Global Procurement Manager 

External Manufacturing Procurement Large & Small Molecules

Reporting to the Associate Director of External Manufacturing Procurement Business Operations, 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 therapy area in support of Therapy Area Directors within the team.

In conjunction with other team members, develops long term strategies on two dimensions: for brands, working with Therapy Leads to drive end-to-end supply chain value, as well as full product lifecycle value; for technologies, developing API and F&P category strategies. Ultimately ensuring that the external supply base can support these strategies well into the future.

Key Accountabilities

• Contributing to the implementation of Therapy Area and Category plans to ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value.


• Supporting strategic relationship management (internal business partner and supplier) - to ensure that Category Strategies are highly aligned with current and future business needs and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies.


• Working alongside our Global Procurement Services (central procurement services organization) in advising on and driving procurement strategies to make decisions necessary to purchase products and services.


• Executing Master Supply Agreements, and/or individual product contracts for assigned Suppliers or Brands.


• Supporting risk assessment processes for suppliers.


• Developing excellent relationships & influence with internal stakeholders 


• Foster trusted relationships with vendors to achieve competitive value and quality of services.


• Large & Small Molecules

Required Skills & Knowledge

• 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 in 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 fast-paced moving environment managing multiple scenarios.


• Commercial, Procurement experience, negotiating large, complex deals.


• Experience working on a global basis.


• Large & Small Molecules

Osirian Consulting is committed to working with our clients to promote equality and diversity 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 race, gender, disability, 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