Associate Director, Vendor Management (Commercial Product Sourcing)

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company to inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as an Associate Director, Vendor Management (Commercial Product Sourcing) based in Lexington, MA reporting to the Director, Centralized Ancillary and Commercial Drug Supply.

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to work towards their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, and work toward excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to provide Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Here, you will be a necessary contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

GOALS:

• The Associate Director, Vendor Management (Commercial Product Sourcing) is responsible for providing leadership and direction to facilitate the procurement and management of comparator drugs within Global Clinical Supply Chain (GCSC). Under the direction of the Director of Centralized Ancillary and Commercial Drug Product, this role collaborates with the Clinical Supply team to develop and execute sourcing strategies for commercial IMP and AxMP for clinical trials. 

• Work with both internal and external stakeholders and suppliers in order to develop and communicate sourcing forecasts, plans, and timelines to ensure that all project objectives are met in a timely and compliant manner.

• The Associate Director, Vendor Management (Commercial Product Sourcing) may also contribute actively to cross functional teams as required.

• Lead Global Clinical Supply Chain group initiatives including the development and execution of the Takeda GCSC comparator strategy as well as other key vendor management and relationship projects.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assess existing comparator framework, including existing, priority vendors, identifying potential gaps/opportunities and seeking stakeholder feedback (TAU’s/GPT’s, Clin Ops, Procurement, Regulatory, etc.)  to improve strategy and ensure robust supply chain, including leveraging potential new strategies as needed.
• Create/maintain decision tree/matrix for determining appropriate sourcing strategy dependent upon study country footprint, local regulatory and documentation requirements while maximizing efficiencies and overall corporate spend.
• Lead oversight of comparator vendors - including facilitation of routine operational meetings as well as broader Business Review Meetings, also developing vendor service level expectations and reviewing vendor performance metrics.
• Collaborate with Procurement in reviewing comparator category vendors, identifying gaps and requirements for new vendors and co-leading evaluation and selection of new vendors.
• Maintain a central intake repository for collection and tracking of all comparator information requests and subsequent purchases.
• Act as central point of contact between GCSC team and comparator vendors for all comparator requests.
• Maintain oversight of all comparator purchases to enable Takeda to track and understand best pricing options as well as leverage buying power across multiple programs requiring similar products.
• Maintain an ongoing forecast of all future comparator requirements for both internal and external use.
• Support comparator