Procurement Manager FDF (ESO)

At STADA we pursue the purpose of "Taking care of people's health as a trusted partner." All our decisions and actions are driven by our purpose, vision, and values. With our wide range of products: Generics, Consumer Healthcare, and Specialties, we offer patients, doctors, and pharmacists a wide range of therapeutic options.

Around 13,000 employees live our values of Integrity, Entrepreneurship, Agility, and One STADA, in order to achieve our ambitious goals and shape a successful future for our company. We continually expand our goals in line with our ambition, and we achieve them with passion, commitment, and a growth mindset.

Do you want to be part of a successful international pharmaceutical company and grow with us?

Job Purpose

• Manage performance of assigned contract manufacturers
• Ensure on-time and in-full delivery from the contract manufacturers, at favorable sourcing conditions
• Establish and ensure the necessary business and legal framework between CMOs and STADA
• Represent ESO in cross-functional meetings to align STADA position

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsibility for the management of assigned external manufacturing organizations, including ongoing contractual oversight.
• Support the initiation and negotiation of supply agreements with the contract manufacturers.
• Establish strategic relationships with the third-party suppliers and act as primary contact for all business collaborations.
• Implement and lead regular MBRs (Management Business Reviews) with senior stakeholders of assigned suppliers to review the performance and identify strategies for improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement of the overall business relationship.
• Collaborate on forecasting, production planning, and supply chain business process activities to ensure continuity of supply and avoidance of back-orders.
• Act as primary contact for communications and resolution of supply chain and technical issues that may impact timely supply of product and/or contractual obligations.
• Proactively identify supply risks and create strategies to avoid or minimize their impact.
• Lead the necessary activities to manage and execute risk mitigation plans.
• Ensure cross-functional coordination with internal stakeholders.
• Proactively review the sourcing conditions, challenge the CoGs (Cost of Goods), and identify optimization measures.
• Evaluate, initiate, and track product transfers (Site to Site; in-sourcing)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, or related sciences (with a focus on manufacturing technology), economics, or technical engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in operations within the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or related GMP regulated industry.
• 5+ years handling external suppliers from a business point of view, with proven experience in business analysis and understanding of manufacturing cost structure: RPM, OH, etc.
• Proven capabilities in managing external manufacturers is a plus.

Language:

• Fluency in English, written and spoken is mandatory.
• Spanish, German, or any other European language would be a plus.

Competency Profile

Soft Skills:

• Clear, concise, and well-structured communication skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Independent, structured, and goal-oriented with a good sense for interdisciplinary context.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills.
• Able to lead and influence to drive things forward and achieve results; a proactive individual.

Professional:

• Flawless work ethics, committed to the work and its objectives.
• Profound knowledge of pharmaceutical contract manufacturing organizations.
• Very good understanding of the manufacturing processes within the pharma industry.
• Able to think, act, and initiate in operational, tactical, and strategic terms.
• An analytical mindset that can set priorities clearly and bring ideas on how to execute projects.

We look forward to receiving your application through our job portal.

STADA offers a competitive environment for personal and professional development in a growing company full of opportunities.

Our future project requires dynamic and proactive professionals, capable of adding value in a changing environment.