Procurement Specialist - Pharma

As a strategic procurement professional at Naari Pharma, you will play a crucial role in end-to-end sourcing of APIs, intermediates, excipients, and packaging materials. Your responsibilities will include managing material procurement, developing sourcing strategies, budgeting, cost optimization, supplier management, and supporting new product development initiatives. Key Responsibilities: - Manage material procurement including APIs, intermediates, excipients, and packaging for commercial & development use. - Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with quality, regulatory, and financial goals. - Identify alternate/secondary sources, and manage the vendor life cycle across global and domestic supplier base. - Drive savings through cost modeling, vendor consolidation, contract negotiations, and value engineering. - Collaborate with Finance and SCM to monitor variances and maintain budgetary discipline. - Develop and maintain Supplier Quality Agreements (SQAs) and ensure SOP compliance. - Manage vendor audits, performance metrics, and regulatory preparedness (GMP, SEZ, EOU, FDA), and mitigate risks through vendor diversification and commercial due diligence. - Partner with R&D, RA, and manufacturing for sourcing during development, tech transfer, and scale-up stages. - Maintain procurement SOPs and documentation for audit readiness. - Use ERP SAP MM to manage procurement operations, vendor masters, PO tracking, and dashboards. - Generate reports on spend analysis, savings, sourcing lead times, and procurement KPIs. Qualifications: - Education: B.Pharm/M.Sc./B.Tech (Chemical) + MBA/PGDM (Supply Chain/Operations preferred) - Experience: 8+ years in Procurement within Pharma (Formulation, API, excipients, packaging) - Skills: Procurement Systems (SAP MM), Regulatory Understanding (GMP, cGMP, FDA, SEZ/EOU compliance), Commercial Acumen, Supplier Management, Documentation, Analytical Thinking, Stakeholder Engagement. Naari Pharma is a B2B pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing women's health globally, with operations in multiple countries and a focus on hormonal therapies. With a modern R&D and manufacturing facility in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, the company offers a dynamic and challenging work environment for professionals in the pharmaceutical industry.,