• Job Description

  Req#: VICEP001438

  Padagis is hiring for a Vice President of Strategic Sourcing in Minneapolis, MN. This individual reports to the Chief Operating Officer, acts as a strategic purchasing and virtual site Vice President for all Padagis external manufacturing activities. The Vice PresidentVice President of Strategic Sourcing will be responsible for leading all facets of product and supply chain sourcing in the external products value stream. Additionally, the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing will be responsible for all of Padagis’s global direct and indirect procurement operations.

  This position is responsible for the overall meeting of business standards, achieving On-Time In-Full (OTIF) and Right First Time (RFT) goals, and establishing contracts that are win/win with our partners. The Vice President of Strategic Sourcing will represent Padagis with all supply partners.

  The Vice President of Strategic Sourcing will provide the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure that the company has the ability to source products in line with agreed business forecasts. This position will also work with the EVP of Growthand Chief Operating Officer to interface regularly with prospective opportunities, supporting diligence, in establishing external supply chain for new product opportunities.

  At Padagis our focus is on health care products that improve people’s lives. We are experts on extended topical products and are strategically investing to expand our #1 position in the extended topical category in the United States. Our team members, numbering more than 1,300 work in a dynamic environment where opportunity is built on a foundation of honesty and transparency. Join our team where great things are happening and you can make a difference.

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develops, executes, and supervises all external manufacturing operations and related procurement, to achieve the rapid growth objectives of the company.
  • Delivers externally sourced products to the warehouse On Time and In Full.
  • Supervises procurement of all direct and indirect materials and services for Padagis’s global operations in a timely and cost effective manner aligned with overall company strategy.
  • Provides timely, accurate, and complete reports on external manufacturing operations of the company.
  • Leads the company’s external operations team, in collaboration with Quality Department leadership, in developing, implementing, and periodically evaluating programs and processes to ensure the company’s external production operations, from raw materials to finished products, meet the quality, integrity, and efficiency standards set by Padagis and regulatory authorities.
  • Responsible for driving down the Cost of Goods Sold through step change and continuous improvement of manufacturing efficiency, productivity and procurement strategy.
  • Drives sourcing, negotiating, and contracting activities for finished dosage forms, API’s raw materials, and packaging components, demonstrating an understanding of business needs, financial aspects, and legal principles.
  • Develops and executes a cost effective direct and indirect procurement strategy that will support Padagis’s organizational needs.
  • Establishes key performance indicators for management of the external operations function and internal procurement, and creates alignment of KPI’s with all Padagis’s facilities.
  • Ensures the team is providing timely, accurate and complete reports on external performance at monthly site management reviews and within the S&OP process.
  • Work closely with the Business Development and the Commercial function in the assessment of new opportunities and providing appropriate procurement and external Operations input.
  • Build and lead a team of supply chain professionals. Set short-term and long-term goals for the external operations function that are aligned with Padagis’ goals.
  • Continuously assess and ensure the appropriate external supply chain, direct procurement, and indirect procurement organization structure is in place to support growth. Identify gaps and ensure the proper hiring and development of employees with the support of Human Resources.
  • Set expectations, provide feedback and coaching, and take necessary action to ensure appropriate performance and goal attainment of team members.

  Skills/Abilities:

  • Demonstrates a willingness to take on new tasks with a general attitude that no task is too small, impossible, or cannot be improved.
  • Work autonomously while ensuring Chief Operating Officer expectations are readily met and exceeded.
  • Fosters a success-oriented, accountable environment within Padagis.
  • Outstanding leadership abilities with demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, combined with team management abilities to establish and maintain high-functioning teams
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve complex problems
  • Operational and financial planning skills withstrong business acumen
  • Executive presence with strong interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written
  • Excellent presentation and PR skills
  • Negotiations Skills

  Required Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, life science, or a related field
  • Minimum of 10 years of management experience and 10 years of quality leadership experience within a pharmaceutical company
  • Pharmaceutical operations and supply chain expertise in a Pharmaceutical Finished Dose Environment
  • In-depth understanding of the CDMO industry
  • Ability to work in a highly growth environment, making informed but quick decisions, driving results through hands-on implementation.

  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

  In the performance of the duties of this job the employee is required to travel up to 50% of the time, drive a motor vehicle, communicate using telephone and e-mail. This will be an office-based position that will require some non-standard working hours including early morning or later evening teleconferences to support global prospective and current clients.

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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