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.