Senior Indirect Site Services Sourcing Pro — Hybrid, Multi‑Site

Merck & Co.; De Soto (KS); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Merck & Co. seeks a Senior Specialist, Indirect Site Services to lead sourcing for multiple North American manufacturing sites, including De Soto, KS, Ames, IA, and others. Hybrid work arrangement: three days on-site, two days remote, with responsibility for maintenance, facilities, gases, and calibration services.

The role requires 3+ years in procurement within Life Sciences, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage multi-site indirect sourcing across diverse sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply chain, Science, Engineering, or related area of study.
• Minimum three years' experience in procurement within Life Sciences or related industry environments.
• Experience with multi-site sourcing of indirect services categories including gases, electrical/mechanical site services, production equipment maintenance, and calibration services.
• Strategic and effective negotiation/commercial skills.
• Capable of prioritizing and multi-tasking, and working to an agreed schedule.
• Self-motivated and able to work both individually or as part of a team.
• Flexible approach to workload.

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing operations by driving sourcing strategies and stakeholder management for indirect services categories.
• Understand stakeholder requirements to establish supply strategies and proactively mitigate supply risks/issues.
• Lead stakeholder engagement meetings and schedule routine reviews.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into tangible business results.
• Develop requirements with business representatives, legal, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct relationship management meetings with key and active suppliers.
• Manage supplier performance levels.
• Create and execute RFI and RFP processes, ensuring all business requirements are captured.
• Lead the assessment of proposals using predefined criteria derived from business requirements.
• Develop sourcing strategies aligned with stakeholder business requirements to drive value for the company.
• Create detailed pre-negotiation plans, lead negotiation sessions, and conduct post-negotiation debriefs.
• Prepare and implement appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers.
• Liaise with corporate Legal for contract clause reviews.
• Ensure supplier agreements and relationships have good supplier matrix embedded within.
• Monitor, report, manage, and continuously improve supplier performance using OTIF metrics.
• Drive innovation with key suppliers and conduct routine meetings.
• Share best practices cross-functionally within the site team, region, and across categories.
• Ensure procurement is carried out ethically and in line with procurement policy and procedures.
• Identify, track, and deliver cost reduction opportunities and working capital improvement opportunities.
• Participate in strategic initiatives to improve and advance the category/subcategories.
• Support/manage performance of the category/subcategories in delivering critical department metrics.
• Be an active member of category teams, leading local/regional category strategies or subsets of global category strategies.

Skills

Indirect Sourcing

Life Science

Manufacturing Sourcing

Procurement

Sourcing Strategies

Multi-Site Experience

Sourcing and Procurement

Indirect Sales

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply chain, Science, Engineering, or related area of study

Job description

Merck & Co. seeks a Senior Specialist, Indirect Site Services to lead sourcing for multiple North American manufacturing sites, including De Soto, KS, Ames, IA, and others. Hybrid work arrangement: three days on-site, two days remote, with responsibility for maintenance, facilities, gases, and calibration services.

The role requires 3+ years in procurement within Life Sciences, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage multi-site indirect sourcing across diverse sites.