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This role is considered Hybrid.
Overview
The Director of R&D Strategic Sourcing has responsibility for managing and optimizing external spending categories supporting the research organizations within the company. This role has responsibility for categories including lab consumables and equipment, in-vivo services, and other research services with an estimated annual spend of approximately $130M and growing. This role requires a dynamic, transformational, and hands-on leader with exceptional communications and influencing skills to elevate the level of sourcing value delivered to the organization. This role requires combining a high level of competency and experience in strategic sourcing with solid understanding of the biopharmaceutical discovery process.
This position is hybrid and will be primarily located in Cambridge, MA.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and implement category strategies to deliver cost reductions, increase supplier performance, quality, and innovations, and reduce supply base risk, all while supporting company diversity and sustainability goals.
• Manage and implement a pipeline of sourcing initiatives supporting the category strategies in close collaboration with key business stakeholders.
• Build a world-class research and development sourcing team with an operating model focused on stakeholder engagement, category management, sourcing projects, contract negotiations, supplier relationship management, risk management, supplier diversity and sustainability.
• Establish and elevate relationships with executives and other key stakeholder leaders within the research and development organizations.
• Support stakeholders delivering on departmental and corporate goals.
• Building strong relationships with business partners including Financial Planning and Analysis, Finance Operations, Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, and other peers within the GSS organization.
• Deliver sourcing initiatives with cost savings in support of value delivery goals.
• Proactively identify, report, and mitigate risks and establish and execute plans for business continuity.
• Keep abreast of developments in the biopharmaceutical industry specifically related to R&D technologies, innovations, and sourcing strategies.
• Have knowledge of and experience leveraging artificial intelligence innovations within the context of the procurement profession.
• Have experience leveraging advanced technologies supporting strategic sourcing business processes to continually improve department return on investment.
• Lead relationship management programs with select suppliers.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required, in a technical discipline preferred
• Master’s degree (MBA, MS) desired.
• Professional procurement certification (CPSM, MCIPS, etc.) desired.
• 10+ years of experience in the sourcing/procurement profession.
• 3+ years of experience in R&D procurement in the biopharmaceutical industry.
• A track record of increasing savings delivery to world-class levels in multiple environments.
• Experience working in a highly entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and lean environment.
• Advanced-level skills in the following key competencies: communications, project management, relationship management, influencing negotiation, financial acumen, analytical skills, aptitude for technology, results focus, professionalism, and success in a matrixed environment.
• Highly skilled in technical contract negotiation, including the ability to collaborate directly with Legal and business stakeholders in the creation, editing and implementation of contracts.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Ability to develop and execute strategic plans relevant to research categories.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership and influencing skills. Ability to interact with individuals at all levels internally and externally.
About Alnylam: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by “interfering” with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.
Our culture: Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we’ve been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as the #1 Large Employer by Boston Globe Top Places to Work in 2023 for the third consecutive year, one of Science Magazine’s Top Biopharma Employers, one of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK – among others.
At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics prohibited by law.
