Primary Responsibilities:

  • Strategy Development/Implementation: Utilizes Sourcing Management Process and other tools and techniques to create and execute RFIs, RFPs, RFQs together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using modern electronic procurement processes

  • Continuous Improvement: Ensure that each supplier relationship is established with a bias for continuous improvement

  • Support development and monitoring of key performance indicators that demonstrate improvements 

  • Change Management: Utilizes project, program and change management skills to manage and drive change both internally and externally.

  • Contract Negotiation and Management: Extremely important. Reviews and negotiates contract terms and conditions both with internal and external stakeholders, including legal and finance

  • Performs detailed analysis of supplier proposals and payment schedules and conducts rigorous price negotiations with suppliers

  • Implements appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers

  • Diversity: Actively supports diversity, both within Organon as well as expanding relationships and spend with Diverse Suppliers 

  • Category Knowledge: Leverages a detailed understanding of marketplace, competitors and business requirements. Develop keen insights on near term as well as long-term horizon. 

  • Cost Management: Constructs detailed cost models/purchase price analysis of goods and services to drive the control, containment and reduction of costs for Organon and to provide deep and meaningful insights to Sourcing Management teams

  • Knowledge Management: As a sourcing manager, the incumbent will be expected to generate work of a world class quality with the intent to share and transfer this knowledge with colleagues throughout procurement

    • Education Minimum Requirement:

  • Bachelor’s degree

    • Required Experience and Skills:

  • 3 to 5 years of strategic sourcing experience with defined scope & responsibility in technical Procurement categories and/or experience within a global organization in drug discovery research roles

  • Strong contract negotiation and redline analyzation is critical to the role

  • Excellent analytical, project management, oral & written communications, relationship, teambuilding and leadership skills

  • Adaptable in dealing with ambiguous and complex environments

  • Demonstrated experience in championing changes, communicating candidly, building talent, and achieving results

    • Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • Strategic sourcing experience in the global medical affairs, real-world evidence or related experience in a business role within the pharmaceutical industry

  • Demonstrated negotiation skills