Senior Director – Strategic Sourcing Lead, External Manufacturing – Innovative, Biologics

Role Overview

• Lead and oversee strategic sourcing and contracting activities across External Manufacturing in alignment with category strategies.
• Translate category strategies into clear sourcing plans, RFx activity, negotiations, and contract outcomes.
• Ensure sourcing deliverables support business priorities including cost, capacity, quality, service, and risk.
• Drive consistent application of sourcing methodologies, tools, and processes across the EXM sourcing team.
• Own delivery of annual sourcing value and savings commitments aligned to Finance targets and business plans.
• Drive year-over-year improvements through cost optimization, sourcing discipline, and contract effectiveness.
• Partner with Finance to support basic value tracking, reporting, and transparency for sourcing outcomes.
• Ensure sourcing outcomes are realistic, measurable, and achievable in execution.
• Lead sourcing engagement with suppliers, including negotiations, commercial discussions, and contracting approaches.
• Ensure contracts reflect business requirements, regulatory standards, and risk considerations.
• Support the development of stronger, more consistent supplier interactions through structured sourcing engagement.
• Maintain awareness of supplier capabilities, capacity constraints, and market conditions relevant to sourcing decisions.
• Ensure sourcing activities adhere to quality, regulatory, and compliance requirements for External Manufacturing.
• Identify sourcing-related supply risks and work with cross-functional partners to mitigate them.
• Support supply continuity by ensuring sourcing decisions consider capacity, resilience, and operational feasibility.
• Act as a trusted procurement partner to External Manufacturing and Business Development stakeholders.
• Communicate sourcing priorities, progress, and trade-offs clearly to business leaders.
• Support Business Development initiatives by executing sourcing activities that enable external manufacturing decisions.
• Represent sourcing in cross-functional forums, ensuring execution considerations are understood while both informing and challenging Go-To-Market assumptions.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Strategic Sourcing team, setting clear expectations and priorities.
• Build sourcing capability through practical coaching, standard work, and execution discipline.
• Establish clearer roles, ways of working, and performance expectations across the sourcing team.
• Foster a culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Support gradual adoption of procurement tools, templates, and operating model standards.
• Drive practical improvements in sourcing efficiency, consistency, and compliance.
• Contribute to foundational efforts related to sustainability, supplier diversity, and automation as sourcing capabilities mature.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of people leadership or equivalent team leadership experience required
• Hands-on, execution-focused leader with strong accountability mindset
• Ability to lead teams through ambiguity and change
• Strong stakeholder communication and influence skills
• Solid financial and commercial acumen
• Ability to create structure, discipline, and clarity in developing environments
• Working knowledge of sourcing practices within pharmaceutical, biotech, or regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience delivering sourcing value and managing savings commitments
• Proven ability to operate effectively in evolving, matrixed organizations

Tech Stack

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Benefits

• Generous annual leave
• Reward plans
• Flexible working schedules (dependent on role)
• Access to tailored health support
• Meaningful ways to give back to the community