Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing, Commercial and G&A

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to Commercial and enterprise objectives, incorporating spend analytics, market intelligence, and risk assessment
• Lead complex RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs and drive end-to-end sourcing lifecycle management, including supplier selection and negotiation strategy development
• Negotiate and execute contracts with strategic suppliers and service providers, ensuring alignment with defined KPIs, SLAs, compliance standards, and measurable value delivery
• Set strategic direction and own responsibility for all day-to-day purchasing and category management activities, including order accuracy, compliance, and serving as the primary escalation point for commercial and service issues
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Commercial, Finance, Quality, IT, and Legal teams
• present supplier performance, savings delivery, and risk updates to leadership
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve purchasing discrepancies and strengthen procurement governance and controls
• Build and manage strong supplier relationships, establish performance scorecards and dashboards, and conduct structured business reviews to ensure quality, delivery, cost, and service excellence
• Anticipate supply market dynamics and mitigate risk through supplier rationalization, contingency planning, and proactive issue resolution to avoid operational disruption
• Set strategic directions and responsibility for all day-to-day purchasing activities. Mange orders for completeness, accuracy, and compliance. Act as the initial escalation point for purchasing issues
• Negotiate the execution of contracts with strategic suppliers & service providers
• communicate contract details to relevant internal parties
• Drive continuous improvement and digital enablement within procurement processes, including spend analysis, vendor consolidation, and performance reporting

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field
• 7-10 years of progressive experience in Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Procurement leadership within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or regulated industries
• Demonstrated experience supporting Commercial organizations in a life sciences environment
• Experience managing indirect categories including IT, Professional Services, Marketing, and Corporate Services
• Strong process-mapping and process-improvement skills with close attention to detail
• High degree of customer focus and demonstrated collaboration in a team environment
• Proven success leading complex negotiations and delivering structural cost savings
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize, balance and manage multiple efforts with strong results/goal orientation
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey strategies and results to a diverse audience
• Able to travel when needed

Experience with SAP, Coupa, financial risk tool