Position Title: Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management
Work Location: Foster City, California, 94404
Assignment Duration: 12 Months
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
 
Position Summary
The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management, will lead strategic sourcing activities and projects across multiple categories at the client. This role involves managing supplier selection, contract negotiations, project management, supplier relationships, and support for new product development, purchasing, and inventory management. Based at the Client site in Foster City, CA, the position requires up to 20% domestic and/or international travel.
Assist in directing strategic sourcing and supplier management to ensure efficient, compliant, and cost-effective procurement of materials and services for pharmaceutical/biotech operations, from development through commercialization.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Lead or provide support to members of the strategic sourcing and supplier management team for projects and activities such as contract negotiations, supplier selection, planning, and preparation for CMO and supplier business reviews.
• Lead/support preparation, reviewing, challenging, and tracking of RFPs/RFQs/RFIs for new business with external suppliers and in consultation with functional stakeholders (Manufacturing Operations, Technical Development, Quality Assurance, Analytical Operations, etc.).
• Negotiate Confidentiality Agreements, Master Services Agreements, and Work Orders.
• Support annual business review meetings (BRMs) with assigned suppliers as needed.
• Coordinate/lead meetings internally and with suppliers; publish meeting minutes.
• Participate in solving issues of high complexity.
• Communicate issues to line manager and project teams in a timely manner.
• Support product team needs for the selection of suppliers to provide required supplies from development through commercialization.
• Collaborate and establish regular meetings with key stakeholders and partners to ensure outsourced needs are met.
• Organize and participate in teleconferences and face-to-face meetings with global suppliers; work closely with Client teams to establish agendas and keep track of key decisions.

 
Education/Experience

• 8+ years of experience in a pharmaceutical/biotech organization or relevant manufacturing environment and a BA or BS degree; an MA/MBA degree may be considered as 2 years of relevant experience and Ph.D. may be considered as 4 years’ experience.
• Prior experience leading manufacturing service providers and/or direct material suppliers.
• Understanding of activities related to the CMC development of biopharmaceuticals.
• Knowledge of GMPs and associated regulations (21CFR parts 11, 210, 211, 820).

 
Qualifications/Skills

• Strong computer skills and experience with an ERP system (SAP).
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong people management skills.
• Experience negotiating contractual agreements.
• Experience with combination products preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple programs/projects; sound organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to develop concise presentations to convey complex issues to senior management.
• Ability to work under uncertainty and to resolve conflict in a constructive manner.
• Ability to solve highly complex problems through ingenuity and collaboration with subject matter experts and other key stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Project management experience and/or certification are a plus.

 
Core Values

• Integrity: Doing What’s Right
• Inclusion: Encouraging Diversity
• Teamwork: Working Together
• Excellence: Being Your Best
• Accountability: Taking Personal Responsibility

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 133.33/hr.