Senior Sourcing Manager, Contract Manufacturing

Pendulum Therapeutics

. Own category strategy and commercial relationships for Pendulum's contract manufacturers across blending, encapsulation, bottling, labeling, cartoning, and related finished-goods operations.

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $162,900 - $181,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in strategic sourcing and supplier management within manufacturing environments, with a strong focus on cost analysis, negotiation, and operational efficiency. Capable of leading complex supplier relationships and driving measurable improvements in quality and service continuity.

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Strategic SourcingSupplier ManagementContract NegotiationShould-Cost AnalysisManufacturing Operations

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Hard Skills

Supplier IdentificationContractingProcess MappingCost AnalysisChangeover OptimizationBottleneck IdentificationCapacity AnalysisYield OptimizationNegotiation SkillsAnalytical Skills

Soft Skills

Proactive CommunicationProblem SolvingOwnershipJudgmentCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Google SheetsMicrosoft ExcelNetSuiteERP Systems

Industry Keywords

Contract ManufacturingNutraceuticalsFood and BeveragePharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyMedical DevicesCosmeticsElectronics

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own category strategy and commercial relationships for Pendulum's contract manufacturers across blending, encapsulation, bottling, labeling, cartoning, and related finished-goods operations.
Develop supplier network strategy balancing capability, quality, capacity, service, cost, speed, and business continuity.
Lead supplier identification, diligence, selection, qualification, contracting, onboarding, transfers, and ongoing commercial management.
Negotiate pricing, payment terms, capacity commitments, lead times, inventory liability, service levels, change controls, and long-term agreements.
Build contingency plans, options, and capacity pathways to support growth and reduce concentration risk.
Build transparent should-cost models and validate proposed price changes using open-book costing, benchmarks, production assumptions, and on-site observations.
Deliver measurable savings without compromising quality, service, or supply continuity.
Partner with Finance and Supply Planning on cost and capacity scenarios.
Understand supplier facility operations, including material flow, scheduling, staffing, equipment constraints, line speeds, yields, changeovers, maintenance, quality holds, and warehouse operations.
Map manufacturing processes, identify bottlenecks and sources of cost or lead-time variation, and apply industrial engineering fundamentals.
Develop improvement roadmaps with suppliers and track implementation, results, and sustained performance.
Spend time on production floors to validate assumptions, investigate issues, and build practical solutions.
Own supplier relationships, governance, scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, and escalations.
Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Product, R&D, Supply Planning, Packaging, Logistics, and Finance on supplier plans and manufacturing transitions.
Lead supplier-readiness workstreams for launches, site transfers, packaging changes, scale-ups, and other transitions.
Communicate risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and recovery plans to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
Create tools, operating rhythms, and decision frameworks to improve supplier visibility, accountability, and execution.
Drive urgent or ambiguous problems through to completed outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, contract manufacturing, supplier management, manufacturing operations, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
Experience managing contract manufacturers in nutraceuticals, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, cosmetics, electronics or equivalent industry.
Demonstrated experience leading complex supplier negotiations and managing senior-level commercial relationships.
Strong should-cost capability, including the ability to deconstruct conversion costs, assess cost drivers, evaluate supplier margins, and identify negotiation and productivity opportunities.
Working knowledge of manufacturing operations and industrial engineering fundamentals, including process mapping, labor and capacity analysis, line balancing, bottleneck identification, throughput, yield, and changeover optimization.
Strong analytical skills and advanced proficiency with Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel; experience with NetSuite or another ERP system is preferred.
Ability to move between executive negotiations, analytical cost work, and hands-on problem solving on a manufacturing floor.
Ability to create structure, priorities, and clear action plans in fast-moving and ambiguous situations.
Clear, direct, and proactive communication with supplier executives, plant teams, technical stakeholders, and internal leadership.
High ownership, sound judgment, and ability to independently drive multiple complex workstreams to completion.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision
Commuter Benefits
Life & STD Insurance
Company match on 401 (k)
Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Equity