Major Purpose of the Job To strategically source and procure raw materials required for Recent Product Development (NPD) and R&D; activities, ensuring timely availability, competitive cost, quality compliance, and uninterrupted support to product development and launch timelines.

The role will be responsible for coordinating with R&D;, F&D;, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Control, Quality Assurance and other stakeholders to ensure that procurement activities do not cause delays in NPD development, regulatory submissions, or product launches.

Key Responsibility Areas

- NPD Launch & R&D; Support

- Source and procure raw materials required for NPD, R&D; trials, registration batches and commercial launch activities.
- Ensure timely availability of materials in line with NPD and product launch timelines.
- Coordinate closely with R&D;, F&D;, QA/QC, RA and SCM teams to understand material requirements and timelines.
- Ensure there are no procurement-related delays impacting NPD development or product launch.

2. Regulatory & Documentation Support
- Ensure timely availability of complete vendor and material documentation required for Regulatory Affairs (RA) and F&D; activities.
- Coordinate with suppliers for specifications, COA, manufacturing details, regulatory documents, declarations and other required documents.
- Support RA/F&D; teams in regulatory filing and dossier submission requirements.
- Ensure supplier documentation is accurate, complete and available within agreed timelines.

3. Alternate Vendor Development
- Identify and develop alternate/backup vendors for critical raw materials to reduce supply-chain dependency and business risk.
- Work with QA/QC and technical teams for vendor qualification and approval.
- Develop alternate sources for cost optimization and supply continuity.
- Maintain a robust approved vendor base for critical and strategic materials.

4. Cost Saving & Commercial Negotiation




- Negotiate with suppliers to achieve cost savings and commercially competitive procurement.
- Identify opportunities for price reduction through alternate sourcing, volume negotiation, payment terms, logistics optimization and contract negotiations.
- Generate and track procurement savings against approved targets.
- Benchmark supplier pricing and market trends to ensure competitive sourcing.

5. Quality & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure procurement activities comply with applicable GMP, quality, regulatory and company requirements.
- Work closely with QA/QC to minimize material rejection due to quality-related issues.
- Coordinate with vendors for corrective actions and resolution of quality issues.
- Support vendor audits, qualification and documentation requirements.
- Provide procurement support for vendor-related audit and dossier submission activities.

6. PR & PO Management
- Ensure Purchase Requisitions (PRs) are processed and converted into POs within defined timelines.
- No PR should remain open for more than 7 days, except for:
- Scheduled items
- Bulk items
- Solvents
- High-value items
- PRs specifically kept on hold by SCM/R&D;
- Ensure timely follow-up with stakeholders and suppliers for PO execution.

7. Open PO & Delivery Management
- Monitor open POs and ensure timely delivery of materials.
- Drive closure of open POs and ensure that open POs beyond 90 days from the committed/delivery date are minimized, except for annual contracts and campaign-based products.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve delivery delays.
- Maintain regular follow-up and escalation for overdue purchase orders.

8. SAP & Procurement Data Management
- Ensure accurate and timely updating of procurement transactions in SAP.
- Ensure no PR remains open for more than 90 days in SAP, except for approved/exempted cases.
- Maintain accurate PR, PO, delivery and vendor-related records.
- Ensure procurement MIS and reports are updated regularly.

📌 Hiring: Sr. Manager:- Purchase (Odhav)
🏢 Cadila Pharmaceuticals
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