R&D, supporting both top and bottom needs within the enterprise. This leader will need to strengthen sourcing discipline within a developing procurement organization.

Reporting to the Senior Director – EXM Business Partner & Category Lead, this role operates as a hands-on sourcing leader
, translating business strategies and business requirements into RFx events, negotiations, and contracts. The Director will help establish consistent sourcing approaches, improve execution rigor, and build credibility with stakeholders and suppliers. The focus of this role will be to support in-licensing ventures with CMOs; acquisition and divestment of assets that operate within the External Manufacturing umbrella.

This role is well suited for a sourcing professional who is comfortable developing strategic relationships with stakeholders and owning execution
, navigating ambiguity, and helping build structure and consistency in a lower-maturity procurement environment.

Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Execution

• Champion Procurement’s lead strategic sourcing activities for BD/NPI initiatives, including RFx, negotiations, and supplier selection.
• Drive commercial discussions with suppliers on pricing, capacity, and key commercial terms.
• Coordinate contract development, review, and execution standards in partnership with Legal and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure sourcing decisions balance cost, quality, capacity, service, and risk.

Value Delivery & Performance Tracking

• Accountable to deliver measurable sourcing value and support annual savings and value targets.
• Deliver performance metrics for the team, tracking sourcing actions, outcomes, and benefits using standard tools and templates.
• Partner with Finance to support value validation and reporting as required.

Supplier Engagement & Market Insight

• Design lead procurement-related due diligence assessment standards supporting BD go/no-go decisions and deploy across the team.
• Develop standards for procurement engagement with suppliers through structured sourcing and relationship management phases, onboarding processes.
• Provide supplier and market insights to inform category strategies and BD planning.
• Resolve sourcing-related supplier issues and establish distinct procurement capabilities that support asset onboarding/divestment where applicable.

Risk, Compliance & Quality Alignment

• Identify and mitigate sourcing, commercial, and supply risks (e.g., capacity, single sourcing).
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing to ensure feasible and compliant sourcing outcomes.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as a strategic business partner to BD and R&D, pulling Procurement upstream to shape decisions.
• Collaborate closely with Category Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to execute sourcing initiatives.
• Communicate sourcing plans, progress, and outcomes clearly and proactively.

Process & Capability Development

• Apply and strengthen standard sourcing processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Contribute to…