Senior Specialist, Global Procurement

Senior Specialist, New Product Introductions

Direct Materials Procurement - New Product Introduction responsibilities include developing and implementing supplier management strategies and initiatives; improving supply chain resiliency; and driving improvements in cost, supplier performance, and working capital to support manufacturing and supply.

• Collect and present market trends, competitive environment, and industry best practices to support sourcing strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure seamless execution across modalities through launch + 2 years.
• Support procurement objectives: product sourcing, supply risk management, supplier performance improvement, cost reduction, supplier development, working capital improvement, and supplier relationship management.
• Work with Legal, Finance, Procure-to-Pay, internal stakeholders, and external suppliers.
• Conduct detailed market analyses to provide meaningful insights.
• Implement procurement strategies and execute tactical procurement processes; serve as a resource on procurement processes/systems.
• Support supplier selection, ensure legal contract requirements are met, and manage supplier relationships.
• Ensure compliance with Global Procurement policies using a data-driven business case approach.

• Conduct supplier and supply market analysis.
• Build cost models/purchase price analysis; may include supplier visits.
• Perform strategic/project analysis (e.g., portfolio analysis, supplier preferencing, day-one sourcing).
• Conduct financial analysis/reporting (category spend, savings, compliance, metrics) and maintain systems (incl. SAP).
• Create pre-negotiation plans; support negotiations and post-debrief follow-through.
• Create/execute RFIs, RFPs, e-auctions; analyze structured information.
• Perform risk assessment and mitigation (e.g., solvency, FCPA, code of conduct).
• Participate in category teams; share learnings.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Supply Chain or Procurement.

• 2+ years pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Adaptability; strong verbal/written communication; ability to influence external partners.
• Advanced data collection/analytics/reporting; excellent project management.
• Independent work with flexibility in ambiguous situations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

• Prior pharma or Fortune 500 experience; cost modeling.
• MS Teams/SharePoint;
  PowerBI or similar tools;
  Excel for large datasets.
• Experience managing external relationships and data collection methods.

• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking
• Benchmarking
• Contract Management
• Cost Reduction Initiatives
• Data Analytics

• annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable)
• medical/dental/vision and other insurance, retirement benefits (401(k)), paid holidays/vacation, compassionate and sick days