Category Vendor Manager

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Worldwide Clinical Trials is a global contract research organization (CRO) that provides comprehensive clinical trial services. They specialize in supporting studies across diverse therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiology, and rare diseases. With over 30 years of experience, Worldwide Clinical Trials emphasizes personalized support and customized solutions throughout the entire lifecycle of drug development. Their services include clinical monitoring, data management, patient recruitment, and regulatory consulting, ensuring precision and tailored attention for each clinical trial.

📋 Description

• Establish and maintain business relationships with third-party service providers supporting clinical trials • Implement Worldwide’s vendor governance program strategy • Monitor, measure, and report program compliance rates and effectiveness • Support study teams in resolving vendor performance issues • Work cross-functionally to resolve vendor-related quality incidents and oversee CAPA plan implementation • Measure and assess vendor performance using scorecards, satisfaction surveys, and vendor-provided KPIs • Document, evaluate, and report strategies and core vendor performance • Foster inter-vendor collaboration and a one-team culture to deliver operational excellence • Identify continuous improvement initiatives with core and critical vendors • Implement a service-category-based performance metrics program for standardized category management oversight • Promote and organize vendor-led training and workshops • Support vendor assessments and track assessment, qualification status, and audit certificates • Represent Vendor Management in Sponsor qualification audits • Monitor and manage outsourced-service risks through Vendor Risk Mitigation Plans • Perform other activities supporting Vendor Management Leadership

🎯 Requirements

• Great interpersonal skills and ability to interface appropriately with all levels of the organization across the global footprint • Strong attention to detail • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Experience with Trackwise, Salesforce, Sciforma, or related database systems is an advantage • Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required • Ability to work under pressure, multi-task, and meet tight deadlines • Experience managing vendor performance and associated improvement plans • Awareness and use of continuous improvement techniques and practical implementation of lean manufacturing • Relationship management ability at executive and operational levels • High degree of accuracy and ability to deliver within tight timelines • BA/BS degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience • Minimum 3 years of vendor management experience required • Pharmaceutical/CRO industry experience preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, military status, or other class protected by applicable law • Diverse and inclusive work environment • Supportive teams and accessible leaders • Opportunity to contribute to improving patients’ and caregivers’ lives