Investigator Contract Lead

Why Patients Need You 

Creating value though procurement processes is keeping our products in production and our innovators innovating. Whether you are part of negotiating contracts, managing vendors or forecasting requirements, your role is critical to getting our medicines in the hands of the people who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before. 

You Will Achieve 

Working with a dynamic team of procurement experts, you will play an important role in negotiating contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services and supplies. You will facilitate category management, purchase goods and services for ongoing operations and manage corporate services. You will also work with internal clients to identify sourcing needs and define acceptable service levels, develop sourcing strategies, solicit/analyze request for proposals, negotiates contracts and coordinates supplier integration plan with internal client. 

As a Senior Manager, your advanced knowledge of the principles and concepts in the discipline and comprehensive knowledge of other disciplines will enable you to lead complex projects across the division. Your experience in project management will be used while reviewing status of projects and budgets, managing schedules and preparing status reports, developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality and client-satisfaction goals. Your ability to develop and manage plans will facilitate in achieving objectives, interpreting internal and external business challenges and recommending best practices for improvements. While managing complex project environments, you will be able to anticipate and troubleshoot roadblocks and influence teams to achieve targets for the division. 

It is your dedication and leadership that will make it possible for customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them. 

How You Will Achieve It 

• Develop ideas and lead projects across subdivision and manage plans to achieve objectives. 

• Provide input into and support global clinical site contracting and budgeting process and negotiation. 

• Collaborate and support Pfizer Study Teams and contractual Research Organization colleagues is site contract and budget negotiations and ancillary documents. 

• Apply and understand benchmark cost data, relationships and trends to real world situations. 

• Liaise frequently with stakeholders to ensure they understand and have realistic expectations of Sourcing Operations contracting process and systems. 

• Partner with Legal and other divisions to manage escalations in the site contracting space. 

• Work across groups within Business Process and Operations to implement efficient Procure to pay processes with assigned suppliers. 

• Support Pfizer's Diversity and Inclusion objectives as applicable to strategic category management within Procurement. 

• Partner with Researchers and other stakeholders to identify, develop and implement transformational business and supplier strategies that drive increased value in a financially constrained environment. 

• Execute Pfizer's Supplier Management process in accordance with program guidelines, Utilize Continuous Improvement to drive the resolution of issues and improve supplier performance. 

• Pro-actively seek out opportunities for value delivery in support of stakeholder lines (savings, efficiencies, innovative technologies, new business models etc.). 

• Coordinate with other functions and impacted stakeholders to assure timely implementation and compliance with the agreed to sourcing strategies. 

• Support evolution and execution of fit-for-purpose governance programs which hold vendor accountable to relationship commitments maintains line of sight into performance and quality issues. 

Qualifications 

Must-Have 

• Bachelor’s Degree  and 7+ years of  experience. 

• Analytical and negotiation skills and techniques. 

• Management skills in assessing business issues. 

• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal interactions skills. 

• Able to facilitate cross-functional teams. 

Nice-to-Have 

• Master’s degree and relevant pharmaceutical experience. 

• Knowledge of the principles, concepts and theories of sourcing. 

• Ability to manage multiple projects, create and manage project timelines. 

• Ability to build strong working relationships with leaders and support staff across multiple areas. 

 
Work Location Assignment: Remote - Field Based

LAST DATE TO APPLY: NOVEMBER 27th 2024