Associate Director, Sourcing Strategy & Procurement

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing will lead strategic sourcing initiatives and category management activities supporting Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls (CMC), Supply Chain and Quality Assurance functions.

This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, driving value creation, mitigating supply risk, and ensuring alignment with business objectives in a dynamic highly regulated biopharmaceutical environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
• Develop and execute category strategies for CMC, Supply Chain, and Quality-related spend categories.
• Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs).
• Support analytical and CMC activities.
• Raw materials, APIs, excipients, and packaging components.
• Logistics, transportation and warehousing services.
• Quality and compliance consulting services.
• Conduct market assessments, supplier evaluations, and benchmarking to identify opportunities for cost savings, innovation, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency.
• Lead competitive sourcing events including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, supplier selection, and contract negotiations.
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers and service providers.
• Establish supplier performance metrics and governance frameworks to monitor quality, delivery, service, innovation, and compliance.
• Facilitate regular business reviews with critical suppliers.
• Define and track KPIs that measure sourcing and procurement performance, supplier reliability, regulatory/SOP adherence and value creation across scientific and non-scientific categories.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to resolve supplier performance issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contracting & Negotiations
• Lead complex commercial negotiations, including Master Service Agreements, Quality Agreements, Supply Agreements, Statements of Work and pricing arrangements.
• Partner with Legal, Quality, Finance and business stakeholders to ensure contractual terms appropriately address risk, compliance, quality, intellectual property and business requirements.
• Drive favorable commercial outcomes while maintaining strong supplier partnerships.
• Cross-Functional Partnership
• Serve as a trusted advisor to CMC, Supply Chain and Quality leadership teams.
• Support strategic initiatives including clinical and commercial product launches, technology transfers, manufacturing scale-up activities and network optimization efforts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to forecast sourcing needs and align procurement strategies with organizational priorities.
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Identify and proactively mitigate supply chain, quality, operational and financial risks associated with suppliers.
• Support business continuity planning and supplier risk assessments.
• Ensure sourcing activities comply with company policies, industry regulations, and Gx P requirements.
• Financial Management
• Develop sourcing business cases and total cost of ownership analyses.
• Deliver measurable value through cost savings, cost avoidance, working capital improvements and supplier performance enhancements.
• Track and report sourcing metrics, savings and category performance to leadership.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, Chemistry or related field required.

MBA, MS, CPSM, CPM or equivalent advanced degree/certification preferred.

Experience: 8+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain or category management experience; minimum 5 years supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology or other highly regulated industries.

Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-level sourcing strategies and complex supplier negotiations.

Proven ability to design, lead and execute large and complex RFP processes.

Preferred

Experience: Supporting CMC, Technical Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and/or Quality organizations.

Knowledge of Gx P regulations, pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality systems and supply chain operations.

Experience managing CDMOs and critical supply chain service providers.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strategic sourcing and category management expertise, negotiation and contract management skills, strong understanding of pharmaceutical supply chains, ability to influence senior leaders, excellent analytical, financial modeling and problem-solving capabilities, supplier risk assessment experience, strong project management and organizational skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and presentation skills.

Ability to thrive in fast-paced growth-oriented environment.

Leadership Competencies

Strategic thinker, collaborative and relationship-focused, results-oriented with continuous improvement mindset, effective change agent, demonstrates integrity, accountability and sound judgment, balances commercial objectives with quality, compliance, and patient-focused priorities.

Travel

Approximately 15–25% travel, including supplier visits, manufacturing sites and industry conferences as needed.

Location

Position will be based in Zug, Switzerland; Waltham, MA; or West Conshohocken, PA and requires 3 days per week in the office.

• Success Measures
• Delivery of annual sourcing savings and value-creation targets.
• Successful implementation of category strategies.
• Supplier performance improvements and risk reduction.
• Timely execution of sourcing support for development, clinical and commercial programs.
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction and cross-functional partnership effectiveness.
• Maintenance of compliant procurement and supplier management practices.
• Equal Opportunity Employer

Madrigal is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran or disabled status, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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