Technical Sourcing - API - Global Procurement

Role Overview

The role combines strong technical knowledge with commercial expertise to identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop reliable suppliers while ensuring quality, regulatory compliance, competitive cost, and continuity of supply. Working closely with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Supply Chain, the position supports supplier selection, cost optimization, risk mitigation, and long-term supply resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic sourcing for APIs intermediates, and key raw materials, Key reagents and solvents
• Supplier identification, technical evaluation, qualification, and development
• Cost optimization, and supply-risk management
• Required qualifications, technical competencies, experience, and leadership capabilities
• 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.
• Lead techno-commercial evaluations: review process routes, specs/CoA requirements, analytical methods, and manufacturing capabilities; assess scale-up/tech transfer readiness and risks
• 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.
• 10 to 16+ years of experience in techno-commercial roles across pharma strategic sourcing, R&D Development, MSAT, Operational excellence, Technology Transfer, Vendor Management within regulated environments.

Key Skills & Competencies

• APIs Process Development & Technology Transfer
• Analytical thinking and financial/cost acumen
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• High integrity and discretion with confidential information
• Clear written and verbal communication