Associate R&D Supplier Management

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen Inc. (IR) in Hyderabad seeks an Associate, R&D Supplier Management to support study planning, supplier coordination, and data management across multiple R&D programs. You will liaise with CROs, labs, and suppliers to ensure timely study execution and compliant documentation.

The role emphasizes project management, data analysis, risk oversight, and operational excellence within the R&D organization, contributing to the advancement of medicines and improved patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in supplier management, project coordination, study operations, clinical research, or related area.
• Experience with databases, planning tools, and document management systems.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and related databases.

Responsibilities

• Support study planning, supplier management, and data management across R&D programs.
• Coordinate with CROs, laboratories, and external suppliers to ensure timely study execution.
• Monitor planning tools, assign plan numbers, and manage timelines for studies.
• Assist in documentation management, risk tracking, and forecasting.
• Support dashboards and real-time updates for project oversight.
• Prepare shipping documents and manage procurement for study supplies.

Skills

Project management

Data analysis

Supplier coordination

Documentation management

Risk management

MS Excel

Planning tools

Study operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or related

Tools

Planisware

Databases

Document management systems

Job description

Career Category Project Management Job Description Associate R&D Supplier Management At Amgen, our mission to serve patients starts with supporting our people. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing culture where you can grow professionally while maintaining personal well-being. Along with a competitive salary, Amgen offers comprehensive Total Rewards programs aligned with local market practices, supporting your health, financial well-being, career development, and work-life balance. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to advancing science, improving lives, and making a meaningful impact on patients worldwide.

The Associate, R&D Supplier Management plays a critical role in supporting study planning, supplier management, operational execution, and data management activities across multiple R&D programs. This position serves as a key liaison between internal stakeholders, CROs, laboratories, and external suppliers to ensure timely study execution, documentation compliance, forecasting accuracy, and delivery of operational milestones. The successful candidate will leverage project management, data analysis, supplier coordination, and documentation management skills to support study lifecycle activities, risk management initiatives, and operational excellence within the R&D organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform general data management and project management activities across multiple verticals.
• Provide transactional study planning and lifecycle support
• Monitor our planning tool for new studies and updates to existing studies
• Assign Planisware number and manage timelines (eg Bioanalytical lab name, PO#, study status)
• Monitor/manage/query key systems to support documentation, planning and forecasting
• Ensure finalized study documentation is archived appropriately
• Support risk management through collection and analysis of metrics, trends and databases.
• Support visualization dashboards, curate content, provide real-time updates
• Pull upcoming studies from MSL systems to support planning and forecasting.
• Generate key shipping documents including international commercial terms, import permits, letters of authorization and others as needed
• Manage procurement and shipment requests (eg critical reagents and study samples)
• Liaise with external suppliers to plan and coordinate key shipments and deliverables
• Perform review and submission of regulated documents and data (eg MVP, MVR, deviations)
• Populate key trackers (eg timelines, purchase orders, supplier issues)
• Monitor CRO reagent trackers and review periodically for accuracy and expiry management.
• Assist in documenting supplier oversight activity (eg evaluation, monitoring, and remediation events)
• Ensure clear communication of progress against all deliverables and prompt escalation of issues.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
• 2 - 4 years of experience in supplier management, project coordination, study operations, clinical research, laboratory operations, or a related field.
• Experience working with databases, planning tools, and document management systems.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

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