Vendor relationship manager - 18 months

Ipsen is a dynamic and growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care.

We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients’ health and quality of life and providing them with effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in oncology, neurosciences and rare diseases.

Ipsen also benefits from a rich heritage in primary care and a healthy portfolio in its growing Consumer Healthcare global business unit with outstanding products in gastroenterology and neurodegenerative diseases.

The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and we also care for our employees because they are the ambassadors who truly make the difference. We attract and develop bold, agile, entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions; leaders drawn by a purpose to make a direct impact through their work in people’s lives.

We offer employees a wealth of fulfilling challenges & growth opportunities, and the chance to contribute within a fast-moving organisation, an organisation that is genuinely game-changing.

The role of the Vendor Manager is the sole accountable for building and maintaining relationships with our strategic partners for Polaris.

Polaris is a global program which will transform the next generation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Platform in five ways:

• Simplify key business processes through global standardization
• Create value savings in efficiency, process maturity and system streamlining
• Advance geographic expansion, innovation, and processes, through business acquisition and new product integration
• Prioritise activities representing significant growth benefits
• Leverage innovative digital technologies to develop unique asset

You will have accountability for:

Leads partnership strategic alignment with Polaris Team.

• Defines strategic direction and objectives of key partnerships with Polaris contact.
• Leads periodic reviews; organises agenda, tracks decisions, and delivery of agreed objectives in Vendor Scorecard.
• Aligns adjustments needed to direction with Polaris Leadership Team.
• Develops and owns that Polaris contracting yearly plan

Leads contract management, service delivery reporting and governance for Polaris.

• Oversees the contract lifecycle, ensures signed contracts are recorded according to policy.
• Tracks vendor service delivery versus agreed contractual commitments and where applicable establishes continuous improvement plans.
• Participates in technical and business discussions to ensure alignment between service delivery objectives with business objectives.
• Participates in contract negotiations and Request for Proposals of key strategic partners.
• Identification of contractual, financial and operational risks in order to alert and work closely with management to prevent and/or resolve them
• Develops and maintains vendor management governance, framework, and vendor scorecards.
• Ensures Polaris processes are in line with Ipsen Purchasing and Legal policies and guidance

Knowledge, abilities & experience:

• Master degree with minimum 5 years's experience on a similar position
• Previous experience as Contract Manager / Buyer
• Experience in contract management platforms (Ariba).
• Fluent in English & French
• Develops and manages strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels

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Dans le cadre de ses recrutements IPSEN s’engage au respect de l’égalité de traitement des candidats, indépendamment du sexe, de l’âge, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'origine ethnique, de la couleur de la peau, de la nationalité, du handicap ou de l'appartenance à un syndicat.