Buyer managing procurement, suppliers, and production orders for Saje Natural Wellness, a natural plant - based wellness company. Supporting supply continuity, cost efficiency, and on - time delivery.
About the role
- Director leading vendor governance, risk, performance, and strategic partnerships for Indero, a global dermatology and rheumatology clinical research CRO. Managing VMO teams and enterprise vendor operations.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of Indero’s Vendor Management Office and enterprise vendor governance program
- Establish and continuously improve the enterprise vendor governance framework, including governance tiers, oversight models, decision rights, escalation pathways, standards, and tools
- Chair vendor governance reviews and lead Vendor Steering Committee activities
- Develop strategic relationships with key vendors and preferred partners
- Establish vendor performance expectations, KPIs, service-level measures, and scorecards; monitor and report performance and risks
- Lead vendor remediation and continuous improvement initiatives, including root cause analysis and CAPA plans
- Oversee vendor qualification, requalification, onboarding, ongoing oversight, and dequalification
- Partner with Quality Assurance on vendor audits, compliance activities, inspection readiness, and audit findings
- Lead major vendor escalations and monitor enterprise-level vendor risks
- Analyze vendor spend, performance, capacity, and portfolio trends to support sourcing, resource planning, and cost optimization
- Contribute vendor strategy and subject matter expertise to proposals, bid defence, study planning, and business development activities
- Lead and develop Vendor Managers, Clinical Procurement Specialists, and other VMO resources
- Build vendor-management capability through guidance, training, governance forums, and collaboration
- Maintain vendor-management SOPs, tools, templates, processes, and training materials
- Define and monitor VMO objectives, metrics, resource needs, and budget requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business administration, supply chain, procurement, clinical research, or a related field; Master’s degree is an asset
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and/or contract research organization (CRO) industry
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience, including management of direct and/or indirect reports
- Experience developing and implementing vendor governance, qualification, oversight, performance management, and risk-management frameworks
- Strong knowledge of clinical trial operations, vendor service delivery models, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements
- Experience with vendor contracting, financial oversight, spend analysis, sourcing strategy, and performance metrics
- Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders at all levels and with external partners
- Strong leadership, negotiation, facilitation, communication, and relationship-management skills
- Excellent analytical, strategic-thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
- Planning and time-management skills; ability to prioritize competing demands in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
- French is an asset
- Must be legally authorized to work in Canada
Benefits
- Permanent full-time position
- Flexible schedule
- Vacation
- Home-based position
- Ongoing learning and development
- Attractive advancement opportunities
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