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Company Overview
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary
This role is responsible for one of our most critical global categories, Lab Operations. The category has Executive Committee and Board level visibility given the criticality, risk and level of spend. The ideal candidate must have a proven track record of partnering with business stakeholders to deliver value and support critical business objectives. They must be collaborative in nature with the ability to influence others and lead change. They must be highly analytical, a problem solver and an out-of-the-box thinker with the ability to develop market insights and implement tactics to simplify buying for the scientific community. They will bring innovative technology and solutions to CRL, identify trends and devise strategies to manage various market forces that drive risk and cost for CRL and the industry; understand global multimillion dollar spend categories; act as a strategic partner to functional areas within the company; drive overall best value sourcing strategies for categories (risk, quality, service and cost); rationalize supply base; negotiate contracts; manage supplier relationships (SRM) ; establish partnerships with key suppliers.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop and implement global category sourcing strategies with business leads for assigned categories of products/services.
- Drive efficiency/simplification of procurement processes including consignment/vendor managed inventory solutions.
- Identify opportunities/lead cross-functional teams on projects delivering value across multiple sites/regions.
- Implement SRM with strategic suppliers/key suppliers utilizing analytics for effective procurement strategies.
- Stay current/informed on global market/category based trends ensuring maximum value delivery while maintaining quality/service.
- Work closely with suppliers identifying/managing/mitigating risks in supply chain while anticipating market trends/developing risk mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with Procurement peers at corporate/site levels ensuring alignment on strategies/key projects within category.
- Develop/negotiate/manage global contracts including supply agreements/statements of work/quality specifications/quality agreements.
- Foster senior-level relationships aligning business strategy/direction prioritizing initiatives/harmonizing business/category strategies.
- Effectively communicate within/across departments/businesses sharing information/best practices aimed at breaking down silos.
- Manage supplier relationships serving as key contact for contract management/service level adherence/resolving disputes/commercial issues alongside internal customers.
- Manage cost savings/performance measurement systems for supplier contracts tracking/analyzing/reporting against investment proposals/capital expenditure/contract spend commitments utilizing reporting procedures meeting Finance/legal/procurement/audit needs.
- Analyze/develop/implement strategies aimed at supplier reduction/tail spend consolidation ensuring awareness/enforcement related process/policy working alongside Finance/legal/procurement/audit as appropriate creating process documents/SOPs/work instructions as required.

Job Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in related discipline; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Experience:
6–9 years relevant procurement experience preferably in life sciences company
2–5 Year applicable strategic category experience in Lab categories such as supplies consumables reagents chemicals equipment life sciences etc
Proven track record driving value through workstreams such as:
- Tail spend consolidation
- Punchout catalog implementation optimization
- Best-in-class management of global supplies/distributors
- Implementation optimization scientific service exchanges

Strong data analytics skills are essential. An equivalent combination education/expertise may be accepted as satisfactory substitute specific education/expertise listed above.

Certification/Licensure: CPSM preferred.

Other: Excellent oral/written communication skills/interpersonal analytical presentation influencing negotiation skills required. Must possess knowledge complex pricing arrangements/supplier profitability project management familiarity Lean Process Improvement concepts is plus.

Compensation Data
The pay range for this position will be based factors including but not limited location experience skills education certifications.

About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River areas such Human Resources Finance IT Legal Sales Quality Assurance Marketing Corporate Development partnering colleagues develop drive strategy set standards essential providing bridge between vision readiness ensure ongoing innovation capability improvement.

About Charles River
Charles River is early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We built upon foundation laboratory animal medicine science developing diverse portfolio discovery safety assessment services both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) non GLP supporting clients target identification preclinical development providing suite products/services clinical laboratory testing needs manufacturing activities enabling clients create flexible drug development model reducing costs enhancing productivity effectiveness increasing speed market.With over 20k employees within 110 facilities over 20 countries globally strategically positioned coordinate resources apply multidisciplinary perspectives resolving unique challenges client base includes pharmaceutical companies biotechnology companies government agencies hospitals academic institutions worldwide.At Charles River passionate improving quality people’s lives mission excellent science strong sense purpose guide all we do approach each day knowledge work helps improve health well-being many globally proudly worked drugs approved by U.S Food Drug Administration (FDA) past five years.We’re committed providing benefits elevate quality life based position may include bonus/incentives performance paid time off stock purchase program Health wellness coverage employee family wellbeing support programs work-life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants receive consideration employment without regard race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran disability status.It unlawful some states including Massachusetts require administer lie detector test condition employment continued employment employer violates law subject criminal penalties civil liability.If interested applying need special assistance accommodation due disability complete forms otherwise participate resume submission process please contact member Human Resources team sending e-mail message [email protected] This contact accommodation requests individuals disabilities only cannot used inquire status applications.For more information please visit www.criver.com.