Vendor Outsourcing Associate

MEDVACON Life Sciences

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Foster City, CA, us on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description

MEDVACON Life Sciences works with many leading pharmaceutical companies to hire consultants, contractor's and full-time employees to join their organizations. 

One of our pharmaceutical clients is looking to fill an Vendor Outsourcing Associate position ON-SITE in Foster City, CA.

Hybrid/Locations: Foster City, CA, Morris Plains, NJ, Santa Monica, CA, OR Seattle, WA

Contract Duration: 1 year

The Vendor Outsourcing Associate is responsible for supporting various activities and projects within the Vendor Outsourcing organization mainly for Clinical Trial / Operations Outsourcing.

Responsibilities:

  • Contract execution, review, management, routing and quality control
  • Management of MSA’s, WO’s, CO’s, LOA’s, LOI, CDA’s and other contracts for the Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
  • Execution of market engagements (RFx, Bid Defence Meetings, Vendor Selection Meetings etc.)
  • New supplier setup and supplier updates in ERP
  • Data entry of supplier and contract information (such as contractual and financial data)
  • Researching and resolving vendor invoice and payment inquiries and issues
  • Reviewing and analyzing of vendor proposals
  • Project support for various initiatives including M&A, simplification etc.
  • Strategy development and implementation support

The ideal candidate should have:

  • Bachelor’s degree is a must
  • Clinical development process and scientific environment expertise and experience
  • Legal experience (JD, Legal Counsel, Legal Administrator) or relevant experience in working with contracts and legal matters
  • Proficiency in legal language, contract structure and format
  • Comfortable interacting with internal and external teams and business partners (such as clinical operations, clinical research, finance, account payable, purchasing, and potentially legal and business conduct)
  • Project management/support experience
  • Ability to comply with specific processes in a regulated environment

W2/1099 CONTRACT CANDIDATES ONLY!!! NO C2C/CONSULTANTS!!!

About this role

Summary

Support vendor contracts, manage supplier data, and assist in clinical outsourcing projects.

Job title

Vendor Outsourcing Associate

Experience level

none specified

Industry

pharmaceuticals

Location requirements

On-site in Foster City, CA, with hybrid options allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

contract managementlegal languageproject supportclinical development

Preferred skills

legal experienceERP proficiencyvendor proposal analysis

Specializations

contract managementvendor managementclinical trial
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Foster City, CA, USA

Hybrid City