Senior Director - Strategic Sourcing Lead (External Manufacturing - Innovative/Biologics)

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Strategic Sourcing Execution 

• Lead and oversee strategic sourcing and contracting activities across External Manufacturing in alignment with category strategies. 
• Translate category strategies into clear sourcing plans, RFx activity, negotiations, and contract outcomes. 
• Ensure sourcing deliverables support business priorities including cost, capacity, quality, service, and risk. 
• Drive consistent application of sourcing methodologies, tools, and processes across the EXM sourcing team. 

 

Value Delivery & Financial Accountability 

• Own delivery of annual sourcing value and savings commitments aligned to Finance targets and business plans. 
• Drive year-over-year improvements through cost optimization, sourcing discipline, and contract effectiveness. 
• Partner with Finance to support basic value tracking, reporting, and transparency for sourcing outcomes. 
• Ensure sourcing outcomes are realistic, measurable, and achievable in execution. 

 

Supplier Sourcing & Contracting 

• Lead sourcing engagement with suppliers, including negotiations, commercial discussions, and contracting approaches. 
• Ensure contracts reflect business requirements, regulatory standards, and risk considerations. 
• Support the development of stronger, more consistent supplier interactions through structured sourcing engagement. 
• Maintain awareness of supplier capabilities, capacity constraints, and market conditions relevant to sourcing decisions. 

 

Risk, Compliance & Quality Alignment 

• Ensure sourcing activities adhere to quality, regulatory, and compliance requirements for External Manufacturing. 
• Identify sourcing-related supply risks and work with cross-functional partners to mitigate them. 
• Support supply continuity by ensuring sourcing decisions consider capacity, resilience, and operational feasibility. 

 

Stakeholder Partnership 

• Act as a trusted procurement partner to External Manufacturing and Business Development stakeholders. 
• Communicate sourcing priorities, progress, and trade-offs clearly to business leaders. 
• Support Business Development initiatives by executing sourcing activities that enable external manufacturing decisions. 
• Represent sourcing in cross-functional forums, ensuring execution considerations are understood while both informing and challenging Go-To-Market assumptions. 

 

Team Leadership & Capability Building 

• Lead, coach, and develop the Strategic Sourcing team, setting clear expectations and priorities. 
• Build sourcing capability through practical coaching, standard work, and execution discipline. 
• Establish clearer roles, ways of working, and performance expectations across the sourcing team. 
• Foster a culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery. 

 

Process & Continuous Improvement 

• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing processes, tools, and ways of working. 
• Support gradual adoption of procurement tools, templates, and operating model standards. 
• Drive practical improvements in sourcing efficiency, consistency, and compliance. 
• Contribute to foundational efforts related to sustainability, supplier diversity, and automation as sourcing capabilities mature.