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Sourcing Contracts Manager

Connect Life Sciences, Sunnyvale, CA, United States


Onsite in San Francisco Bay Area
Must be eligible to work in the US without restrictions
**No 3rd parties**
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree, and 3 years of relevant experience
At least two years of experience in life sciences (contract drafting, sourcing negotiations, and working with CMOs, and testing laboratories)
Experience in negotiating and drafting complex contract manufacturing, biologics and clinical and commercial supply chain related agreements.
Experience in SAP, Ariba, Tableau and management of both clinical and commercial supply chain, required.
Experience in Contract Life Management (preferred Agiloft) system.
Working knowledge of the drug discovery and development process and ability to understand risks and requirements associated with pharmaceutical contracting preferred.
Ability to work with vendors and effectively negotiated commercial terms.

A high number of candidates may make applications for this position, so make sure to send your CV and application through as soon as possible.

Job Duties:
Write/draft Statement of Works (SoWs) and Change Orders (COs) associated with low-risk contracts leveraging the Agiloft Legal Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system.
Advise and troubleshoot on existing agreements under the guidance of the assigned team member.
Attend cross functional internal and external supplier meetings to ensure supplier contract terms and conditions are adequately addressed and contracts executed in a timely manner.
Responsible for the routing, tracking and facilitating the timely progress of contracts from point of submission into PSC through to execution.
Responsible for the creation of purchase requisitions to enable the PSC business to commence work with the scope of the executed contract.
Where required assist and support continuous improvement activities to improve the team’s ability to deliver value to the business.
Facilitate and support budget forecasting and accrual activities where required. xywuqvp
Provide support during any financial audits at month or quarterly close, as needed.