Sourcing Lead

Kindeva Drug Delivery is on a mission to solve drug delivery challenges and change patients’ lives worldwide, and we are able to achieve this due to our innovative, collaborative team.  If you want to grow your CDMO career and be a force for good, you will have everything you need to excel at Kindeva.

With over a century of experience in combination product development and manufacturing, Kindeva is truly a global force in drug delivery. We have state of the art facilities across the US and UK and our capabilities span delivery formats, from ideation through commercialisation.

At Kindeva, we manufacture more tomorrows.  Our products change and save lives across the world, and we are committed to developing meaningful and powerful solutions for our partners and the patients we serve.  Every member of our team contributes to this mission, making a real difference, every day.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sourcing Lead provides regional support within their allocated plant(s) and is the first point of contact both internally to the plant and externally to all stakeholders.

The Sourcing Lead will collaborate within the plant with the Manufacturing, R&D, Quality and Supply Chain functions to align the operating plans of the plants to all sourcing activities.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitation of plant hoppering and best practice sessions
• Coordination of delivery of all sourcing projects
• Resolve and communicate supplier management issues, escalating as appropriate to ensure continuity of supply at all times within relevant plant value streams
• Support Year-over-Year cost savings and lead projects
• Coordinate efforts within the plant(s) to support key sourcing initiatives that have a high value and broad implication to the corporation
• Support internal clients across all plant activities to ensure compliance to all sourcing policies and guidelines
• As directed by GPM, coordinate supplier performance improvement initiatives in areas such as technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery and cost (TQRDC)
• Support R&D and Business Development with sourcing and BoA activity
• Manage Supplier related complaints (SCAR) support and escalation
• Escalation point for supply issues and communication and further escalation to key stakeholders (Plant, Sourcing, Quality etc.)
• Support plant KPI’s (VCI, SOTIF, Payment terms etc.)
• Lead, execute, coordinate and support cross-functional projects as assigned
• Build strong plant relationship and act as a plant contact for the business/function teams
• Manage as PSO for plant related suppliers as allocated by the category teams
• TQRDC coordinator for the assigned plants
• Active supply chain risk management
• Leads and contributes to plant hoppering sessions and best practice sessions
• Support fulfilment of business specific needs, e.g. audit requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree level or equivalent
• 5 years experience in Sourcing

What we will give to you:

• Attractive compensation package
• Company pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
  25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) plus service days after 5 years
• Company sick pay
• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential helpline support for employee and immediate family
  Life assurance of four times life cover salary
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness programmes
• Employee recognition program
• Employee development
• Free on-site parking
• Discount and cashback at many retailers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flu vaccinations
• Employee referral scheme