- Scientific Sourcing Officer
- Viatris in Belgaum, Karnataka, India
- jobs
- 1 week ago
jobs description
Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS) is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases.
With our exceptionally extensive and diverse portfolio of medicines, a one-of-a-kind global supply chain designed to reach more people when and where they need them, and the scientific expertise to address some of the world's most enduring health challenges, access takes on deep meaning are headquartered in the U.S., with global centers in Pittsburgh, Shanghai and Hyderabad, India.
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Why Viatris? In 2024, Viatris was named to national and international best employer lists including:
Linked In Top 25 Companies in India
Great Place to Work® Certification
TM in India
Viatris India was ranked #1 in Pharma & among Top 20 Companies in Large Category in India at Ambition Box Employee Choice Awards 2024
Forbes' World’s Top Companies for Women 2024 List
Forbes’ World’s Best Employer (fourth year in a row)
TIME’s World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2024 List
USA Today and Statista America’s Climate Leaders award list
At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.
Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.
We do so via:
Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.
Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Clinical Sourcing - Officer (Global Operations Indirect Sourcing) role will make an impact.
The role will but not limited to support clinical development study negotiations, supplier selection, contracting, and performance management to optimize value, minimize risk, ensure compliance, and drive continuous improvement in CRO partnerships.
Main Accountabilities and responsibilities (but not limited to):
Support negotiations for allocated clinical development studies identified by group leadership through all stages of supplier selection, negotiation, contracting till contract completion & deliver best value (price / service), minimize risk to each individual affiliate.
Support to conduct Bid –defense meeting/ technical calls to ensure, all project related points are being discussed & aligned with cross functional team.
Support to develop requests for proposal (RFP), Quote comparison statement (QCS) and other similar Sourcing documents to facilitate identification, qualification and selection of appropriate CROs as per SOPs.
To Performs high quality, targeted searches to map capability of CROs.
Support to develop robust terms / conditions & payment schedules for the projects and finalize Project agreement document in coordination with cross functional team.
Drives continuous improvement efforts (e.g.: processes, use of systems and tools).
Promotes the establishment of cooperative relationships with key suppliers and ensures that, all suppliers are treated in a professional, ethical and fair manner.
Support to measure supplier performance using rating systems or predetermined standards including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service-Level Agreements (SLA).
To Organize suppliers into categories to facilitate relationships, spend and risk management as well as strengthening the collaboration with the Preferred CROs & develop ESPs.
To Arrange Cross functional meeting for issue resolution
To Ensure 24x7 Audit preparedness and support to handle internal Audit.
To Ensure timely Invoice issue resolution.
Special Projects - Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualification &
Experience:
Knowledge - Background in Clinical Research (Is Mandatory) and hands on with procurement transactions related to CROs.
Education & experience - Minimum of a Bachelor's/ Master’s degree
- B. Pharm/
B.Sc./M. Pharm/ M.Sc. (or equivalent) with 2 – 5 years of experience. A combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration
Office Location - Hyderabad