Who We Are:
Clinigen is a rapidly growing global specialty pharmaceutical services business with a unique combination of services across the pharmaceutical lifecycle. We currently have over 1,000 employees headquartered in the UK with global offices in the US, EU (Belgium, Germany, France), Asia Pacific and South Africa.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working with international suppliers to source hard to find medicines at competitive rates
- Handling inbound unlicensed sourcing enquiries
- Pursue multiple options to achieve cost reductions e.g. negotiate rebates, exploit price breaks, mitigate cost price increases, improve payment terms etc.
- Tendering of large value product requirements where appropriate
- Establish and develop supplier and manufacturer relationships
- Leverages a detailed understanding of marketplace, competitors and business requirements
- Constructs detailed cost models/purchase price analysis of goods and services to drive the control, containment and reduction of costs for Clinigen and to provide deep and meaningful insights to the Commercial team’s
- Understanding of unlicensed product acquisition needs across the Clinigen group and taking advantage of synergies
- Performs detailed analysis of supplier proposals and payment schedules and conducts rigorous price negotiations with suppliers
- Maintain and expand global supplier base to ensure development and contribute to the global sourcing strategy
- Strategy development/implementation: Utilizes Sourcing process, other tools and techniques to create and execute RFIs, RFQs together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using internal and external datasets
- Find opportunities to increase spend and portfolio of products that are sourced direct from manufacturer and ensure Clinigen Group has a commercial edge over competitors
- Review of product needs, targeting key manufacturers for direct purchasing and exclusivity
- Work with business development and commercial teams to pursue partnerships for key products
- Ongoing review of new and emerging suppliers, competitors and market dynamics at global level
• Experience within unlicensed/comparator sourcing is desirable.
• Proven experience of sourcing and/or procurement of pharmaceutical products or related industry
• Proven experience in working within a purchasing environment and negotiation of supplier contracts including successful supplier performance management
• Relevant Degree or Professional Qualification Preferred i.e. BA, MSc, APICS, CIPS etc.
• European experience desired, international would be preferred also.
• Background in dealing with enquiries essential, preferably within a complex service environment
• Ambitious desire to learn the business and improve ways of working through understanding core mechanics of the sourcing environment
• Demonstrable experience of working autonomously and making decisions
• Experience of partnering with diverse teams across multiple sites
• Highly computer literate; experience operating with all Microsoft Office software and ERP systems (preferably Oracle)
• Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate a busy workload with good time management skills
• Experience and/or knowledge of working in a highly regulated environment required
• Excellent relationship management, networking and interpersonal skills (with both internal and external stakeholders).
• Working knowledge of global, US and EU procurement rules and legislation
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Discretionary Bonus
- Pension contributions & Life Assurance scheme
- Flexible Benefits Platform with £25/month Company contribution
- Annual salary review
- Independent financial advice service
- Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
- Shopping discounts with retailers
- Long service awards
- Recognition scheme & employee of the year awards
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What We Do
Our mission is to accelerate access to medicines for patients in every corner of the globe: Clinical Services, Product Access and Commercialisation, Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs
