Global Procurement Manager External Manufacturing Procurement- Large & Small Molecules

Global Procurement Manager 



External Manufacturing Procurement– Large & Small Molecules



Macclesfield - Outside IR35 - 6+ months initial contract



The Global Procurement Manager (GPM) role will lead sourcing & procurement activities for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), and Formulation & Packaging (F&P) categories of external manufacturing, for both small molecule and biologics businesses. Will lead commercial procurement activities with assigned Suppliers, and for assigned Brands within a category area in support of Category Leads within the team.



The Global Procurement Manager will also have:



Minimum 7 years in Procurement ideally in Pharma – in one or more of the following areas Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) / Bio drug substances / Formulation & Packaging (F&P), clinical manufacturing.



Experience of sourcing contract manufacturing services advantageous



Strong experience in Supplier selection & strong negotiation strategy



Stakeholder Management – Stakeholder Negotiation / advisory / Influencing.



Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations. Ability to work in fast paced moving environment managing multiple scenarios.



Commercial, Procurement experience, negotiating large, complex deals.



Experience of working on global basis.



Analytical and Systems acumen, working with Procure-to-pay systems, SAP, Microsoft Suite



Sound understanding of Safety, Health and Environment



The Global Procurement Manager could also have some of these skills



Excellent working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry



Sustainability platform requirements of CDMOs



Knowledge of the CDMO supply base across our technology areas



Demonstrated capability of leading and developing commercial partnerships of significant scale

Osirian Consulting is committed to working with our clients to promote equality and in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and all sections of the community, and will never discriminate on the basis of , , , or any other protected characteristic.



Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. If you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.



Osirian Consulting is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role