Sr. Manager, Commercial Strategic Sourcing

The role

The Senior Manager, Commercial Strategic Sourcing develops and executes sourcing strategies across commercial categories. This role leads competitive sourcing, contracting, and supplier relationship management while partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.

What you will do

• Develop and execute category strategies for commercial services.
• Lead end-to-end RFI/RFP processes, vendor evaluations, negotiations, and vendor selection.
• Analyze spend, markets, suppliers, proposals, pricing models, and total cost.
• Negotiate and manage MSAs, statements of work, work orders, and change orders.
• Partner with Commercial, Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, and other stakeholders.
• Manage supplier governance through business reviews, scorecards, KPIs, and risk mitigation.
• Deliver and report cost savings, cost avoidance, demand management, and process efficiency.
• Ensure sourcing activities follow ethical practices, internal policies, and external regulations.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and accruals.
• Improve sourcing processes, templates, tools, and training.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Life Sciences, or a related field
• 6+ years of progressive strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supplier management experience
• 3+ years commercial sourcing experience in categories such as marketing, media, digital, market access, sales operations, patient services, meetings and events, or professional services
• Proven experience leading competitive sourcing, complex negotiations, contract development, spend analysis, and supplier relationship management
• Working knowledge of procurement governance, third-party risk, compliance, and financial management in a regulated environment
• Excellent analytical, communication, collaboration, influencing, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to translate business requirements and market intelligence into practical category and sourcing strategies
• Strong analytical, financial, problem-solving, and decision-support capabilities
• Strong customer focus with the ability to build trusted cross-functional relationships
• Strategic thinking with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to execution

Nice to have

• advanced degree
• relevant certification
• experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or life sciences

About the company

Mineralys Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to target hypertension and related comorbidities. The company is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.