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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Sourcing Excellence Manager, R&D

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will have an opportunity to work closely with the Research & Development organization in one of the leading Bio Tech companies in the world!! They will understand how large multi-national companies work and how to work within a matrix corporate environment. The Sourcing Excellence Manager will report to the Sr. Manager, Sourcing Excellence Operations Lead.

At Amgen, our mission is simple: to serve patients. Our new Tampa Capability Center provides crucial services that enable us to better pursue this mission. This state-of-the art center serves as a base for finance, information systems, and human resources professionals to make a meaningful impact at one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies.

The Sourcing Excellence Manager will also receive excellent training, support and knowledge of procurement practices. The manager’s responsibilities ideally suit someone looking to forge a management career in Procurement (with progression towards Regional/Global Category Management) and/or across other business fields in the Bio Tech/Pharmaceutical industry.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Sourcing Excellence Manager will provide support to a variety of Research and Development categories (e.g. Trial Management, Contract Research Services, Lab Equipment and Consumables, etc.) based on strategic demands of key partners/customers.
• To be a strategic sourcing thought-partner and negotiate commercial and legal contracting terms with needs of Amgen’s US based spend across all the above categories within the Research & Development Organization.
• To implement sourcing (eRFX) for the Global (GCM) Category Management Teams
• To be a Procurement Process and Systems expert ensuring compliance with all relevant sourcing policies and procedures
• To be a Contracting expert, leading contracting activities, managing ongoing contract management needs (for Strategic and Supply Constrained Categories) and to be accountable for hand-off to Contract-to-Pay teams

Implementing Global/Regional Sourcing Strategies

• Work is guided by operational and project related objectives defined by GCM/RCM:
• Implement global/regional sourcing strategies across R&D categories
• Document (in Ariba) and guide sourcing execution through to implementation
• Communicate to GCM/RCM local and regional requirements impacting category strategies
• Support supplier analysis and market intelligence activities
• Manage Request for Proposal and Quotation processes (eRFX)
• Ensure sourcing tactics drive value in specific functional business environments, including legal & regulatory context
• Develop, maintain, and implement preferred supplier lists
• Implement supplier improvement programs within key supplier relationships
• Implements new procedures and processes to drive desired results

Delivering Value for Customers

• Understands business goals and customer needs to implement opportunities while providing training and mentorship
• Partners with colleagues in Finance and all other Function Heads as appropriate
• Supports / Manages delivery and validation of savings for Global Category Managers
• Anticipates and prevents potential problems through root cause analysis

Managing Contracts

• Ensure Amgen’s procurement policies are followed, ensuring that compliance metrics are met or exceeded, supported through preferred supplier agreements and other contracts
• Coordinate closely with Amgen Legal team on key issues for supplier negotiations
• Inform partners on Amgen’s sourcing policies and procedures, providing support and corrective actions where required
• Lead and implement contracting with new suppliers
• Support ongoing contract management (incl. renewing and renegotiating existing and expiring contracts)

Travel

• Less than 10%, domestic travel may be possible

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

Master’s degree and 2 years of Sourcing, Management Consulting, Project Management or Operations experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Sourcing, Management Consulting, Project Management or Operations experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 8 years of Sourcing, Management Consulting, Project Management or Operations experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Sourcing, Management Consulting, Project Management or Operations experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in international environments
• Has solid understanding of sourcing processes (tendering, supplier negotiations and contracting) across multiple countries, across multiple spend categories
• Proficient in Project Management and independently develops practical solutions (Planning, prioritizing and delivery), with experience in leading project teams across geographic and functional reporting lines
• Understanding of the R&D function
• Ability to provide thought leadership to customers and actively shape partner’s overall strategy while understanding business goals
• Excellent interpersonal skills (presentation, virtual team development, etc.) resulting in relationship building and development
• Problem solving skills
• Able to work with minimal direction, ensuring quality of tasks / service provided by self and other
• Experience using e-procurement tools such as Ariba
• Applies analytical skills to evaluate and interpret complex situations using different information sources in order to draw and present analytic insights
• Highly proficient with MS Office Suite, including Excel
• Proficient business English, written and oral

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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