Director, Sourcing Strategy

Princeton, NJ, United States

Job Summary

Sourcing Strategy and Execution (SSE) leverages the provider market landscape with Otsuka partners to:

develop sourcing strategies that address long-term business needs, and

enable the execution of competitive contracts.

SSE contributes to mitigate risk, increase performance, and drive efficiencies for R&D services to better serve our patients.

This position leverages sourcing strategy best practice by developing and implementing optimal sourcing strategies and leading a provider relationship management program with strategic providers in close collaboration with partners and SSE team to support R&D needs with providers.

Job Description/Key responsibilities

Management :

Promotes and leads a team of Sourcing Strategy Category Leaders that best support company strategy

Defines goals based on business needs and functional objectives

Hires, on-boards, develops and retains Sourcing Strategy Category Leaders

Assesses competencies, identifies training needs, and develops Sourcing Strategy Category Leaders

Assigns sourcing categories and manages workload

Monitors and reports activity progress

Strategy:

Establishes close working relationships with functional category sponsors and functional category owners to ensure the highest service level

Understands business strategy and business objectives

Ensures sourcing strategies, templates, and provider relationship management are developed and implemented for selected strategic categories

Leverages provider market landscape

Develops and implements sourcing strategies for service categories to support long-term business needs

Identifies preferred providers that best support current and future business needs/requirements for selected service categories with functional category owners

Negotiates and implements competitive agreements with strategic providers

Develops category-specific sourcing templates and tools

Works with functional category owner to define KPIs and monitor provider performance

Coordinates a provider relationship management program with regular governance meetings with strategic providers when relevant

Ensures sourcing strategy documentation is properly formalized and filed for inspection readiness

Provides any sourcing support and expertise as required

Requirements

Qualification/experience

Bachelor degree in management or science

Minimum of 10 years in Sourcing/Procurement or vendor management in the pharma industry

Competencies

Accountability for results

Strategic thinking & problem solving

Patient and customer centricity

Impactful communication

Respectful collaboration

Empowered development

Work Environment

Typical office setting

Up to 15% travel time to visit other company sites or suppliers

Competencies

Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.

Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.

Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.

Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.

Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others' perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.

Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

Come discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://www.otsuka-us.com/careers-join-otsuka.

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This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

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