Sourcing Specialist of Clinical Trials Supplies (Pharma)

About Clinigen and the Role:

Clinigen is a rapidly growing global specialty pharmaceutical and services company with a unique combination of businesses. Our divisions operate in a complex global regulatory environment and ensure that vital medicines are delivered securely on time and wherever they are needed in the world.

The Sourcing Specialist will be dedicated to enabling robust and broad access to medicines. There will be a primary focus on Clinical Trial supplies, including comparator, co-medication or critical care. Supplies will be sourced through an audited and efficient supply chain by effectively supporting the Sourcing lead.

There will also be a secondary focus, encompassing sourcing for post-trial programs or source and supply of difficult-to-find unlicensed and short supply medications in response to demand for access from healthcare professionals on an unlicensed basis, or patients with unmet needs.

The successful candidate will have:

• Relevant Degree or Professional Qualification preferred i.e. BA, MSc, APICS, CIPS etc.
• International experience desired
• Experience within clinical trials/comparator sourcing is desirable.
• Experience and expertise in US clinical trials, supply and/or sourcing is desirable
• Proven experience of sourcing and/or procurement of pharmaceutical products or related industry
• Proven experience in working within a purchasing environment and negotiation of supplier contracts including successful supplier performance management
• Background in dealing with enquiries essential, preferably within a complex service environment
• Experience and/or knowledge of working in a highly regulated environment required

Your role at Clinigen:

• Working with International suppliers to source comparator and hard to find medicines at competitive rates
• Handling inbound Clinical Trial Supplies (CTS), unlicensed and post-trial sourcing enquiries
• Ownership and specialization in US based requirements, sourcing and suppliers
• Pursue multiple options to achieve cost reductions e.g. negotiate rebates, exploit price breaks, mitigate cost price increases, improve payment terms, etc
• Evaluate supplier base to ascertain which suppliers can provide best sourcing routes
• Constructs detailed cost models/purchase price analysis of goods and services to drive the control, containment and reduction of costs for Clinigen and to provide deep and meaningful insights to Account Management team
• Maintain and expand global supplier base with a primary focus on the US, to ensure development and contribute to the global sourcing strategy
• Strategy Development/Implementation: Utilizes Sourcing Management Process and other tools and techniques to create and execute RFIs, RFQs together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using modern electronic procurement processes
• Develop supply chain to maintain availability and minimise supply problem issues, with the view to keep as minimal links as possible and to ensure full product traceability
• Proactively engage with internal stakeholders to advise the most robust comparator sourcing routes and to source alternatives for new shortages
• Risk mitigation to prevent unethical or counterfeit drugs entering into the supply chain

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Ambitious desire to learn the business and improve ways of working through understanding core mechanics of the sourcing environment
• Demonstrable experience of working autonomously and making decisions
• Experience of partnering with diverse teams across multiple sites
• Ability to plan, prioritize and coordinate a busy workload with good time management skills
• Excellent relationship management, networking and interpersonal skills (with both internal and external stakeholders).
• Working knowledge of global and US procurement rules and legislation

While at Clinigen, you’ll enjoy:

The culture.Thanks to our diverse opportunities for engagement and involvement, every colleague’s Clinigen experience can be a bit different, and we’re proud of that. We work hard to ensure our company culture is inclusive to people from all backgrounds and social styles.

The transparency with leadership.All colleagues can share anonymous feedback with leadership on a weekly basis through our employee engagement platform. We use this feedback to inform our actions and decisions. We’ve been able to take steps to continuously improve how we do things at Clinigen.

The benefits.We take pride in having a broad range of activities, systems, and programs that provide a competitive benefit offering and build a culture of celebrating success.

EEO. Clinigen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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