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Invivyd · 23 hours ago

Associate Director, Procurement Lead

New Haven, CT

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

8+ years exp

Invivyd is a company focused on delivering protection from serious viral infectious diseases, particularly COVID-19. They are seeking a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills to build the procurement function and support sourcing and strategic procurement needs as the organization grows.

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Responsibilities

Own end-to-end procurement process (PO creation and approval through existing systems Conga, NetSuite, MedPro, etc.) including coordination with Legal, Finance and functional leadership

Collaborate with functional budget owners to draft, negotiate and execute SOWs and contracts

Develop & execute procurement strategies that align with the company's goals and regulatory requirements including project-specific RFI/RFP templates and processes

Interface at all levels of the organization to resolve compliance problems and ensure transparency of all procurement activities

Drive cost efficiency while ensuring high standards of quality, delivery, and compliance

Lead the development and execution of processes for enforcing policies and contracts

Manage supplier relationships and performance, including negotiations and risk assessments

Grow procurement function in parallel with Invivyd growth and in time, lead a team to address the company's procurement needs

Lead the process to evaluate and implement procurement technologies to support reporting and governance needs

Develop and manage reporting, benchmarking, and analytics to support the procurement function particularly around spend categories, contract compliance, procurement performance, and supplier scorecards

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementProcurement OperationsContract ManagementERP SystemsProfessional CertificationDetail OrientedNegotiation SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Bachelor's Degree

8-10 years of experience with sourcing, procurement operations, procurement consulting, or business systems / operations

Experience working in or supporting global biotech/pharma/life science teams is required

The candidate must be detail oriented

Ability to travel to the New Haven headquarters 3-4x a month

Preferred

Function specific familiarity including experience working at the bench, utilization of lab consumables and reagents, etc. important based on profile identified is preferred

Professional certification in purchasing or supply chain is desirable, from ISM (CPSD, CPSM, CSM, CPM), from APICS (CPIM, CIRM)

Agency management experience (briefing/execution/budgetary oversight) is preferred

Knowledge and proven experience in the P2P process specifically on the PO creation activities