Category Manager

Mundipharma; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Mundipharma is looking for a Category Manager to manage global vendors and oversee the performance of outsourced activities within the Scientific Affairs department. The role involves negotiating contracts and ensuring efficient vendor management practices to optimize costs and improve operations. This position requires strong negotiation skills, project management capabilities, and a good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.

Benefits

Opportunities for learning & development through varied programs

Collaborative, inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Good understanding of the structure of a pharmaceutical company.
• Experience with vendor management and procurement processes.
• Strong ownership and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage global vendors and oversee performance governance.
• Negotiate contracts and optimize cost savings.
• Collaborate with the function and finance teams for budget tracking.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills for invoice tracking

Project management

Problem-solving

Excellent communication

Job description

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At Mundipharma, we are proud of the work we do to bring innovative treatments to patients. We challenge ourselves constantly to deliver more for patients, healthcare professionals, our partners, and our employees.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage global vendors across Scientific Affairs by maintaining oversight and performance governance of the outsourced activities, while developing partnerships.
• Support the deployment of an efficient and cost-effective outsourcing approach by ensuring Mundipharma is receiving services under the most competitive conditions.
• Negotiate and finalize new contracts as well as renegotiating existing contracts to optimize cost savings.
• Implement improvement initiatives in vendor management practices, manage vendor related risks and issues, and collaborate cross-functionally to align with overall business objectives

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the function and procurement to ensure that the content of Work Orders for external engagements is representative of the work required.
• Collaborate with the function and finance team to ensure effective budget tracking and management, proactively seek efficiencies where possible. Monitor Purchase Orders, values for contracts and running rates for key vendors.
• Act as a liaison point for the central procurement function with assessing, contracting and onboarding new vendors, ensuring effective governance and appropriate processes and quality measures are in place.
• Creation & implementation of Governance Charters & Oversights plans for key Vendors
• Manage Requests for Information (RFI) and Requests for Proposal (RFP) activities and support contract negotiations with vendors
• Ensure vendor personnel are up to date with SOP and other required training and maintain records of the training.
• Manage potential risks in collaboration with the function, procurement, study team, vendor management lead, as needed. Conduct vendor meetings to address these. Maintain a vendor risk assessment framework to identify and mitigate potential risks associated with key vendors.
• Manage issues and develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with the function, procurement, study team, vendor management lead, as needed. Conduct vendor meetings to address these. Maintain an issue and action log to track issues, resolutions and ongoing items to ensure timely follow up with key vendors. Escalate as needed.
• Monitor Performance of vendor activities against projected budget to meet budgetary requirements.
• Financial administration; monitoring invoice payments, raising POs & eCAFs for approval and uploading these into the finance system.
• Ensure that the MSA and SoW with all key vendors are maintained up to date and appropriate for the activities they perform.
• Set and track relevant metrics for vendors, escalating performance concerns where required and work with Stakeholders to find effective solutions to any performance issues arising.

What you’ll bring:

• Good understanding of the structure of a pharmaceutical company and clear understanding of the activities handled by Scientific Affairs department
• Strong ownership and problem-solving skills.
• Project management and planning capabilities.
• Excellent negotiation skills especially with regards to commissioning and overseeing vendor service delivery.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with partners effectively.
• Excellent collaborator with strong customer and stakeholder focus.
• Analytical skills for invoice tracking.
• Familiarity with procurement processes, including RFI and RFP management.

What we offer in return:

● Opportunities for learning & development through our varied programme

● Collaborative, inclusive work environment

Diversity and inclusion:

Building an inclusive environment where people can thrive, grow and achieve their full potential is a priority. We believe this isn’t just the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. We are on a journey and will seek to move forward together through education and awareness to build a culture that welcomes and celebrates diversity and uniqueness. We will create a workplace environment where everyone can, every day, bring their authentic selves and is treated with dignity and respect.

About Mundipharma

Mundipharma is a global healthcare company focusing on customers across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Mundipharma is dedicated to bringing innovative treatments to patients in the areas of pain management, infectious disease as well as other severe and debilitating disease areas. Their guiding principles, centered around Integrity and Patient-Centricity, are at the heart of everything they do. For more information visit www.mundipharma.com.

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