Associate Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

Key Responsibilities

• Lead techno-commercial evaluations: review process routes, specs/CoA requirements, analytical methods, and manufacturing capabilities; assess scale-up/tech transfer readiness and risks.
• Coordinate with CMC/Regulatory Affairs and Quality to collect and review supplier documentation to support VQ, Vendor audits and Regulatory Filings (e.g., DMF/ASMF support packs), and compliance expectations.
• Develop and maintain should-cost models, clean sheets, and cost breakdowns for pharma manufacturing processes (including solvent/raw-material indexing) to support fact-based negotiations.
• Evaluate, and onboard new suppliers/alternate vendor; manage vendor performance based on technical capability, quality, Compliance, and cost metrics.
• Conduct market intelligence to identify cost effective manufacturing processes and technical evaluation for feasibility and onboarding.
• Ensure high standards of integrity and confidentiality while managing sensitive IP and regulatory information.
• Partner with R&D/MSAT/Quality/RA for NPI and tech transfer: supplier onboarding, sample management, trial orders, and readiness for PPQ/validation activities (as applicable).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, BE in Chemical Engineering,
• M. Pharmacy, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in techno-commercial roles across pharma strategic sourcing, R&D Development, Technology Transfer, Vendor Management within regulated environments.
• Working knowledge on Process Development of APIs and Regulatory documentation flows.
• Strong capability in cost analysis, TCO modelling, and supplier/market assessment.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel; experience with BI/analytics tools is a plus.