Senior Manager, Contract Life Cycle Management

Fresenius Kabi • Lake Zurich, IL

11d • $130,000 - $150,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Contract Life Cycle Management is responsible for leading strategic sourcing initiatives and overseeing the full contract lifecycle with Third Party Manufacturers (TPMs). This role provides strategic direction for relationship and contract management, with accountability for process efficiency, performance metrics, pricing, transportation, and volume commitments. Key responsibilities include developing and executing category strategies, driving competitive intelligence, leading cross-functional initiatives, and managing profit-split and pay out activities with Alliance partners. The position ensures contract compliance and alignment with Fresenius Kabi USA’s short- and long-term objectives while negotiating, implementing, and managing agreements across the third-party manufacturing portfolio. As the primary commercial lead for TPMs, this role provides matrixed leadership across internal functions—including Marketing, Business Development, Supply Chain, and Quality—and with senior executives at partner organizations. The Senior Manager serves the escalation point for TPM operations, resolving issues, mitigating risks, and ensuring seamless collaboration that delivers sustained business value. This position requires working onsite Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays at the Lake Zurich, IL site; remaining days may be worked remotely. This position does not offer visa sponsorship either now or in the future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain, with demonstrated success in leading complex initiatives.
• Proven ability to leverage strong analytical and negotiation skills to deliver strategic business outcomes.
• Experience with database management and advanced proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Visio.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information to executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the North American (NAM) contract management process, driving alignment with Legal, Business Development, and Global Alliance Management (GAM), while actively contributing to global initiatives with the GAM EU team.
• Deliver high-level contractual briefings, insights, and recommendations to executive management and external partners, enabling informed decision-making.
• Act as the primary relationship manager with Third-Party Manufacturers (TPMs), ensuring adherence to contractual commitments, compliance standards, and strategic objectives.
• Lead complex negotiations with business partners to secure optimal pricing, enhance value creation, and ensure accurate MPV forecasting.
• Establish, monitor, and report on performance metrics for manufacturing partners (e.g., forecast accuracy, schedule adherence, service levels) to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement category strategies that strengthen quality, safeguard supply continuity, and improve cost competitiveness.
• Build and institutionalize advanced business intelligence capabilities to identify new manufacturing partners, market opportunities, and long-term growth levers.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Portfolio teams to optimize product life cycle management and ensure market readiness.
• Partner with Finance leadership to deliver accurate and timely inputs for budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Assess market dynamics and pricing trends for third-party manufactured products in collaboration with commercial teams to inform strategic decision-making.
• Drive cross-functional coordination with Business Development, Alliance Management, Regulatory Affairs, Market Units, and Production to ensure seamless execution of new product introductions.
• Oversee, refine, and enhance profit-split and payout processes with third-party partners in partnership with Finance and Supply Chain.
• Provide leadership and sponsorship for strategic initiatives and special projects with enterprise-wide impact.

Benefits

• Our benefits and programs are comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted to ensure our colleagues live healthy lives and have support when it matters most.
• Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with company contributions, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, employee assistance program, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.
• We offer an excellent salary and benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage, as well as life insurance, disability, 401K with company contribution , and wellness program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees