Sourcing Manager - Clinical Trial Services

Overview

Sourcing Manager for R&D Clinical Trial Services, driving end-to-end source-to-contract processes and value delivery for defined category spend thresholds at Takeda.

What you'll do

• Develop and own sourcing strategies for Clinical Trial Services categories aligned with business priorities and Global Category Manager direction.
• Identify and drive value levers (cost, demand, innovation, risk, ESG) and support Category Managers in driving value.
• Prepare sourcing events, align with Central Finance on RFx execution, and maintain the project pipeline in Wave.
• Act as primary procurement interface for Clinical Operations, Clinical Supply, Data Sciences, Biomarkers, R&D IT, Quality and Privacy in sourcing.
• Challenge demand, specifications, and sourcing approaches constructively and socialize procurement best practices.
• Support supplier selection, segmentation, performance governance, and strategic supplier relationships; escalate risks to Sourcing Lead.
• Implement and enforce standardized sourcing templates, playbooks, and workflows; identify automation opportunities with digital and AI.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks to ensure business continuity and patient supply security; develop contingency plans.
• Lead negotiations and contract finalization for assigned sourcing events within defined thresholds using should-cost models and benchmarks.
• Support savings targets and value realization, contribute to supplier risk management and compliance, and drive KPI performance management.
• Lead sourcing for central and specialty labs, biomarker and imaging services, IRT/RTSM, EDC, ePRO and decentralised trial technologies.
• Source clinical supply services including comparator sourcing, labelling, packaging, depot storage and global clinical distribution.
• Negotiate kit-based, visit-based and per-patient pricing models with clear assumptions, pass-throughs and reconciliation mechanisms.
• Partner with Quality, IT and Privacy on GCP/GLP compliance, computer system validation, data integrity and data transfer agreements.
• Manage supplier performance on turnaround time, query rates, sample integrity and system uptime.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 12+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or shared services.
• In-depth knowledge of strategic sourcing, with ability to leverage digital and AI improvements in ways of working.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation experience; ability to define strategies using should-cost models and benchmarks.
• Experience managing complex business stakeholders across Clinical Operations, Pharma Sciences, Finance, Legal, and Business Units.
• Proficiency with SAP Ariba or equivalent eSourcing tools; experience with Wave pipeline management.
• Knowledge of clinical trial service models (central lab, imaging, IRT/eClinical, comparator and clinical supply logistics).
• Ability to model per-patient, per-kit and per-visit pricing and reconcile against actual study enrolment.
• Awareness of GCP/GLP, CSV and data privacy requirements for clinical service and technology providers.
• Proven ability to manage senior, cross-functional stakeholders; collaborative and diplomatic, operating with limited direction and ambiguity.
• Strong attention to detail and exceptional oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft desktop applications (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel) and experience using Generative / Agentic AI.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Experience with indirect categories.
• Experience working in a complex global environment.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Employee worker, regular, full-time.