Company Description

I-Mab (Nasdaq: IMAB) is an innovation-driven global biopharma company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel and highly differentiated biologics for immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases. The Company's mission is to bring transformational medicines to patients around the world through innovation. I-Mab's globally competitive pipeline of more than 15 clinical and pre-clinical stage drug candidates is driven by its internal discovery and global partnerships for in-licensing, based on the Company's Fast-to-Proof-of-Concept and Fast-to-Market development strategies. The Company is progressing from a clinical stage biotech company into a fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company with cutting-edge R&D capabilities, a world-class GMP manufacturing facility and commercial capability. I-Mab has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Hong Kong in China, and Maryland and San Diego in the United States. For more information, please visit http://ir.i-mabbiopharma.com and follow I-Mab on LinkedIn, Twitter and WeChat.

Job Description

The Procurement Lead will be focusing on strategic procurement function to support I-Mab US R&D Research, Facilities, and CMC in the US.  

Role Responsibilities:

• Support procurement strategy & workflow according to I-Mab global procurement policy/SOP and purchasing best practice 
• Work in close collaboration with business partners to get a clear understanding of business needs, determine the appropriate purchasing strategy, identify vendors, and ensure the consistency between the scientific specifications, vendor proposals, and contractual documents.  
• The candidate will be expected to appropriately familiarize with lab operation, research services, and lab equipment category.
• Provide support to the purchase-to-pay (P2P) process supported by the system, as needed.  
• Coordinate providers’ performance assessment and provides support to supplier relationship management
• Periodically finalize purchase order, change order, delivery details, etc.    
• Lead day to day procurement operations for site procurement needs  
• Support implementation of new procurement system, policies, and procedures.  
• Perform risk management data analysis
• Complete additional responsibilities as they arise

Qualifications

• B.S/B. A degree is required (life sciences degree or business is preferred) 
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical procurement experience required
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a highly matrixed member of the R&D and CMC Site and Global procurement team. 
• Good organization, communication, and coordination skills
• Service oriented, data analysis skills 
• Ability to speak Chinese highly preferred
• Up to 20% travel or ad hoc 
• Based in San Diego, CA 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.