Sourcing Manager

2 weeks ago

West Point, United States Merck Sharp & Dohme Full time

**Position Description**:
**Sourcing Manager**

This role works closely with internal stakeholders in the GRACS, procurement, and the finance organizations to achieve cross-functional business objectives. This role is responsible for negotiating with suppliers, contract execution, and ongoing contract management.

This role will report to the Director to provide high quality strategic analysis of data to drive sourcing decisions and to manage their categories effectively.

**Primary Activities**

Sourcing
- to create and execute RFIs, RFPs, RFQs together with structured information analysis and using Ariba systems.

Budget Negotiation
- to conduct negotiations with suppliers based on detailed analysis of internal specifications, supplier costs, and internal benchmarks.

Contract Execution and Management
- to prepare, finesse, and implement appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers involving legal counsel and senior management as needed.

Stakeholder Support
- to provide appropriate guidance around budgetary and contractual impacts of decisions/actions as part of a cross-functional team.
- Appropriately escalate issues and concerns to procurement management and other functional areas such as legal, privacy, compliance, etc.

Business Partnering
- to work closely with scientific and operational stakeholders and to develop successful, long-term, strategic relationships that enable joint achievement of shared organizational objectives

Supplier Performance Management
- to monitor, report, manage, and continuously improve supplier performance as part of a cross-functional team.

Supplier and Supply Market Analysis
- to evaluate suppliers and supply markets based on facts, data, reports, and changes in technology with the objective of providing deep and meaningful insight to Sourcing Management teams.

Category Team Membership
- to be an active member of a category team to influence the development and optimization of ongoing supplier and sourcing strategies.

Best Practice Sharing
- to generate work of a world class quality that is shared and transferred to colleagues throughout procurement.

**Position Qualifications**:
**Education Minimum Requirement**:

- High school diploma or GED

**Required Experience and Skills**:

- Minimum of 5 years professional experience in roles such as, but not limited to, procurement, purchasing, finance, vendor management, etc
- Analytical skills in evaluating complex budgets, comparing supplier bids and internal benchmarking data.
- Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders and suppliers in the context of a challenging clinical trial environment.
- Interpersonal and communication skills. Formal presentations are required.
- Must be adaptable in dealing with ambiguous and complex environments.
- Able to effectively lead work within diverse cross functional teams to achieve client, department, and company goals.

**Preferred Experience and Skills**:

- BS/BA preferred. Certification in six sigma desirable.
- MBA or advanced degree are desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of pharmaceutical industry
- Experience in managing supplier interactions in roles such as, but not limited to, business development, project management, contract management, or relationship management.
- Proficiency working in Excel and Ariba

**NOTICE** **FOR** **INTERNAL** **APPLICANTS**

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

**Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.**

**US and Puerto Rico Residents Only**:
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