Global Lead Buyer – Advanced Sourcing role within End-to-End sourcing process for Raw materials into R&D and collaboration with our client’s suppliers. Due to strong launch pipeline, you will spearhead raw material strategic sourcing efforts, driving seamless collaboration with preferred partners to accelerate product development, to increase the speed to market and to have the right cost base and manufacturability when launches are actualized and commercial.
You will play a pivotal role in supporting launch enablement for products in pre-clinical, phase 1 or phase 2 of development by proactively launching catalogues with pre-selected specifications, technologies along with preferred suppliers, and by fostering innovation in partnership with suppliers. The responsibilities will encompass strategic planning of Bill of Materials for raw materials, supplier selection during the phase, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure a robust and agile supply chain that meets the evolving needs of our stakeholders, business and regulatory environment.
Additionally, you will focus on material cost sustainability while transitioning from development to manufacturing, ensuring high quality raw materials, efficient supplier capacity and capability and optimal continuous cost competitiveness. As the Lead, you will play a critical role in developing strategic partnerships with suppliers, driving innovation, and fostering collaboration to achieve mutual business objectives.
Main Responsibilities
Preferred Partner Selection for R&D and Platform Sourcing: Identify, evaluate, and select preferred partners in alignment with each Raw Material subcategory strategy. This includes thorough assessment of capabilities, reliability, and compatibility of suppliers within our client’s business goals. Early engagement to the Bill of Material process will be key.
Implementation and Adherence to Platform Sourcing by stakeholders: Oversee the implementation of preferred partner agreements and ensure strict adherence and compliance to selection standards set by business units.
Platform Sourcing: Lead pre-aligned platform sourcing initiatives applicable to R&D, industrialization, commercialization, and life cycle management phases. Drive continuous improvement and optimization of sourcing processes to enhance efficiency, effectiveness a lower future cost through harmonized supplier, harmonized specification. Create additional contractual benefits/levers with preferred suppliers, when platform sourcing is in place.
Optimized Supply Chain Management for pre-agreed Catalogues:
- The lead ensures that the necessary materials are available in sufficient quantities and meet the required quality standards to support product launch timelines.
- Measures current performance of existing suppliers and identify success factors for selection. Creates consignment stocks for R&D and MSAT for hosted catalogue raw materials with selected partners, for helping optimize the supply chain, reducing lead times, minimizing inventory holding costs, and improving overall supply chain efficiency for R&D and MSAT.
Supplier Collaboration:
- Coordinated visits to supplier innovation labs or vice versa. Fostering strong collaborative relationships with preferred partners, focusing on supply chain optimization, material science advancements, and manufacturability elements.
- Encourage innovation and knowledge-sharing to accelerate time-to-market and improve cost efficiency.In addition, activate the regulatory support through supplier collaboration, since timely access to high-quality raw materials can facilitate smoother regulatory approval processes by ensuring consistency and reliability in product formulations and manufacturing processes.
Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate closely with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of preferred supplier and specification.
Experience:
- Strategic Sourcing within R&D and Raw Materials space in the automotive, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
- Business Partnering at corporate level with R&D,CMC, MSAT and Suppliers.
- Strong understanding of raw materials’ procurement value chain from R&D up to LCM, contracting, supply chain dynamics and industry trends.
- Good knowledge of R&D Phases, Launch enablement and Life Cycle Management.
- Leverage E2E Technology platforms to ensure procurement strategies are applicable across the board.
Education:
University Degree from an accredited College or University.
Procurement certifications are plus.
Language:
Excellent command of English is a must. French is a plus.