Job Description
Job overview
As a Vendor Lead you will be a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for supplier services at a trial level and be the first point for issue escalation during study start up, acting as a conduit for clear communication and robust daily oversight
Main responsibilities
1. Maintain close interaction and collaboration with study team lead and study team members during study lifetime
2. Review of the vendor and category related specific sections of the protocol, ensure vendor expertise is leveraged when refining specifications towards Final Protocol
3. Ensure changes to protocol or study designs are consistently shared with vendors and incorporated into supplier budgets, timelines, and specifications.
4. Contribute to development of Study Specification Worksheet (SSW) to facilitate bid process and selection of Vendors.
5. Quote/Proposal review in collaboration with procurement (and vendor). If required, support contract negotiations.
6. Vendor budget review of final quotes
7. Co-ordinate vendor kick-off meeting and other vendor specific meetings
8. Collect HA submission documents from vendor, as requested by countries participating in a study
9. Support amendment of vendor contracts with Procurement team
10. Optimise a frontloaded and timely study st...