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Franchise Sourcing Lead

Boston, MA 02110

Posted: 04/14/2025 Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm Job Category: Clinical Development and Operations Job Number: 618603 Is job remote?: Yes Country: United States

Job Description


The Franchise Sourcing Lead is responsible to advise and determine sourcing strategy with the relevant stakeholders and to cover all sourcing needs related to drug development in assigned franchise area, inclusive of ensuring external vendor services are sourced and managed for clinical studies according to project needs, business objectives, standards and in accordance with applicable guidelines and regulations.

 
 
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Franchise leadership: Lead and manage Sourcing Management team members and conduct/oversee all sourcing activities in assigned franchise area. Ensure consistency within and across Franchise teams by providing guidance and develop individuals through mentoring and personal development plans. Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to design and input to project planning and strategy within assigned franchise, including input to project budget estimates and forecasts

  • Align franchise sourcing needs with overall sourcing strategy and preselected qualified vendors. Drive franchise specific vendor performance and act as escalation point, in collaboration with Vendor Alliance Management. Ensure alignment with other franchises by closely liaising with other franchise sourcing leads

  • Vendor selection leadership: Lead cross-functional teams. Lead the vendor selection process for key projects, including project priorities and timelines by preparing RFP packages including detailed specifications for contract activities, reflecting country-specific issues, reviewing and providing cost comparisons for all received proposals, organizing and chairing vendor presentations, and driving the project team decision-making process

  • Contract preparation and negotiations: Prepare the contract document for key projects, using the appropriate template and incorporate updated project information. Ensure that final contracts prepared for assigned franchise projects covers vendor activities necessary to fully support the project and that interests are safeguarded as well as requirements are reflected. Ensure that the contract execution process is managed according to requirements. Negotiate contract terms for key projects in liaison with legal and finance department, as applicable. Lead budget negotiations and benchmarking activities as appropriate

  • Change Orders: Manage all changes to service scope ensuring timely change order finalization and implementation

  • Contract Performance: Monitor contract performance and provide issue escalation support. Maintain contracts in a database and effect timely updates by direct reports. Review project metrics and take appropriate action

  • Vendor relationship management: Manage assigned vendor relationships, organize and chair collaboration or project review meetings as applicable

  • Compliance: Throughout all sourcing activities, ensure inspection-readiness and compliance with relevant industry standards for assigned franchise area.

  • Process and Template Development: Lead development and up-dating of sourcing processes and tools, including contract templates. Lead or participate in corporate initiatives

  • Business intelligence: Monitor vendor markets and sourcing environment to keep current on providers and industry trends. Look for best practices and continuous improvement opportunities, stay up to date on relevant local regulations

  • During all stages of activities, interact with internal and external stakeholders, customers, legal and finance departments and other functions as appropriate

 

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  • Strong strategic and creative thinker with leadership skills

  • Good understanding of project management principles as well as sound knowledge of contract terms and conditions, benchmarking and market analysis.

  • Must possess good organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as great attention to detail

  • Promoter of strong partnership paradigm

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a strong track record in negotiating

  • Must be able to relate effectively to people at all levels of the organization

  • Active, delivery-oriented driver

  • Excellent English language skills, additional languages are advantageous

 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Degree in scientific, economic, or legal discipline, or equivalent

  • 8+ years pharma-related experience or equivalent, including at least 5 years multinational pharma development outsourcing experience

  • Experience in line management, including resource planning, performance reviews and development plans,

  • Experience working with clinical research organizations and other clinical study vendors

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.