Director, Comparator Sourcing, Clinical Supply

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with GRDS to formulate and implement a comprehensive global comparator sourcing strategy.

• Develop sourcing plans that cater to essential customer requirements, facilitate new product access, promote supplier diversification, and enhance supply resilience.

• Work alongside GRDS to cultivate robust relationships with key strategic suppliers.

• Address intricate supplier and operational challenges.

• Establish an enterprise market intelligence capability to foresee industry trends, supply risks, competitive dynamics, and growth opportunities.

• Spearhead cross-functional initiatives aimed at performance improvement.

• Engage and influence senior stakeholders throughout the organization, ensuring alignment of the comparator sourcing strategy with operational and business goals.

• Guarantee the establishment of scalable systems, processes, and controls that facilitate compliant, efficient, and reliable operational execution.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a global team, fostering leadership skills and creating a sustainable succession pipeline.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or a related field.

• Over 12 years of progressive supply chain experience, ideally within the biotech, pharmaceutical, or CRO industry, including 5+ years focused on comparator sourcing.

• More than 5 years of experience in leadership and people development.

• Proven experience in a global, complex supply chain environment within the biopharma sector.

• Strong analytical skills, utilizing a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

• Advanced understanding of global clinical trials and the drug development process.

• Experience in vendor oversight, management of external partnerships, and comparator sourcing.

• Familiarity with IRT system functionality and Excel modeling.

• Solid understanding of global pharmaceutical regulatory requirements, including cGMP, ICH/GDP, GCP, 21 CFR Part 11, and Annex 13.

• Experience with deviation investigation and the implementation of CAPA.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• 401(k)

• FSA/HSA

• Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off

• Wellness