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General Description:

The Senior Procurement Manager of CMO Category is responsible for establishing, managing and improving all aspects of purchasing services and products required with 3rd Party Contract Manufacturers (CMO) to support the organization while maximizing values from our supplier relationships. The primary focus will be on services and products to support our clinical and commercial studies & products including small molecule manufacturing, large molecule manufacturing, primary & 2ndary packaging CMOs. In addition, this role will also support managing US based Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients related CMOs.

This role will reside in Global Tech Ops Procurement to establish standard business processes and help ensure seamless purchasing and reporting i.e., in our ERP environment (SAP S/4Hana and Ariba). This role will also work closely with contract manufacturers (CMOs) worldwide, Commercial Supply Chain, CMO Project Managers, Alliance Managers, Quality and CMC Development partners to ensure supply continuity with optimal cost and quality. Finally, the Senior Procurement Manager will help drive the evolution and implementation of new platforms, systems and processes that enable greater operational efficiency, accuracy, and utilization of the product portfolio.

Main responsibilities:

• Support CMO and Packaging Categories with collaboration of cross-functional teams of subject matter experts to achieve business, operations, and quality objectives in addition to performance goals for the contract manufacturing, packaging, or business partnerships.

• Lead cross-functional teams in evaluating and selecting CMOs for a particular project as requested.

• Partner with key global stakeholders from Supply Chain, Packaging, CMC manufacturing and Quality on CMO supplier selection, negotiation and management. Collaborate with Ops Procurement, Legal, Finance in various forums as well reporting out to senior level management

• Lead contract negotiation of Master service agreement, Statement Work, or Supplier Proposals. Responsible for service fee, payment term, payment milestones and other commercial negotiations, defining responsibilities between BeiGene and the CMO. Act as project manager of the contract negotiation with close partnership with legal and key business stakeholders, ensuring contract progress toward requested timeline.

• Create risk mitigation strategy documents pertaining to N level CMO / supplier, and N-1 sub level supply chain risk profiles that are apparent to the business requirements.

• Ensure that the overall relationship between BeiGene and the CMO/partner is healthy.

• Drive continuous improvement of the business relationship with CMOs and sub-suppliers.

• Lead/Participate in CMO Site visits as requested.

• Lead creation of Master Service Agreement and Amendments (as required) so that it accurately reflects the existing business relationship.

• Participate in Business Operations Reviews and formal Governance structure with various CMOs/partners

• Proactively identify risks, create strategies to avoid or minimize their impact and manage the execution of risk mitigation plans.

• Active participation and contribution to CMO project meetings in an effort to proactively intercede if a relationship issue jeopardizes the project. Proactive problem solving, status communication and stakeholder collaboration.

• Conduct high quality data analytics; generate on time routine reports regarding supplier performance metrics, key issues, and highlights, and regular operational performance summary reporting including CFO scorecard, Cost saving reports, Financial Excellence Trackers etc.

• Enforce CMO procurement policies and procedures and align with key stakeholders.

• Ensure primary and secondary packaging categories are managed with similar methodologies, concept, strategy and risk management principles as described for CMO category listed above.

• Focus on assurance of supply, quality, regulatory compliance, cost, service, and innovation as key drivers of category manager core responsibilities.

Act as a local point of contact to support supplier management for API category on as needed basis

• Other duties as assigned by the management.

Required Skills

+ **Computer Skills:** Good computer MS office skills, especially Excel and Powerpoint; familiarity with main ERP systems (SAP, Ariba, Agiloft), experience with analytical software tools including Power BI, Visual, etc.

+ **Language:** Proficiency in English writing and speaking especially in contractual languages, 2nd language proficiency is a plus, e.g. Mandarin, Spanish, etc.

+ **Education:** Bachelor’s degree with Majors in Business, Supply Chain, Chemistry, Biologics, Engineering, Master’s degree is a plus.

+ **Other Qualifications:** Minimum 8+ years procurement relevant working experience. GMP environment is a plus.

**Supervisory Responsibilities** : Individual contributor. Managing all assigned activities with support from Ops Procurement Teams.

**Travel:** As needed

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.