Specialist Excipient Sourcing

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experience and dynamic Specialist – Strategic Procurement for Global Procurement of Pharmaceutical Excipients and managing the Alternate Vendor Development & Derisking initiatives for Excipients category. You will be responsible for floating enquires/RFI’s, holding price negotiations, creating Contracts, driving strategic initiatives, engaging with stakeholders, developing & executing dual-sourcing plans, managing suppliers relationship & monitoring overall performance of the suppliers, coordinating Vendor Development activities, and act as a liaison between internal and external stakeholders to drive business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for Strategic Procurement of Pharmaceutical Excipients globally on end-to-end basis for GMO (Global Generics).
2. Managing the Alternate Vendor Development (AVD) & Derisking initiatives, and handling the ‘new product launch’ procurement process for Excipients category.
3. Handling the Source identification, Selection and Vendor development process, initiating RFI’s/RFQ’s, Price negotiations, Supply agreements, Quality agreements and facilitating Vendor audits/re-qualification process as per annual business plans/calendar.
4. Liaison & Coordinating with all CFT teams – Supply Chain, Planning, FTL, Mfg., IPDO, RA, QC/QA, IPM etc to ensure availability of materials & Full-kitting on monthly basis for all commercial products/AVD/Launch/post-launch supplies in-line with organisation Business Plans/Strategy.
5. Managing the new launch preparedness, validating supplier readiness incl. its capacities & regulatory status, identifying the demand-supply gaps and expediting the deliveries/shipments/orders to ensure on-time launches.
6. Supporting Category Lead in analysing market changes that determines product availability, pricing conditions, demand-supply gaps etc and tracking such changes that effects product availability/lead-times & key indices affecting API prices.
7. Vendor Management - Arranging Vendor audits, resolving rejection/technical issues, CAPA’s, Payment issues and tracking its regulatory/quality compliances, Import license etc
8. Active involvement in identification & selection of potential projects to deliver cost-reduction plans, OE objectives/Targets and De-Risking activities by analysing the current & future business needs, market price challenges, and taking necessary initiatives thru CFT’s for its execution & completion. Prepare business cases for project approvals and defining timelines.

 

The ideal candidate should have a B.Tech, B Pharm, or MSc degree, and an MBA is preferred, especially with a specialization in Supply Chain or Operations. The candidate should also have a minimum of five to seven years of relevant experience in Supply Chain, Sourcing, or Vendor Management.

About the Department

Global Manufacturing Organisation (GMO) at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, dedicated to making a meaningful impact on global healthcare through precision manufacturing and innovation.

We operate 19 state-of-the-art manufacturing plants across Hyderabad, Vizag, Baddi, Mexico, Shreveport, and Mirfield, comprising 8 OSD facilities, 3 Injectables facilities, and 8 API facilities. Benchmarking manufacturing processes and continuous operational excellence are at the core of our capability to deliver quality medicines to our patients in 66 countries. We manufacture a portfolio of complex APIs and 1,150+ drug master files across key therapy areas such as Oncology, Cardio-vascular, Central Nervous System, and Anti-Diabetes.

The World Economic Forum has recognized our largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, as part of its Global Lighthouse Network. We aspire to be the most efficient pharma operations in the world.

Our productivity improvement and digitalization efforts are key to staying competitive, meeting business imperatives, and meeting our ambitious ESG goals. Building such ‘factories of the future’ is integral to innovation and to build healthcare of the future.

Benefits Offered

At Dr. Reddy’s we actively help to catalyze your career growth and professional development through personalised learning programs.

The benefits you will enjoy at Dr. Reddy’s are on par with the best industry standards. They include, among other things and other essential equipment, joining & relocation support, family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits), learning and development opportunities, medical coverage for yourself and your family, life coverage for yourself.

Our Work Culture

Ask any employee at Dr. Reddy’s why they come to work every day and they’ll say, because Good Health Can’t Wait. This is our credo as well as the guiding principle behind all our actions...

For more details, please visit our career website at https://careers.drreddys.com