Manager, Clinical Contracts & Finance - I* at The Fountain Group

Hello,
My name is Arnold, and I am a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant with The Fountain Group.  We are a national staffing firm with an array of Fortune 500 clients constantly looking for candidates such as yourself to join the team. I believe you have a great background and would love to discuss what's most important to you then compared to see if it matches our job.  
Currently I have an opening for Clinical Contracts & Finance Manager located in Parsippany, NJ. Details for the position are as follows:
Pay rate: $55.98/hr.
This is a hybrid role – can reside in offices located in Foster City, CA/Santa Monica, CA/Seattle, WA/ or Parsippany, NJ (must be able to support EST hrs.)
Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Manages contract and sourcing activities for Early Phase clinical development programs providing consistent customer service and delivering quantitative value through cost savings and transformation/innovation.
• Ensure the vendor selection process is compliant by managing risks through benchmarking, rate negotiations, implementing the sourcing strategy, collaborating with cross functional teams such as Compliance, Legal and Regulatory.
• Collaborates with internal customers in vendor bidding and proposal development (RFP creation and analysis).
• Manages the contract negotiation process across the entire life cycle including RFI, vendor identification, RFP, vendor selection decision, contracting negotiation, performance monitoring, change orders, and ensures proper closeout of agreements to maximize contract value and achieve target savings.
• Manages the contract negotiation process as described above for complex and/or high value contracts
• Serves as an SME in resolving complex issues relating to contract negotiation and management
• Oversees the identification, selection and management of global external service providers
• Leads Vendor bid defense meetings

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years Industry experience in vendor outsourcing
• Relevant experience typically includes contract negotiation, category management and/or clinical outsourcing or procurement

• Experience in providing thought leadership and consistent customer service
• Expertise in the end-to-end sourcing and contracting process, including RFx, contract negotiation and management
• Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the clinical research process and the regulatory environment across functions
• Demonstrated leadership skills while working in fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent communication skills and comfort level interacting with internal and external teams across all levels, including regular interface with stakeholders and leadership team members
• Ability to understand an analyze from multiple complex sources such as financial and operational perspectives

 
 
Who We Are:
The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.
Browse our website below for additional information on our company.
The Fountain Group
4505 Woodland Corporate Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614
“We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”
If you are interested in hearing more about this position or other opportunities I may have please respond to this posting with your updated resume or contact me at (813) 425-2220, please reply/email your resume directly to Arnold.Suwan@TheFountainGroup.com
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