Principal Cardiothoracic Donor Procurement Surgeon
TransMedics, Inc.
Clinical Development Analyst, Sourcing and Procurement
MSD
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $77,700 - $122,300 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide procurement support for Clinical Development Sourcing and Procurement (CDSP) in Clinical Trial Central Labs.
- This includes sourcing of clinical services utilizing the Sourcing Management Process for strategic analysis of suppliers, supply markets and supply chains.
- This role works closely with internal stakeholders in the clinical research, procurement, and finance organizations to achieve cross-functional business objectives.
- This role is responsible for negotiating costs, executing contracts and ongoing contract management.
- This role will report to the Associate Director, Clinical Trial Central Labs to support high quality sourcing initiatives and procurement category management.
- Prepare various contract documents for internal review, approval, and signature in collaboration with the CDSP team; ensure contracts are filed to the appropriate systems and tracked internally.
- Assist in creating and executing RFIs, RFPs, RFQs together with structured information analysis to inform procurement strategy development and decision-making.
- Support negotiations with suppliers based on detailed analysis of internal business requirements, supplier costs, and external benchmarks.
- Provide support for budgetary and contractual decisions/actions as part of a cross-functional team.
- Monitor, report, manage, and continuously improve supplier performance as part of a cross-functional team.
- Actively be a member of a category team to influence the development and optimization of ongoing supplier and sourcing strategies.
- Generate work of a world-class quality that is shared and transferred to colleagues throughout procurement.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years experience in roles including but not limited to the academic research, pharmaceutical industry, clinical research or procurement.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Formal presentations are required.
- Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders and suppliers in the context of a challenging clinical trial environment.
- Must be adaptable in dealing with ambiguous and complex situation.
- Highly Proficient in Excel
- Able to effectively contribute to projects within diverse cross functional teams to achieve client, department, and company goals.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
procurementcontract managementsourcing management processRFIsRFPsRFQssupplier performance managementbudgetary analysisstrategic analysisnegotiation
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsnegotiationinfluenceadaptabilitycollaborationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingdecision-making
