Remote Director of Commercial Sourcing Strategy

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Time off

401K

Job summary

Mineralys Therapeutics is seeking a Director, Commercial Strategic Sourcing to lead sourcing across media planning, marketing agencies, market research, patient programs, trade shows and promotions. You will partner with executive leadership to optimize spend and ensure policy compliance.

The role reports to the Sr. Director, Vendor Management and requires 12+ years in strategic sourcing with deep category knowledge in commercial areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years in strategic sourcing, with 5+ years in commercial categories (marketing, market access, media, patient support).
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and managing complex, high-value contracts.
• Advanced negotiation and contract management; strong analytical and financial acumen; leadership to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with global sourcing and managing international supplier relationships.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Sr. Director, Vendor Management to create a sourcing vision and strategy that aligns with needs of the business while meeting financial and operational objectives for Commercial.
• Develops and manage relationships with key commercial vendors, building a path to strategic partnerships that enables continuous improvements and innovation.
• Own sourcing policies, processes, and systems for commercial categories
• Lead Category Management for all commercial spend areas, ensuring strategies reflect market trends and business priorities.
• Lead RFI/RFP processes, vendor evaluations, and bid defense meetings to select commercial vendors in collaboration with a cross functional team.
• Ensure all sourcing activities are conducted in a manner that conforms to an ethical process as well as adherence to all applicable internal and external compliance standards, processes and guidelines.
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement opportunities across vendors to ensure consistency and operational efficiencies.
• Drive annual savings across commercial categories through negotiation, supplier consolidation, and process optimization.
• Establishes measurements of success (KPIs) and appropriate processes to capture, consolidate and report on sourcing performance and outcome versus objectives
• Negotiate Master Service Agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs) and change orders in collaboration with Legal. Reviewing for completeness and accuracy.
• Oversee commercial vendor performance through KPIs and governance meetings.
• Negotiate contractual terms, including pricing, deliverables, milestones, payment schedules and metrics, ensuring that the terms of the agreements are in the best interest of Mineralys.
• Collaborate with internal team members to manage commercial vendor relationships and to resolve any vendor performance issues.
• Partner with Finance to forecast study budgets and manage financial accruals.
• Train and educate Commercial teams on sourcing activities, processes and requirements
• Lead a team of 1 – 2 commercial sourcing professionals

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Contract management

Negotiation

Leadership

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field

Advanced degree

Job description

Mineralys Therapeutics is seeking a Director, Commercial Strategic Sourcing to lead sourcing across media planning, marketing agencies, market research, patient programs, trade shows and promotions. You will partner with executive leadership to optimize spend and ensure policy compliance.

The role reports to the Sr. Director, Vendor Management and requires 12+ years in strategic sourcing with deep category knowledge in commercial areas.