International Procurement Senior Specialist

About Minapharm:

Minapharm Pharmaceuticals is a leading pharmaceutical company in Egypt and the Middle East and the largest end-to-end manufacturer of biological therapies in MEA with over 20 years of experience in cellular and bioprocess engineering. Headquartered in Cairo, Minapharm commercializes over 100 life-saving and life-enhancing products ranging from small molecules to complex bioengineered proteins and viral vectors, with an impressive immunotherapy pipeline. Together with its wholly-owned Berlin-based subsidiary, ProBioGen AG - a world-leading CDMO, Minapharm has established an integrated business model making it the only gene-to-market company in the region. Consolidating its international platform of intelligent biopharmaceutical technologies with the longstanding process development and manufacturing expertise in the MEA, Minapharm, together with ProBioGen, has incorporated MiGenTra GmbH headquartered in Berlin and manufacturing in Cairo, to enhance the accessibility to critical healthcare transforming medicines through product development and commercialization of Biosimilar mABs, Cell, and Gene Therapies and vaccines, at affordable prices in Egypt, and MEA.

Our Values:

· Diversity & Respect

· Integrity & Accountability

· Collaboration

· Leadership & Empowerment

· Innovation & Continuous Learning

Job Summary:

Issuing POs with evaluating suppliers, products, and services, negotiating contracts, and ensuring that approved purchases are cost-efficient and of high quality.

Duties will include but not limited to:

1. Sourcing of vendors with preliminary evaluation based on MP criteria.

2. Review prices and product specifications from various suppliers to determine which would provide the best deal.

3. Complete Awareness on the Inventory Management System (Implying the Retest & nearly Expired RM).

4. Implementation of contract strategy in the tendering processes and evaluation, contractor appraisal, evaluation and negotiation of offers, management of the contract and contractor, legal considerations and payment conditions, risk assessment.

5. Regular following up Oracle reports of all RM & Pkg (National and internationally) in order to monitor the warehouse stock level.

6. Develop and control PO delivery compliance with respect to cost, quality, quantity, and specifications.

7. Track shipping & Delivery of P.O with reviewing copy of all shipping documents.

8. Follow up Payment process with Finance Dep.

9. Follow up with Logistics/Clearance department and fulfill all the needed documents till arrival to MP warehouse.

10. Follow up with MP technical team to ensure that RM complies with our specification.

11. Coordinate with Logistics and Registration departments annually to ensure that all raw material and packaging material are included in MP import plan.

12. Regular Vendor Evaluation (by 3D Vendor Evaluation approach) to assure suppliers deliver materials and services in accordance with standards of price, time, quantity and quality agreed upon.

13. Set business meetings with MP strategic suppliers to ensure sustainable supply

14. Coordinates routinely with MP departments to assure effective and timely coordination and team work in procuring goods and services.

15. Implementation of cost saving and cost reduction strategies

16. Maintain an accurate Cost of Goods for each finished goods SKU ensuring optimum profitability

17. Consolidates periodic reports, with respect to the unit activities and achievements, and submit to the Supervisor.

18. Develop and implement supportive systems with the supervisor that help all supply chain processes be more efficient.

19. Ensure compliance with specific KPI defined in a specific period.

20. Full compliance of procurement activities along Procurement Policies.

The right applicant should have:

1. BSc. in Pharmaceutical Science.
2. 1 -6 years of relevant experience.