Title:  Category Manager-Biologics

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Category Manager

Job Location: Bengaluru

About Syngene: Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures, and SOPs, in letter and spirit.

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned.
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensure safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards.
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams, and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times.

Core Purpose of the Role: Category Manager for Large Molecule. Must have experience in procurement of Biologics raw material, consumables & Media/Resin on a commercial scale.

Role Accountabilities

• Develop and execute procurement category management strategies for Biologics operating unit which includes material of all categories (Raw Material, Media/ Resin, Single use consumables, etc.) in compliance to Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). Knowledge of RFP costing.Managing all F&B operations within the Area of responsibility assigned.
• Manage the Supplier life cycle including supplier selection, assessment, development, and supplier consolidation to ensure optimization and better performance of Suppliers.
• Responsible for negotiations of best possible cost, service guarantee and develop “win-win” strategies that achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers and savings to be reported as per blue book of savings.
• Collaborate with technical team, supplier for developing innovative products at optimized cost and delivery. Regular meeting, interaction, and communication with operating unit to bring in operational excellence, faster delivery and overall efficiency in the strategic procurement business partnering
• Managing internal and external customers with regular MIS, communication, and meetings. Develop strong relationship with all the stakeholders, manage analytics, preparation of reports for decision making.
• 100% accountable for meeting Customer QUOTIFs and ensure timely delivery of all materials with right quality.
• To execute the MSA of key spend suppliers and ARC of repeat purchases.
• Defining supplier management strategy, aligning it with overall Goal, and executing strategic supplier relationship management with key suppliers.
• Implement the supply chain strategies by development of Global suppliers including India. Identifying supplier risk areas and quantifying risk exposure and executing risk mitigation actions.
• Identify, develop and Qualify 2nd source from India of all key raw materials, preferably for repeat campaigns as part of business continuity plan (BCP).
• Undertake performance evaluation of vendors to improve product, cost, Quality and delivery performance.
• Shall ensure the compliance with the QMS events owned/initiated in EDMS/track-wise.
• Thorough understanding of all SOP’s and shall adhere to written instructions.
• Identification and evaluation of the vendors who complies GMP requirements, in consultation with Process Research and Development (PRD) and production department.
• Co-ordination with shortlisted vendors for vendor qualification/re-qualification as per Vendor Qualification SOP(s).
• Follow approved vendor list (AVL) for the procurement and subcontract activities.
• Responsible for audit conduct and clearance in alignment to GMP requirements.

     Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values.

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

     Experience- 12 - 15 Years

Education- MBA/M.SC

Equal Opportunity Employer: It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.