Job Description

Job Description

Our Sourcing team partner with the business to ensure efficient acquisition of goods and services that enables the commercialization of our medicines, vaccines and Animal Health products. We collaborate internationally and are grouped into center-led categories and regional operating teams.

Position Description:

The Sourcing Manager will utilize the Sourcing Management Process for strategic analysis of suppliers, supply markets and supply chains within the Clinical Laboratory and Clinical Trial Specialty Services Sourcing and Procurement.

This role will report to an Associate Director to provide high quality strategic analysis and insight of suppliers and markets. In addition, the Sourcing Manager will prepare and conduct pre-negotiation planning, live negotiations, provide contracting support as well as lead and conduct requests for proposals (RFP), requests for quotations (RFQ), quotation analysis, and cost modeling.

Primary Activities

* Supplier and Supply Market Analysis to conduct a detailed supplier and supply market analysis looking at facts and data analysis, reports and changes in technology and with the objective of providing deep and meaningful insight to Sourcing Management teams

* Cost Modeling to construct detailed cost models/purchase price analysis of goods and services that are supplied to our Company, typically this will require extensive supplier discussions to create a complete understanding of the cost structure of suppliers.

* Strategic Analysis to conduct up to six separate forms of project analysis which turns the information gathered from 1) and 2) above into insightful, well-structured breakthrough options and opportunities. Examples include Portfolio Analysis, Supplier Preferencing and Day One Sourcing.

* Negotiation Planning and Execution to create detailed pre-negotiation plans, to lead and participate in any prolonged negotiation sessions with suppliers and to conduct post negotiation debriefs and follow through plans

* Sourcing to create and execute RFIs, RFPs, RFQs together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using modern electronic procurement processes

* Reverse Auctions to prepare, lead, conduct and implement Reverse Auctions on selected leverage categories

* Contract Management to prepare, finesse and implement appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers

* Supplier Performance Management to ensure that appropriate supplier agreements and relationships have a good supplier matrix embedded within them. Monitor, report, manage and continuously improve supplier performance

* Category Team Membership to be an active member of one or more category teams using the techniques and content created in 1) to 8) above as input in the creation of breakthrough strategies

* Sharing of Learnings As a sourcing manager, the incumbent will be expected to generate work of a world class quality and share and transfer this to colleagues throughout procurement.

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

* Undergraduate in Business, Finance, Science, Engineering or related field required

Required Experience and Skills:

* Five (5)+ years of strategic sourcing experience or related experience with defined scope & responsibility in technical Procurement categories and/or experience within a global organization in drug discovery research roles or supporting drug discovery roles.

* Excellent analytical, project management, oral & written communications, relationship, teambuilding and leadership skills are required.

* Must be adaptable in dealing with ambiguous and complex environments.

* Demonstrated application of the strong leadership skills with particular strengths in Championing Change, Communicate Candidly, Build Talent, Achieves Results is required

Preferred Experience and Skills:

* Strategic sourcing experience in the clinical development space or related experience in a business role within or supporting the pharmaceutical industry. Demonstrated negotiation skills.

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

INVENT.

IMPACT.

INSPIRE.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

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.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Flex Time

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

Number of Openings:

1
Requisition ID:R99812