Job Details

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. is a global pharmaceutical company based in Japan with key operations in the U.S. (Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.), Canada (Sumitomo Pharma Canada, Inc.) and Europe (Sumitomo Pharma Switzerland GmbH) focused on addressing patient needs in oncology, urology, women's health, rare diseases, psychiatry & neurology, and cell & gene therapies.

Job Description:

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will drive value for the business by partnering with stakeholders across multiple departments to deliver source-to-contract activities for various R&D services. This role is responsible for negotiating and contracting with the supply base and ensuring alignment with established category strategies and overall business plans.

This role requires an experienced Sourcing/Procurement manager to deliver strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier market intelligence, financial productivity, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager must be a change agent, leading by example while remaining in sync with the overarching direction and evolution for the Strategic Sourcing organization.

Essential Functions Required for Job

• Manage strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier market intelligence, financial productivity, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation across various R&D services.
• Develop and implement sourcing category strategies that align with those of the functional goals & objectives for the business
• Establish effective ongoing relationships with key stakeholders to ensure Strategic Sourcing activities effectively support functional strategies
• Define and implement a strong concept of supplier management that enables a sustainable competitive advantage; maintain focus on supplier risk and performance management
• Maintain knowledge and expertise with various R&D services. Effectively negotiate service level agreements/key performance indicators, and deep understanding of levers to achieve optimal value
• Negotiate and redline service contracts and statements of work, utilizing a contract management platform
• Generate sourcing insights utilizing spend analytics, industry intel and benchmarking data
• Lead end-to-end competitive sourcing activities (RFx) to include; bid list generation, requirements, supplier selection criteria/weighting, cost analysis, business case and award notification
• Maintain sourcing practices that are in accordance with corporate ethics, financial policy, and internal control requirements
• Pursue ongoing development of relevant skills, including learning agility, using data to provide insights, business partnering, change and project management, category management and strategic sourcing to realize optimal results

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred. Minimum 8 – 12 (w/o Master's) or 6 – 8 years (with Master's) years of relevant experience in strategic sourcing & procurement.

Sumitomo Pharma America (SMPA) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.