JOB DESCRIPTION
Contract Type
Candidate (Freelancer)
Company Type
Biotech
Company Size
Small 100 – 1000
Requested Expertise
Procurement / Other Support Functions / Finance
Profile Required
soft skills: internal and external communcation, strategic analysis, rigor.
hard skills: negociation, english fluent, experience >8 years in the scope
Project Description
Procurement-Purchasing: Category Manager for direct consumables and materials within the Biotechnoloical space. EU and US footpring.
1. Procurement categories under the scope:
Pharmaceutical laboratory Consumables and Materials (for biological activities) for R&D
and GMP environment
Small/medium laboratory equipment
Quality Control (Testing) Services
2. Missions:
• Analyze and formulate an appropriate strategy for the scope
• Set up (Master) Supply/Commercial Agreements – Price Lists with Top vendors
• Leverage ERP functionalities through process automatization (e.g. catalogs set up),
analytics enhancement, etc.
• Suppliers Governance implementation and follow up
• Participate to supplier sourcing processes
• Manage purchasing projects (RFI/RFP/RFQ): from supporting needs
definition/formalization to contract implementation with selected supplier
• Support daily activities such as ad hoc negotiations, etc.
• Share expertise on related Procurement categories and their management
• Purchasing performance reporting (according to internal procurement guidelines)
• Active participation to the development of the Procurement function and policies
marketing
• Support stakeholders in their application of the Finance dpt. requirements
• Perform the full transfer of knowledge and activities towards any party named by client at the end of the mission.
3. Environment:
• Pharmaceutical-Biotech sector
• Vendors: worldwide based pharmaceutical consumables and materials providers (Top
players and niche suppliers)
• Internal stakeholders across all 3 client sites: Paris, New York and Raleigh, NC.
Therapeutic Area
Haematology,Immunology
Language
English
Seniority Level
Experience 5 – 10 years,Experience > 10 years
Starting Date
2025-03-02
Project Duration
10 months (end 2025)
FTE / nb of days per week
3 (2 to 4 days/week – flexibility according to workload)
Project Location
Paris, France (remote possible – couple of travels only), France
Remote Flexibility
Yes
Travel Expected
Yes
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