Senior Specialist Contracts

BioSpace; Mangaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) company match

Health and wellness programs

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Specialist Contracting. This individual contributor role demands over 8 years in procurement contracts and a relevant bachelor’s degree. Responsibilities include drafting contracts, supporting category strategy implementation, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have solid negotiation skills and experience with sourcing tools like Oracle and Ariba. The position promotes process efficiency and compliance, contributing to significant cost savings.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in procurement contracts.
• Ability to support cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of sourcing contracting tools.

Responsibilities

• Draft and finalize contracts across categories.
• Support compliance with GxPs and regulations.
• Implement contracting approaches to serve business needs.

Skills

Experience in procurement contracts

Relationship building

Cross-functional team support

Negotiation strategy

Integrity and focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Oracle

Zycus

Ariba

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Regeneron is founded on the belief that the right idea, combined with the right team, can lead to significant transformations. Our growing global network is dedicated to inventing, developing, and commercializing medicines that change lives for those with serious diseases. In doing so, we are pioneering innovative approaches to science, manufacturing, and commercialization, as well as redefining our understanding of health.

Senior Specialist Contracting Global Procurement Capability Centre in Bengaluru will be an individual contributor. The role will be demonstrating a approach for buying goods and services while using procurement applications to provide efficient and effective contract execution. The role will maintain consistency, scalability and efficiency for repeatable, location agnostic contracting across Global Procurement. In addition, working with colleagues globally, the role will support end to end contract execution process by implementing category strategy, supplier negotiated terms, providing analytical insights, as needed, to advise future decision making.

A Typical Day Might Include The Following

• Accountable for drafting and finalising contracts across categories and services to agreed quality and timelines
• Supports simple contracting activities to ensure compliance with appropriate GxPs and other applicable regulations, as applicable.
• Work closely with colleagues in Global Procurement to ensure contracting approach is in alignment with category strategy
• Supports implementation of contracting approaches with category strategies to serve global and regional business needs as assigned.
• Supports simple negotiations, supplier management activities, and stakeholder engagement activities for the contract as assigned.
• Identify and implement process efficiency within contracting approaches across Global Procurement
• Takes direction to drive value in terms of cost savings, cash flow improvement, and other efficiency savings from contract management activities.

This Job Might Be For You If You

• We are looking for candidates with 8+ years of experience in procurement contracts. The role requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study, along with progressive experience in procurement, including exposure to the Pharma/BioPharma sector.
• Establishes relationships with stakeholders and suppliers to get results for Regeneron.
• Should demonstrate ability to support cross-functional teams to get results in implementing category strategies through effective sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and supplier relationship management.
• Provide insight and knowledge regarding rates, unit costs, and costing structures to enable efficient negotiations.
• Uses external data sources, market information, and supplier engagement to support negotiation strategy.
• Individual who is experienced operating with integrity, focus, and clarity in an environment of ambiguity to lead change and improvement.
• Solid understanding with sourcing contracting tools, ERPs, and eRFx systems preferred. (Oracle, Zycus, Ariba, Other)
• Ability to demonstrate standard business applications for communicating, presenting and analyzing (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Connect with us, so we can learn more about you, and you can learn more about our medicines. And join us in crafting the future of healthcare.

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Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive culture that provides comprehensive benefits, which vary by location. In the U.S., benefits may include health and wellness programs (including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance), fitness centers, 401(k) company match, family support benefits, equity awards, annual bonuses, paid time off, and paid leaves (e.g., military and parental leave) for eligible employees at all levels! For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the US, please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/ . For other countries specific benefits, please speak to your recruiter.

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