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Date posted:  22 Aug 2024
City:  Warszawa
Country/Region:  PL
Type of Contract:  Permanent
Job Requisition ID:  6060

External Manufacturing Buyer

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Servier Laboratories
At Servier, we draw strength from our independence. We believe being free to make our own decisions and adopt a long-term vision enables us to fulfill our vocation as a Group committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs. It makes us unique in the pharmaceutical industry.
Our special status as a laboratory governed by a foundation means each year, we can invest over 20% of our revenue from brand-name medicines in research and development, a strategy that helps us to discover new treatments more easily.
Day in, day out, we capitalize on the talent and engagement of the 21,400 people employed throughout our Group in order to make our brand-name and generic medicines available to patients in over 150 countries.
These medicines are the fruit of our knowledge and expertise in our therapeutic areas of oncology, neuroscience, immuno-inflammation, cardiovascular diseases and metabolism.
Servier engages in open innovation to tackle the health challenges facing society, now and in the future. We work fervently alongside our partners, including academic researchers, start-ups, pharmaceutical groups and biotech companies.
We also endeavor to drive scientific progress by working with patients at every stage of the medicine life cycle. Ever attentive to patient needs and experiences, we place them at the heart of our approach to innovation within virtuous ecosystems.
This collective energy enables us to pick up the pace of therapeutic innovation to serve patients, to serve life.

The Position
Within the External Manufacturing Procurement team, the position reports to the External Manufacturing Category Manager.
The position is based on a remote working organization with cross functional teams located in Europe and USA.
occasional travelling may be required
The External Manufacturing Buyer role has various missions related to the outsourced activities for the manufacturing of Servier medicines.
 
Position responsibilities

  • Represent Procurement in cross-functional teams that support day-to-day operations.
  • Lead sourcing activities, RFx processes, supplier risk assessment and onboarding.
  • Contract and Claim Management:
    • Lead negotiation and implementation of new contracts.
    • Lead contract renewals, amendments and statement of work.
    • Participate in claim resolution process.
  • Supplier Management:
    • Participate in evaluation of suppliers performance (KPI, dashboards).
    • Ensure execution of relevant action plans in case of insufficient performance.
    • Coordinate with other departments to ensure adequate support for suppliers oversight (supply chain, technical, quality, regulatory, legal, etc.).
    • Participate in preparation of Business review meetings.
  • Support in Category Management:
    • Support Category Manager in definition of strategy and review of preferred suppliers.
    • Study dynamics of CDMO market and specific technologies.
    • Apply strategy defined for category.

 
Profile requirements

  • Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in science and/or Master degree.
  • Experienced in direct procurement, ideally within the pharmaceutical, biomedical, or chemical industry.
  • Demonstrated solid experience in sourcing, contract negotiation and supplier relationship management, ideally in the CDMO environment.
  • Skilled in project management: set and prioritize goals, identify deliverables, perform risk/gap assessments and manage stakeholders.
  • Experienced in working in cross-functional multicultural teams. Proficient in utilizing risk management processes.
  • Ideally, well-versed in a GMP environment
  • Fluent in spoken and written English required.
  • For Biologics and Sterile position: Procurement experience of Biologics drug substance and/or sterile drug product will be added advantage.

 
Soft skills

  • Effective communication skills with the ability to influence others at all levels, particularly in a highly scientific and technical environment.
  • Professional, analytical and organizational rigor.
  • Ability to work in complex environments and handle challenging situations (e.g., short deadlines).
  • Proficient in both written and verbal communication assertiveness in negotiation.
  • Creative in identifying and resolving problems, with a hands-on drive to implement and achieve company goals and objectives in a dynamic business environment.
  • Ability to build strong relationships internally and externally with suppliers and partners.
  • Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an understanding of global business practices.

 
What we offer

  • Work in global pharmaceutical company
  • Work based on task-based working hours
  • Practical training
  • Business laptop
  • Private care medical
  • Co-financing for meals
  • Card sports
  • Benefits from the Social Fund
  • Insurance for life / PPE

 

 

Whatever your area of expertise, your work within the Servier Group helps advance therapeutic progress for the benefit of patients. You will be part of teams recognized for their scientific excellence and reach your full potential in a professional environment that encourages you to develop yourself. Tailor-made onboarding journeys, mobility opportunities, quality trainings, responsible management, team spirit... All this and more in a workplace focused on your well-being.

 

At Servier, we are committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs. We put the diversity of our employees as a source of richness for the fulfillment of this vocation.

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