Manager, Procurement

The Procurement Manager - R&D, and Contract Manufacturing (CDMO) reports directly to the Head of Procurement, and the primarily responsibility will be to provide category management, and operational support. Furthermore, responsible for overseeing procurement and sourcing needs for R&D, scale up, validation, and technical transfer batches for Lupin US sites. Must have the managerial ability to support sourcing and procurement needs for Contract Manufacturing Operations, and is also expected to contribute to the US procurement operations and management of categories in an efficient and compliant manner.

The Procurement Manager is expected to act independently and solve routine problems with minimal amount of managerial assistance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Developing sound, cost-effective strategies for the purchasing of materials and services used in the business. Few key products, and services sourcing category types are API, RLD, excipients, packaging materials, lab consumables, analytical testing services, and supply agreements for R&D and contract manufacturing sites.
• Responsible for organizing Technical Package/DMF Package and other services at pre-development, lab scale development, prototype development, exhibit batches, submission of ANDA, validation through commercialization stages.
• Managing the inquiries and other support services throughout the stage of product development, filing pre-development, lab scale development, prototype development, exhibit batches, submission of ANDA, validation through commercialization.
• Consult with business unit requestors to develop or confirm specifications and needs and managing the supplier and product change controls.
  Identify opportunities to leverage firms spend/volume and implement long term vendor rebates.
• Forecasts requirements and order products to meet sales demands as required.
• Collaborate with business unit requestors to ensure purchases meet the quality, cost, timelines, and functionality requirements.
• Accomplish vendor and product qualifications, change controls, risk assessment, networking and negotiations.
• Assist sourcing team with category spend assessments, RFQ (Request for Quote) development, supplier selection, price negotiation, and bid evaluation processes.
• Maintain cooperative working relationships with vendors to stay current with trends and technologies, products and services.
• Support other site procurement managers/categories as needed for PO (order) processing, release and approval in SAP, also responsible for ensuring purchasing data is entered into the applicable systems.
• Responsible for systems management - ensuring that on-going data updates occur with the highest degree of integrity.
• Conducting cost analyses and setting benchmarks for improvement.
• Work with the Procurement Coordinator to ensure expediting of material, improve deliveries, and resolve material discrepancies (i.e. repairs, returns, rejects) including any internal coordination with the Accounts Payable team or internal stakeholders for resolving invoicing discrepancies
• Conduct procurement activities within Lupin’s applicable policies and procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Other projects, tasks and assignments as directed

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Finance, Science, Supply Chain or a related field.
• At least 5-10 years of buying for R&D, or Contract Manufacturing Sites, or general procurement experience in pharmaceutical / healthcare business.
• Working knowledge of tools, processes and practices for purchasing goods and services via electronic methods to vendors.
• Experience and operating knowledge with…