Senior Supplier Relationship Management Associate

The Senior Supplier Relationship Management Associate plays a critical role in supporting pharmaceutical product development and commercialization through effective coordination with external manufacturing organizations (CMOs) and internal cross-functional teams. This position ensures manufacturing readiness, manages documentation and logistics, and drives operational excellence across clinical development, product validation, and supply chain activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support external manufacturing and development teams throughout clinical development, validation, and commercialization phases.
• Lead daily transactional operations including documentation, logistics, and onboarding of new materials and suppliers.
• Ensure manufacturing readiness at external CMOs by managing documentation and coordinating logistics.
• Maintain internal inventory systems using SAP and support procure-to-pay processes via Ariba.
• Document meeting minutes and action items during internal alignment meetings and ensure timely follow-up.
• Track key performance metrics from external manufacturing activities across Specialty Raw Materials (RM), Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), and Drug Product (DP).
• Assist in supplier selection processes for early and late-phase programs.
• Drive knowledge management initiatives and ensure accurate, timely, and compliant documentation.

• Educational background in supply chain, life sciences, business, or procurement preferred.

• Basic understanding of GMP and quality systems in a regulated environment.
• Experience with inventory management systems such as SAP.
• Familiarity with tools like Smartsheets and Power BI.
• Strong project management capabilities and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and deliver high-quality results.

• 6-months contract