Jitender Narayan Tiwary

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a leading and rapidly growing biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, invention, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of medicines aimed at treating serious medical conditions globally. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, Regeneron is listed on Nasdaq (REGN) and reported revenues of $14.2 billion in 2024. I lead a team of Procurement Category Management professionals within the Centre of Excellence at the Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Bangalore, India. My role encompasses strategic oversight across multiple procurement categories, including Research & Development, Manufacturing (CDMO for Drug Substance, Drug Product, and Filling), Packaging, Drug Devices, Commercial and Medical Affairs, Indirect procurement. I provide expertise in developing and implementing category strategies that effectively align with business objectives, optimize multibillion-dollar spend, and drive procurement transformation. Key responsibilities include offering strategic guidance on market insights, spend analysis, supplier validation, business engagement, supplier optimization, negotiations, category reclassifications and strategy formulations, and category strategy implementation. My focus is on delivering best-in-class category management practices to maximize procurement value and support organizational goals effectively.

Category strategy development , Spend management , Supplier consolidation, Freight management, Marketplace identification and implementation, Project management, Strategic sourcing, Team management , Stakeholder management, Indirect procurement of various categories, etc,

Team Management - Lead a team of clinical sourcing managers who are directly supporting multiple procurement categories of Global Drug Development . The responsibilities will involve day to day escalation management, execution, assisting the team for any roadblocks, providing guidance on the process. Design and implement sourcing strategies that deliver improved cost, reduced risk. Lead effective negotiations with our Suppliers as a part of a sourcing event/request for proposal (RFP) process . Collect and analyze data, metrics and reports to make recommendations for areas of improvement or to drive increased efficiency / performance. Managing the contracts with suppliers and its compliance. Leverage data and insight to work on improvement in category spends and decision making. Setting up effective process to meet compliances & improvement and digitization projects. Category management : Managed category of Equipment and Lab Chemicals (Building blocks / Solvent) and Lab services . Cost saving projects and disruption of suppliers. Manage procurement / outsourcing of Clinical services (Phase -I-III), Lab services , Clinical trial ancillary supply etc. Responsible for Recruitment ,Training and inspiring the people. Experience of Vendor management - CRO Partnership . Responsible for Timeline, Cost, Delivery , Compliances, Stakeholder management.

Lead Global category management to support R&D procurement (Chemical , Solvent , Building Blocks , supply etc.) for various Novartis sites.

Spearheaded team for R&D supply / Services and Commercial drug (Branded) manufacturing & supply for US Market . Procurement Vendor management and Governance Project and Program management (end to end). CRO Partnership - For Clinical and Preclinical projects and its outsourcing management. CDMO/CMO Partnership for external development and Clinical supply manufacturing , Regulatory approval and Commercial supply. Clinical trial supply management. Academic Collaboration with global institution / Universities for new technology and product development. Procurement and supply of Active pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), Intermediate, Excipient, Drug Devices etc. for R&D product development . EXIM/Logistics.

API & Excipients, Drug Devices development and procurement. Procurements CRO Partnership for Clinical study and Preclinical study outsourcing. e.g. Phase- I-III studies , Bioequivalence studies. animal studies etc. CDMO / CMO Partnership for Development Batch . Clinical Batch and Commercial batch manufacturing. Program Management for outsourced projects with CRO and CMO. Clinical supply management. Mnufacturing and Supply agreement with CMO for commercial supply.

CRO Partnership for Clinical and Preclinical trial / projects outsourcing to support R&D Product development.

Procurement : Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) ,Chemical Intermediate , Lab consumable, etc. Outsourcing of Clinical & Non clinical studies.

Procurement of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), Excipients for commercial manufacturing and supply.

Redefine the process flow for production unit (Tab, Capsules) and packaging section in order to achieve time and cost efficiency.