Strategic Sourcing Manager, R&D

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Strategic Sourcing Manager, R&D

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will work closely with the Research & Development organization in one of the world's leading Bio Tech companies! They will understand how to work within a large multi-national company and matrixed corporate environment. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will receive support and training on Amgen procurement practices and will report to the R&D Sourcing Lead.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Provide support to a variety of Research and Development categories (e.g. Trial Management, Contract Research Services, Lab Equipment and Consumables, etc.) based on strategic demands of key partners/customers.
• Help complete and implement sourcing and contracting needs of Amgen’s US based spend across all the above categories within the Research & Development Organization.
• Implement sourcing for the Global (GCM) Category Management Teams
• Be a Procurement Process and Systems expert ensuring compliance with all relevant sourcing policies and procedures
• Be a Contracting expert, leading contracting activities, managing ongoing contract management needs (for Strategic and Supply Constrained Categories) and to be accountable for hand-off to Contract-to-Pay teams

Implementing Global/Regional Sourcing Strategies

• Work is guided by operational and project related objectives defined by GCM/RCM:
• Implement global/regional sourcing strategies across R&D categories
• Document (in Ariba) and guide sourcing execution through to implementation
• Communicate to GCM/RCM local and regional requirements impacting category strategies
• Support supplier analysis and market intelligence activities
• Manage Request for Proposal and Quotation processes
• Ensure sourcing tactics drive value in specific functional business environments, including legal & regulatory context
• Develop, maintain, and implement preferred supplier lists
• Implement supplier improvement programs within key supplier relationships
• Implements new procedures and processes to drive desired results

Delivering Value for Customers

• Understands business goals and customer needs to implement opportunities while providing training and mentorship
• Partners with colleagues in Finance and other areas as appropriate
• Supports / Manages delivery and validation of savings for Global Category Managers
• Anticipates and prevents potential problems through root cause analysis

Managing Contracts

• Ensure Amgen’s procurement policies are followed, ensuring that compliance metrics are met or exceeded, supported through preferred supplier agreements and other contracts
• Coordinate closely with Amgen Legal team on key issues for supplier negotiations
• Inform partners on Amgen’s sourcing policies and procedures, providing support and corrective actions where required
• Lead and implement contracting with new suppliers
• Support ongoing contract management (including renewal and renegotiation of existing and expiring contracts)

Travel

• Less than 10%, domestic travel may be possible

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

Master’s degree and 2 years of Sourcing, Management Consulting, Project Management or Operations experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Sourcing, Management Consulting, Project Management or Operations experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 8 years of Sourcing, Management C