RCI-ROCG-43383 Clinical Sourcing Manager / Clinical Procurement Manager (Contract Negotiation/Agreement/Vendor Management) (Pharma/Biotech)

Job summary

Develop and execute sourcing strategies for R&D and clinical categories, using spend and category analysis, sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and project management to meet business objectives. Manage supplier relationships and procurement delivery, collaborate with stakeholders and global procurement teams, and improve procurement processes, automation, and content availability.

Job details

Work Location: This is an onsite role within the Mississauga Campus. Candidate will be required to work onsite at least 3 days every week or as per local policy. Job Posting: Procurement Manager - Research & Development- Clinical Job Description/Summary: As a Procurement Manager, you will work in a dynamic global environment where you bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area. Thanks to your strong problem-solving and core procurement skills, you will effectively collaborate with internal procurement (customer relationship management, contracting, solutions, etc.) and business stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing, spend management activities, and content enhancement. Based on your general procurement and commodity expertise, you ensure the effective and efficient delivery of core procurement services and continuous improvement of automation and content availability. The Delivery capability covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, content strategy definition, and execution. This position is part of the Indirect Procurement Delivery team reporting into the Procurement Delivery Lead - R&D. Job Duties/Responsibilities As a Procurement Manager, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and the general business/team requirements, such as: Contract expertise, working with Confidentiality Agreements, Master Agreements, VendorAgreements. Sourcing subject matter specialist able to develop and implement strategies for Client stakeholders. Procurement manager delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category strategy, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills to achieve objectives and key results. You will work within the broader team and Global Procurement networks and squads to determine the various roles needed to deliver project and foundational work. Qualification/Experience Required You hold a university degree, with a business degree preferable. You also have 5+ years of experience in sourcing, contracting, operational efficiency projects, or relevant commodity experience, preferably in the Pharmaceutical industry. Knowledge in the Clinical Development and/or Clinical Technologies area (e.g. CRO, IxRS, Patient recruitment, Imaging, Patient questionnaires, licensing etc.) The ability to explain general capability area information to others or collect/translate moderate complexity stakeholder requirements in straightforward situations. Knowledgeable in procurement systems and operational processes, such as contracting, e-Sourcing, is desired. Proven capability in negotiating project budgets and contracts You have knowledge and experience in supplier management, contract negotiations, cost optimization, market research & analysis in R&D categories, and understand the related R&D regulations (e.g. GCP). You have skills in project management. Business level fluency in English. Nice to Have Skills Required - Technical / Non-Technical You strive to act as an enterprise thinker and leverage knowledge and expertise to create solutions for business customers by proactively fostering collaboration, including across the procurement network. You are action-oriented and can make decisions and influence others to do the same; you repurpose work and ideas in favor of starting from scratch. You work with colleagues across procurement, business, and the broader Client organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots. AI Disclosure: This recruitment process will not use automated or AI-enabled tools to assist with application screening and scheduling. All hiring decisions are made by qualified human reviewers.

What you’ll do

Develop and execute sourcing strategies for R&D and clinical categories, using spend and category analysis, sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and project management to meet business objectives. Manage supplier relationships and procurement delivery, collaborate with stakeholders and global procurement teams, and improve procurement processes, automation, and content availability.

Requirements

Requires a university degree, preferably in business, and at least 5 years of relevant sourcing, contracting, operational efficiency, or commodity experience, preferably in pharmaceuticals. Candidates should have clinical development or clinical technology knowledge, experience negotiating budgets and contracts, supplier management and cost optimization expertise, familiarity with R&D regulations such as GCP, project management skills, and business-level English fluency.

Listed skills

• Operational Efficiency · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Procurement · Preferred
• Contract Negotiation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Strategic Sourcing
• Procurement
• Contract Negotiation
• Contract Management
• Supplier Management
• Category Management
• Spend Management
• Cost Optimization
• Market Research And Analysis
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Clinical Development
• Clinical Technologies
• E-Sourcing
• Operational Efficiency
• Budget Negotiation

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Healthcare
• Science & Research