Associate Director, Procurement Lead

Invivyd•New Haven, CT

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Invivyd is seeking a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills, a deep understanding of supply chain management, and the ability to work collaboratively across departments to build the procurement function and partner cross-functionally to support the sourcing and strategic procurement needs of our growing organization. The role will be focused in the short-term on driving the existing procurement business procedures while identifying key opportunities for streamlining and process improvement in order to grow the function in parallel with growth of the company. The role will report into the Senior Director of FP&A.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
8-10 years of experience with sourcing, procurement operations, procurement consulting, or business systems / operations
Experience working in or supporting global biotech/pharma/life science teams is required
Demonstrated knowledge of relevant industry technology systems including ERP, eProcurement, Spend Analysis, and Contract Management in addition to current Conga, NetSuite & MedPro.
Knowledge and proven experience in the P2P process specifically on the PO creation activities
The candidate must be detail oriented
Ability to travel to the New Haven headquarters 3-4x a month

Nice To Haves

Function specific familiarity including experience working at the bench, utilization of lab consumables and reagents, etc. important based on profile identified is preferred
Professional certification in purchasing or supply chain is desirable, from ISM (CPSD, CPSM, CSM, CPM), from APICS (CPIM, CIRM)
Agency management experience (briefing/execution/budgetary oversight) is preferred

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end procurement process (PO creation and approval through existing systems Conga, NetSuite, MedPro, etc.) including coordination with Legal, Finance and functional leadership
Collaborate with functional budget owners to draft, negotiate and execute SOWs and contracts
Develop & execute procurement strategies that align with the company's goals and regulatory requirements including project-specific RFI/RFP templates and processes
Interface at all levels of the organization to resolve compliance problems and ensure transparency of all procurement activities
Drive cost efficiency while ensuring high standards of quality, delivery, and compliance
Lead the development and execution of processes for enforcing policies and contracts
Manage supplier relationships and performance, including negotiations and risk assessments
Grow procurement function in parallel with Invivyd growth and in time, lead a team to address the company's procurement needs
Lead the process to evaluate and implement procurement technologies to support reporting and governance needs
Develop and manage reporting, benchmarking, and analytics to support the procurement function particularly around spend categories, contract compliance, procurement performance, and supplier scorecards