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•Directed clinical outsourcing requirements, including vendor selection/oversight/governance, RFx processes, and negotiate scopes of work and study budgets. •Developed and manage budgets for quarterly board meetings and LRP, execute monthly and quarterly clinical accrual process, and revise forecasts as studies evolve over the life of the study timeline•Collaborated cross-functionally with Clinical Operations and Finance to establish working relationships and advance process improvements •Hired and manage team of Outsourcing Managers to support growing pipeline and program outsourcing requirements

•Operated as key liaison between Merck’s Scientists, Global Procurement and the Discovery Operations Group within Merck Research Labs (MRL) to establish the Procurement function at the new SSF discovery hub•Revolutionized tail-spend management by creating and establishing new sourcing program and policies, ensuring efficient and successful access to scientific support, reducing average time-to-science by 58% since inception•Implemented new commercial model for pass through costs and scientific service fees, thereby achieving 100% audit and inspections compliance •Advanced preferred supplier relationships via effective score carding, quarterly executive business reviews and risk management and mitigation•Collaborated cross-functionally with executive level corporate finance, project management and clinical operations teams

•Drove the GTSP Team as Savings Steward towards exceeding expense and capital savings targets by 158% and 192%, respectively. Individually out-delivered savings target via strategic sourcing rigor and supplier negotiations, exceeding expense target by 463% •Liaise with IT Finance stakeholders, IT Supplier Management & Governance, Glocal Supplier Management Group colleagues, and suppliers to successfully lead diverse cross-functional teams in creating strategic sourcing strategies, and direct commercial negotiations to support business requirements and IT project portfolio•Maintain robust entity management through consistent stakeholder engagement, quarterly business reviews, and SM&G alignment checkpoints •Obtained executive sponsorship and approval for strategy and award recommendations with 100% “right first time” Sourcing Review Committee (SRC) track record •Engaged in the development of Supplier Scorecard Process to implement end-to-end supplier management process ensuring reliable and compliant services and supply

•Execute strategic sourcing initiatives, RFXs, contract negotiations, and ongoing supplier management for Functional and Late Stage Programmatic CRO services to deliver expense reduction and build consistent savings pipeline•Continuously develop business partnerships with stakeholders, suppliers, and finance to successfully lead diverse cross-functional teams, while managing supplier performance against business requirements•Serve as Category Steward for DPO initiative, consistently exceeding 2015 monthly run rate targets, and achieved 150% Net 90 pull through target in 2014•Direct process improvements to drive efficiencies, including development of new engagement strategy for multi-party studies, contract routing, and implementation of Merck financial dashboards

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