Job Title:  Manager Supplier Governance – REMOTE - (JP9808)
Location: Charleston, SC. (100% REMOTE)
Employment Type:  Contract
Business Unit: Innovation Planning and Platform Services
Duration: 6+ months (with likely extensions)
Notes:  100% Remote
Posting Date:  2/11/22

3 Key Consulting is hiring a Manager Supplier Governance for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

Job Description:

• Ensure appropriate governance and oversight of suppliers.
• Maximize the value obtained from partnerships with external providers at a study, program or supplier level
• Key Activities:
  • Ensure quality oversight of suppliers through.
  • Providing ongoing governance oversight and encourage sharing of best practices and development of process improvements.
  • Chairing and managing supplier governance meetings.
  • Working with suppliers and internal customers (typically up to Director level) to identify, manage, escalate and resolve issues related to supplier performance.
  • Measuring supplier performance and reporting performance feedback to internal
• Support business functions with selection and development of new suppliers by
  • Identifying business needs at client for new suppliers with functional input.
  • Supporting final decision on selection of suppliers.
  • Execute account activations and deactivations of R&D SG -managed suppliers.
• Identify functional best practices and process improvements and coordinate their development and implementation for suppliers by
  • Communicating and standardizing best practices across supplier types.
  • Ensuring adherence to best practices by client functional areas.
  • Liaise with functional areas to ensure internal business needs are being met.
  • Contribute to, and as appropriate, lead departmental and cross-functional initiatives and special projects as identified by management or business need.
• Responsible for:
  • Facilitating and delivering supplier governance forums and activities.
  • Developing effective partnerships with suppliers.
  • Measuring and reporting supplier performance.\
  • Financial oversight of suppliers across portfolio of work.

Why is the Position Open?
Back fill.

Top Must-Have Skill Sets:
5+ years of experience with at least 1 year of management

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Facilitating and delivering supplier governance forums and activities.
• Developing effective partnerships with suppliers.
• Measuring and reporting supplier performance.
• Financial oversight of suppliers across portfolio of work.

Basic Qualifications:
Knowledge:

• Experience working in a global, matrix organization
• Professional Collaboration and Leadership skills
• Knowledge of discovery research, Pre-clinical TOX, BioA, PK, and ADA suppliers (NICE to have)
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Laboratory Practice(GLP)
• Knowledge of FDA Regulations and guidelines
• Familiar with International regulatory requirements/guidelines
• Project management skills and fluent in technology tools – MS Teams, SharePoint, Office suite

Experienced with the following:

• Oversight of supplier’s compliance to GCP and GLP regulations (Nice to have; Can also have experience working at a supplier that follows these regulations)
• Oversight of supplier’s compliance to animal welfare (Nice to have)

Education

• Doctorate degree OR
• Master’s degree & 3 years of Business Professionals / Exec related experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of Business Professionals / Exec related experience OR
• Associate’s degree & 10 years of Business Professionals / Exec related experience OR
• High school diploma / GED & 12 years of Business Professionals / Exec related experience AND
• Previous direct managerial and/or leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• BA/BS/BSc in the sciences or RN

• 7 years work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 4 years of biopharmaceutical clinical research experience ( clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials at a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company

Employee Value Proposition:
The chance to extend and possibly get converted to permanent.

Red Flags:
No direct experience.

Interview process:
Phone screening followed by in-person interview.


We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@3keyconsulting.com.  If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this particular position, please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our website www.3keyconsulting.com/careers. You are also welcome to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.