Vendor Outsourcing Associate II

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Vendor Outsourcing Associate II in the Foster City, CA, Morris Plains, NJ, Monica, CA, Seattle, WA area. (Hybrid)
• Responsible for supporting various activities and projects within the Vendor Outsourcing organization mainly for Clinical Trial / Operations Outsourcing.
• Contract execution, review, management, routing and quality control
• management of MSA's, WO's, CO's, LOA's, LOI, CDA's and other contracts for the Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
• Execution of market engagements (RFx, Bid Defence Meetings, Vendor Selection Meetings etc.)
• New supplier setup and supplier updates in ERP
• Data entry of supplier and contract information (such as contractual and financial data) into Company systems
• Researching and resolving vendor invoice and payment inquiries and issues
• Reviewing and analyzing of vendor proposals
• Project support for various initiatives including M&A, simplification etc.
• Strategy development and implementation support

Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree is a must
• Industry experience highly desired
• Clinical development process and scientific environment expertise and experience
• Legal experience (JD, Legal Counsel, Legal Administrator) or relevant experience in working with contracts and legal matters
• Proficiency in legal language, contract structure and format
• Excellent communication skills
• Comfortable interacting with internal and external teams and business partners (such as clinical operations, clinical research, finance, account payable, purchasing, and potentially legal and business conduct)
• Project Management/support experience
• Ability to comply with specific processes in a regulated environment
• Ability to complete tasks and projects under minimal supervision
• Ability to manage competing priorities effectively and proficiently
• Structured and organized