At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. For more than 140 years, we have worked diligently to discover medicines that make life better. These discoveries start in Lilly Research Laboratories, where our scientists work to create new medicines that will help solve our world’s greatest health challenges.Do you have experience for strategic sourcing for indirect sources? We could use your skills. Read on to learn about how to be part of the Lilly story!The LRL Procurement Associate Director in Global Procurement sources Toxicology, Drug Disposition and PK/PD services for all U.S. LRL research sites. The role serves as a business partner to LRL Discovery Research to minimize supply risk and ensure competitive product and service costs with our vendors.This role will lead all aspects of the strategic sourcing process, from strategy development and supplier selection to contract negotiation and ongoing supplier management. Collaborating closely with the Toxicology, Drug Disposition, and PK/PD functions, this team member will address business needs with our external providers. Key responsibilities include understanding the market to ensure a competitive environment, proposing new opportunities where applicable, and partnering with finance, quality, legal, and other functional groups to deliver optimal business results.Key Objectives/ResultsAccount Management –
Understand the requirements of the business partners on a global basis
Educate on procurement practices and policies to enhance the value of the purchases
Build strong working relationships with business teams and functional leadership
Effectively use data and metrics to drive the best business outcomes and lead constant improvement efforts
Communicate proactively on projects and other deliverables
Category Management –
Build and maintain category expertise in assigned categories
Develop and implement category strategies for Toxicology, Drug Disposition, and PK/PD services by assessing the current situation, future needs, marketplace dynamics and benchmarking
Apply data analytics to understand spend data and evaluate spend, demand and process levers.
Lead the supplier identification and selection process
Lead the contracting strategy development and negotiation process
Partner with business leadership to manage the strategic relationships
General –
Partner with the Lilly Research sites to mitigate the risks, drive flexibility and reduce costs
Collaborate on cross functional procurement initiatives
Adhere to all corporate and procurement policies and procedures
Basic Requirements
Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
5 or more years of Procurement experience preferably in pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role
Additional Preferences
Influence business decisions with senior management, both inside and outside Lilly.
Develop strategic category strategies.
Direct negotiation experience and understanding of commercial law.
Outstanding communication and presentation skills
Demonstrated project management skills
Knowledge of GLP in research environment
Demonstrated bold leadership to drive organizational change
Shown interpersonal skills especially in conflict situations and collaborates effectively with internal and external teams
Ability to network and influence and drive organizational change even beyond area of direct responsibility and across all levels of management and multiple regions
Ability to work independently, set direction, handle commitments
Use broad network (internally & externally) to maintain market knowledge & standard process awareness
Demonstrated business acuity; good analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience in managing global third-party relationships including management/oversight, supplier and/or supplier selection, negotiation, contracting and skills to resolve issues
MBA preferred
Other Information
This is a full-time position
Travel percentage: 0%-10%, dependent on business need
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