Manager, Chemical Supply & Market Intelligence

Description

The Manager, Chemical Supply & Market Intelligence role will serve as Phlow's subject matter expert for key starting materials, raw materials, specialty chemicals, lab consumables, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). This role provides critical market, supplier, and technical sourcing insight to support drug substance development across R&D, scale-up, and commercial manufacturing.

Operating within Supply Chain and partnering closely with the Contracting & Procurement Office (CPO), this position informs sourcing decisions through deep knowledge of chemical markets, supplier capabilities, availability risks, costs trends, and global supply dynamics. While procurement authority and contractual execution remain with the CPO, this role ensures that Operations brings forward the most accurate technical requirements, supplier intelligence, and risk assessments needed to support compliant strategic purchasing activities.

This successful candidate will help strengthen Phlow's supply assurance, contribute to vendor qualification efforts, support costs and risk analysis, and provide category intelligence that enhances Phlow's CDMO operations. This role also supports emerging business development opportunities and assists in integrating material supply chains for new or acquired API programs. The ideal individual is highly collaborative, technically knowledgeable, and skilled at building strong partnerships with scientists, engineers, supply partners, and Procurement.

• Develop and implement holistic category insights and sourcing recommendations for key starting materials, raw materials, specialty chemicals, lab consumables, and APIs, supporting both R&D and commercial manufacturing.
• Identify, research, and technically assess potential suppliers, providing market intelligence, capability evaluations, and risk assessments to inform CPO's competitive sourcing and award decisions.
• Provide Phlow with a competitive advantage in sourcing materials utilized for execution of CDMO projects.
• Support the development of a resilient domestic and global supply chain by providing data-driven supply risk analysis, recognizing emerging constraints, pricing trends, and geopolitical influences.
• Conduct structured market research, including supply/demand analysis, cost drivers, lead-time trends, and product availability, to guide purchasing strategies executed by the CPO.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with technical and scientific suppliers, serving as the Operations liaison for technical discussions, issue escalation, and innovative scouting.
• Partner with legal, QA, and Regulatory Affairs to provide technical input on specifications, supplier capabilities, and quality expectations that will inform CPO's negotiation of pricing, terms, and quality agreements.
• Assist CPO through vendor identification, selection, and qualification for APIs, excipients, and bulk drugs, including those for regulated markets.

• Ensure Operations has accurate, timely visibility into material availability through proactive communication, forecasting support, and market updates that inform CPO's planning and execution cycles.
• Provide timely turnaround on material quotations and provide input on commercial CDMO proposals.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, MS&T, QA, QC, Regulatory, and Project Management teams to clarify technical requirements, material specifications, and supply risks across all stages of development.
• Support cross-functional budgeting and forecasting by providing market-based cost intelligence and identifying potential price or supply fluctuations.
• Partner with lab teams to maintain visibility into inventory levels for R&D-related materials, highlighting risks, replenishment needs, and potential supply constraints.
• Compliance, Documentation & Reporting
• Support the creation and maintenance of supplier qualification documentation, technical assessments, and material specifications needed for regulatory and quality compliance ensuring CPO receives complete, accurate inputs.
• Coordinate with vendors to obtain required quality and regulatory documentation, ensuring alignment with evolving cGMP, regulatory, and audit standards.
• Ensure that all sourcing activities align with internal policies and support the CPO's responsibility for FAR, GMP, and contractual compliance.
• Provide category-level insights and performance metrics to support CPO's development of KPI's, SLA's and procurement reporting dashboards.

• Serve as Phlow's technical category expert for chemicals, excipients, APIs, and specialty materials, supporting early-phase business development and pre-proposal scoping.
• Provide Operations with technical intelligence and supplier assessments to support integration of new API supply chains for acquisitions or strategic partnerships.
• Contribute expertise to Procurement and Operations teams, promoting cross…