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Sourcing Specialist for interventional clinical trials - January 2024
remote, remoteFor one of our clients in the pharma industry we are looking for a Sourcing Specialist for interventional clinical trials
Project Name:
Category Project Consultancy
Project Background:
The client requires an external consultant to improve current ways of working, especially as the clinical pipeline for Fully Outsourced Trials (FOTs) is so rich that effectiveness & efficiencies need to be maximized. The goal of the project is that the client’s Global Sourcing team works successfully amongst itself with internal and external partners.
Detailed Task Description:
Project Stage “Analysis”
Project Stage “Revision and improvement of global trials and partnerships”
Project Stage “Supplier Management”
Project Stage “Business Partnering”
Required skills:
Relevant attributes / experiences
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 months+
Location: Remote
Capacity: 40 hours/week
Project Name:
Category Project Consultancy
Project Background:
The client requires an external consultant to improve current ways of working, especially as the clinical pipeline for Fully Outsourced Trials (FOTs) is so rich that effectiveness & efficiencies need to be maximized. The goal of the project is that the client’s Global Sourcing team works successfully amongst itself with internal and external partners.
Detailed Task Description:
Project Stage “Analysis”
- Analysing opportunities for improvements in and streamlining of Sourcing´s standard processes to manage the Medicine´s organization initiative of accelerating clinical trials. The analysis is based on the contractor’s own expertise and experience.
- Developing and implementing above mentioned initiative for fully outsourced clinical trials.
- Adhere to a continuous improvement concept
- Identifying market innovation opportunities in the context of Full Outsourced Trials (FOTs) to foster model adoption within BI, this is based on industry best know practices and the contractor’s own expertise.
- Analysing current working model and partnership with preferred supplier to determine progress, accomplishments, and deficiencies to be addressed. The analysis is based on the contractor’s own expertise and experience.
- Developing a common vision based on Global Sourcing’s and Therapeutic Areas´ approaches.
Project Stage “Revision and improvement of global trials and partnerships”
- Reviewing and evaluating way of working, for fully outsourced and academic research collaborations.
- Fine-tune and implementing strategy, processes, and supplier management requirements
- Developing a common vision based on Global Sourcing’s and Therapeutic Areas´ approaches
- Improving conceptual framework and implementation tools for selection of appropriate operational model including governance tools, decision trees and questionnaires. The improvements will be based on the contractor’s experience and expertise.
Project Stage “Supplier Management”
- Reviewing and evaluating way of working including risk sharing & ownership approaches, evaluation and review is based on the contractors own experience and expertise.
- Identifying opportunities to further streamline governance concept including escalation measures for critical clinical development vendors with the focus on Fully Outsourced Trials model, based on contractor own expertise and network.
- Manage communication between assigned medical and sourcing stakeholders and manage meetings with external partners in scope. The Contractor will set this up via MS office and will also represent BI as an external and be presented as such.
- Fine-tune commercial and contractual framework to enable high performing model for the client to be utilized in daily work
- Handling performance management system including applicable evaluation matrix
- Developing Mission & Vision with selected service providers (especially with premium partnerships)
- Developing contractual framework covering all services for service providers spanning over multiple categories
- Developing and implementing existing long-lasting partnerships by creating a network with service providers which is then overturned to the client for further usage.
- Optimization of Master Service Agreements
Project Stage “Business Partnering”
- Reviewing and evaluating way of working of the Sourcing’s main internal stakeholders (incl. different Clinical Development & Operations functions, Controlling, Legal) including risk sharing & ownership approaches
- Identify opportunities to further streamline stakeholder management concept including escalation measures for critical clinical development vendors based on the contractor’s experience.
- Set up a relevant communication plan & meeting landscape to best improve communication between assigned medical / sourcing stakeholders and manage external partners in scope. The Contractor will set this up via MS office and will also represent BI as an external and be presented as such.
- Developing and implement optimal plan of existing and potential new relevant stakeholders to best reach the client’s overall targets
Required skills:
- Master’s degree in relevant field
- English is mandatory, please also Provide CV's in English.
- Deep knowledge & proven track record of substantial accomplishments in the sourcing category area of interventional clinical trials (mainly phase 3), especially Fully Outsourced Trials
Relevant attributes / experiences
- Strategical strength, persuasiveness and assertiveness
- Assessing & mitigating risks and develop new opportunities
- Understanding and application of demand management, market and supplier analysis, compliance management, due diligence, risk management, innovation, supplier management, contract management, negotiation techniques and other established sourcing methodologies
- Lead cross-functional teams (Clinical Operations, other Medical functions, Finance)
- Knowledge of complex category strategies and stakeholder management
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 months+
Location: Remote
Capacity: 40 hours/week