Sr Specialist Sourcing and Contracting Manager

3 days ago


Singapore MSD Full time

Sr Specialist Sourcing and Contracting Manager
- ** Based in Singapore**, the regional hub for **Asia Pacific (AP) **and **top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times **and** Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).**:

- Join the** premier biopharmaceutical company** that has been **in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.**

JOB PURPOSE

This role works with Procurement Category owners to understand category strategies and associated implementation. Drives operational and transactional sourcing activities such as creation and management of RFx, coordination with suppliers, evaluation of RFx response and, all other sourcing related steps in SAP Ariba. Performs contract drafting, management of contract negotiations (redlines) within guidelines of pre-defined contract playbook and clause library also supports periodic maintenance of contract playbook and clause library. The job supports both major category and minor category procurement.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**
- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:_
- Understand the sourcing strategy and effectively execute action plan for review and governance of the sourcing strategy.
- Create initial bidder lists, submit supplier request form in SAP Ariba and develop RFx content.
- Access NDA/CDAs needed and manage agreement requirements.
- Launch & Manage RFx event and facilitate any Q&As between the supplier and category / sourcing team in a timely manner.
- Receive and analyze supplier quotes and coordinate with suppliers for revised bids if initial bids are not satisfactory.
- Prepare fact-based negotiation strategy and discussion material.
- Schedule and assist in negotiation sessions with supplier.
- Coordinate and manage supplier presentations.
- Award business to supplier in SAP Ariba.
- Document and maintain feedback for non-selected suppliers.
- Conduct supplier due diligence and compliance checks before every business award.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of supplier’s organization, product lines and contractual agreements.
- Own daily workflow management for tasks assigned and redirect work as appropriate.
- As required, act as primary point of contact for internal business stakeholders to address stakeholder needs.
- As required, act as one of the primary points of contact for supplier relationship management based on supplier segmentation.
- Conducts data analysis to help build supplier list, RFx and, negotiation strategy etc.
- Own end-to-end contracting for assigned contracts, consult with Contract Lead or Legal if required
- Review Contract Request and check if additional information needed from business, contact business users for information
- Review and mark up supplier paper contracts according to playbooks
- Review and negotiate medium complexity / medium value contracts according to fallback positions included in playbooks
- Oversee and actively manage triaging of contract execution
- Engage with Legal SMEs for feedback and capture knowledge to minimize future escalations
- Capture responses to escalations to minimise future escalations
- Knowledge share between Contract Reviewers to identify common problems in the GCO, feedback to Op. Excellence and Contracting Category Leads
- Results driven to formulate focused outcomes and achievements to meet business objectives
- Continuously work with stakeholders / procurement / legal to understand and validate their needs.
- Able to identify areas of improvement and provide feedback to Contract Lead
- Be responsible for in-depth knowledge of procurement, sourcing, and legal specifications
- Periodic maintenance of contract playbook and clause library
- Business level proficiency in Mandarin an advantage

**WHAT YOU MUST HAVE**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or related field
- Preferred - Master’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Data Management, Statistics, or related fields
- Minimum of four (4) years in a contract reviewer/negotiator role, preferably with a focus on procurement or supply chain operations
- Familiarity with transaction structures and experience with negotiating a variety of commercial contracts including but not limited to MSAs, SOWs, Change Orders, CDAs/NDAs, and Data Privacy Agreements
- Knowledge of legal requirements involved with contracts
- Experience with Ariba Contract Workspace (CW), SAP, Appian vendor management
- Experience with workflow management tools such as ServiceNow

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