The Senior Buyer position is responsible for managing the procurement of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and excipients in support of all global R&D activity. Responsibilities include the creation and management of raw material information in SAP, issuing purchase orders and tracking material and information requests for the R&D group. Additional responsibilities include front line relationship management with R&D and excipient suppliers supporting R&D activity, sourcing for new projects as requested, identification of potential alternate sourcing for the new products based on price reduction strategies, any potential compliance issues, leading supplier evaluations, and leveraging market intelligence.
Essential Functions:
Manage all requests from the R&D group for their current and future project. Procurement of API, excipients, and search for possible suppliers for their new projects. Tracking delivery of materials and follow through on overdue shipments as well as FDA and US Customs holds.
Participate in sourcing strategies and alternatives for new sources of R&D supply of the API to manage risk, reduce cost, and improve service levels and quality.
Establish and maintain effective relationships with API suppliers, and adheres to purchasing practices and policies to ensure honest, fair and ethical relationships with our suppliers.
Participates in various cross-functional projects or initiatives.
Create and maintain part numbers for raw materials utilized in R&D activities.
Negotiates pricing and contracts with suppliers to obtain the lowest total cost and best outcome for Impax.
Additional Responsibilities:
Pursue work with energy, drive, and effort to accomplish tasks.
Persist at a task despite interruptions, obstacles, or setbacks.
Take responsibility for accomplishing work goals within accepted time frames.
Work effectively in a multicultural, global environment.
Use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication skills.
Stay current on organizational strategies to maintain competitiveness.
Fosters teamwork: Develop, maintain, and abide by project timelines and resource plans and work directly with other team members to ensure deliverable meet target due dates.
Entertain wide-ranging possibilities to develop unique approaches and useful solutions.
Adaptability/Flexibility: Change gears in response to unpredictable or unexpected events, pressures, situations, and job demands.
Effectively change plans, goals, actions, or priorities to deal with changing situations.
Identify the Problem: Anticipate or recognize the existence of a problem.
Generate Alternatives: Generate a variety of approaches to the problem. Think creatively to develop new ideas for and answers to work related problems. Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Choose and Implement a Solution: Decisively choose the best solution after contemplating available approaches to the problem. Commit to a solution in a timely manner.
Work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.
Collaborate with others to formulate team objectives and develop consensus for best outcome.
Use teamwork skills to achieve goals, solve problems, and manage conflict.
Develops effective working relationships.
Effectively leads people from different cultures and backgrounds.
Master Degree (MS/MA): Business, operations or chemistry preferred - Preferred
Experience:
8 years or more in Exp. in the area of API and excipient procurement. Significant Management required in strategic sourcing and procurement in the pharmaceutical Industry is required.
