The role focuses on the development and deployment of global category strategies and initiatives, leading major supplier relationships, developing deeper relationships with the various stakeholder groups through effective business partnering, and ensuring that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value.
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $116K to $173K.
- Serve as primary liaison between Cell Therapy Supply Chain and Global Procurement
- Lead procurement project management for Commercial Readiness (2028 launch), COGM reduction, China support, AI Initiative, and Sustainability targets
- Establish procurement governance framework aligned with Global Procurement Must Wins
- Drive process standardization and capability building across the Cell Therapy Supply Chain team
- Implement procurement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Nice to have: PMP certification
- Nice to have: cell therapy
- Nice to have: Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)
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