Job description
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
The basic purpose of this role is to promote and enable a successful and efficient collaboration between Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BIPI) Clinical Development & Operations (CD&O) department and Strategic CRO Partner and vendors.
The BIPI CD&O Local Vendor Management Specialist supports BIPI CD&O Vendor Managers and stakeholders to ensure vendor engagements are running smoothly and efficiently.
As an individual contributor within the BIPI CD&O Local Vendor Management function, the incumbent will be instrumental in supporting BIPI CD&O Vendor Managers and the BIPI CD&O Head of Vendor Management in promoting and ensuring a proper level of performance, delivery, and relationship health of various vendor engagements
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Supports Local Vendor Management team members with the assessment and onboarding of new vendors (e.g., new supplier requests, qualifications, contracting).
- Coordinates the onboarding and offboarding (e.g., system access, learning plans) of newly assigned CRO-FSP, insourced, and temporary staffing resources.
- Generates performance/metric reports to monitoring the performance of vendor engagements and updates performance scorecards (where applicable).
- Administers BIPI/Vendor relationship surveys.
- Monitors vendor performance metrics/KPIs, and alerts Local Vendor Management team members of potential non-compliances or performance that is below an acceptable level.
- Coordinates the establishment of Confidential Disclosure Agreements on a trial and vendor level basis.
- Supports Local Vendor Management team members with developing/generating contractual documents (e.g., Change Orders).
- Coordinates capability meetings for new potential vendors.
- Participates and supports vendor due diligence activities in conjunction with Local Vendor Management and BIPI CD&O Functional teams.
- Liaises with Finance and BIPI CD&O Functional Areas to monitor and adjusts as needed trial/functional level Purchase Orders.
- Serves as BIPI’s CD&O resident expert on Purchase to Pay processes and tools.
- Supports Local Vendor Management personnel with the development of business review/governance meeting agendas & presentations.
- Captures meeting minutes and ensure governance documentation is filed according to established processes and procedures.
- Provides analytical support to Local Vendor Management personnel & functional teams by generating standard and ad-hoc reports related to vendor engagement activities.
- Supports Local Vendor Management team personnel, BIPI CD&O Functional Areas & Ethics & Compliance with vendor related items (e.g., vendor non-compliances) tied to aggregate spend/ Sunshine Act reporting activities.
- Supports BIPI’s CD&O Head of Vendor Management with local and global initiatives focusing on the development of tools, processes and instructions aimed at continuously enhancing performance and service delivery at a OPU level.
- Provides evidence of continuous improvement and relationship with CRO and vendors for activities within respective OPU.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree with a preference for two (2) years of experience in clinical research setting or similar industry with a preferred focus on vendor management and/or clinical outsourcing practices, OR six (6) years of relevant clinical research experience, or similar industry with a preferred focus on vendor management and/or clinical outsourcing practices.
- Major focus: Science or Business.
- Relevant experience within pharmaceutical industry or similar industry.
- Strong Communication Skills:
- Demonstrates AAI approach and skills in complex cross-functional matrix structures of the trial and extended team.
- Articulates and aligns business strategy/plan on an ongoing basis, ensuring alignment between words and action.
- Demonstrates active listening skills and cultural awareness.
- The Customer Value Driver: Ability to actively engage with customers, building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Coordination and Oversight: Collaborative individual contributor who demonstrates skills and capabilities in setting priorities, managing pace of activities, and efficient usage of resources.
- Financial acumen: Ability to interpret and apply understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
- Effective cross-functional collaborations: Ability to develop and maintain relations, alliances, and coalitions within and outside the organization and to use them to obtain information, support, and cooperation.
- Curiosity, innovative thinking: Ability and a strong desire to learn, inquisitiveness, interest, curiousness.
- Digital savviness: Displays the ability to use technologies to access information, be creative, innovative, solve problems, communicate, navigate, learn & apply in a digital environment.
- Integrity and compliance mindset: Adherence to the standards, values and rules of conduct associated with one’s position and the culture in which one operates.
- Outcome orientation: is driven by outcomes and results.
- Data-driven insights: Ability to take decisions based on data analysis and interpretation.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
- Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Who We Are:
At Boehringer Ingelheim we create value through innovation with one clear goal: to improve the lives of patients. We develop breakthrough therapies and innovative healthcare solutions in areas of unmet medical need for both humans and animals. As a family-owned company, we focus on long term performance. We are powered by 50.000 employees globally who nurture a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive culture. Learning and development for all employees is key because your growth is our growth.
Want to learn more? Visit boehringer-ingelheim.com and join us in our effort to make more health.
Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients, and communities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.
Job
- Clinical Operations
Primary Location
- Americas-US-CT-Ridgefield
Organization
- US-BI Pharma/BI USA
Schedule
- Full-time
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