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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.  

We have a vacancy for a Vendor Management Specialist in our Global Clinical Supplies Team.   

A day in the life:  

Supports the day to day operations of the study drug, comparators and ancillaries management.  

Mentors junior members of team. 

Acts as point of escalation for assigned clients. 

Coordinates with vendors and assists with vendor management when clinical supplies services are required to be outsourced  

Ensures all activities are completed in compliance with company good practices and client requirements.  

Completes ongoing training on new regulations concerning all clinical supplies and GxP activities.  

Participates in and supports department project teams.  

May coordinate or serve as a liason cross-functionally.  

Asks for quotations to vendors and verify them against what was required by internal clients.  

Interacts with other groups and department to get approvals and revisions.  

Follows the Global procedures and internal agreement to place a Purchase Order.  

Participates in the GCS mini team meetings, providing insight about vendors processes and procedures, costs, timeline, requirements and deliverables.  

Connect and manage the vendors selected for services. • Keeps control and oversight on the POs and services performed by vendors, following up on distribution plan, SIV dates, right products to be delivered and with the good quality that’s required  

Qualifications and experience  

Bachelor’s degree   

5 years experience in a similar role within clinical trials, pharmaceutical company, CRO or supply chain orgnization.  

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.  

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.