• Senior pharmaceutical industry leader with progressive history of success achieving cost controls through establishment of outsourcing agreements as part of drug development and management efforts.
• Build, manage, and lead development and delivery of procurement management processes. Cultivate relationships with internal and external resources, as well as operating and clinical leaders to achieve commercial success on behalf of Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
• Serve as collaborative partner to business franchises, including adding ongoing value as integrated operational resource. Maintain complete understanding of franchise operations and create alignment between clinical and procurement activities.
Lead and manage global clinical contracting group delivering quality, cost-effective and timely external resources for US-based therapeutic franchises and business units for clinical trails services to include establishment and monitoring of global Phase II-IV studies, data management biostatistics, medical writing, central and reference laboratory services, IRT / IVR, imaging, central cardiac safety services and all other specialty services.
Direct professional efforts of 8 staff supporting 6 therapeutic areas. Maintain accountability for performance results. Manage and report on $500M+ clinical development budget. Develop and implement best-in-class sourcing management processes and techniques.
Highlighted Achievements:
• Served as key point of contact for KPMG conducting audits of supplier contracts. Oversaw audit efforts, worked with category managers and Novartis senior management. − Contributed to efforts that resulted in $2M refund from central labs and $500K from contract research organization (CRO).
• Developed outsourcing strategy in collaboration with category management and led global strategic allocation of services. − Proactively managed contractual relationships and compliance with legal, regulatory and financial standards, including SOX, ICH and GXP.
• Established positive reputation on behalf of global outsourcing management department to rest of organization. Promoted group and worked with external service providers, as well as business development team and project managers to drive understanding of procurement function.
• Created and promoted best practices to ensure global outsourcing management successfully responded to changing needs of customers, including legal, operations and regulatory and finance areas. − Developed and implemented tools and process maps in support of clients’ requirements.
