Third Party Risk Due Diligence Specialist

**Job Description**:
Our Sourcing team partner with the business to ensure efficient acquisition of goods and services that enables the commercialization of our medicines, vaccines and Animal Health products. We collaborate internationally and are grouped into center-led categories and regional operating teams.

**Position Description**:
**Supplier Development & Performance Management Third Party Risk Due Diligence**

The Supplier Development & Performance Management (SD&PM) team ensures delivery of reliable, compliant goods and services from compliant suppliers to enable an uninterrupted supply of our Company’s products and services to our patients. The Third-Party Risk Due Diligence Specialist will

**Primary Roles include, but are not limited to**:

- Partner with external suppliers to ensure completion of the Supplier due diligence assessment in a timely manner.
- Review and evaluate completed Supplier Due Diligence assessments.
- Engage business areas to communicate risks, educate them on the risks & mitigation plans. Seek approval and acceptance.
- Implement and track supplier mitigation plans to completion.
- Partner with functional area and/or Supplier Development & Performance Management (SD&PM) Risk leads for risk mitigation plans.

**Position Qualifications**:
**Education Minimum Requirement**:

- BS/BA degree in Business, Engineering, Science or related field

**Required experience and skills**:

- Minimum of 2 years of experience in Procurement, Compliance, Quality, Technical, or Manufacturing/Operations
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with both external suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Service Mindset and Growth mindset
- Detail oriented and project management skills
- Ability to follow processes and suggest improvements.
- Ability to work in a matrix organization and leverage expertise from other internal departments.
- Problem solving and ability to develop corrective and preventative actions.
- Appreciation and respect for diversity of thought and inclusion
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English

**Preferred experience and skills**
- Lean Six Sigma certification (e.g., Green Belt / Black Belt) or equivalent demonstrated process improvement experience.
- Knowledge of cGxPs and pharmaceutical / life science operations.
- Specialized knowledge of Privacy, security, IT, Finance risks.

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

**Who we are **

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for **

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

**VISA Sponsorship**:
**Travel Requirements**:
**Flexible Work Arrangements**:
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**Number of Openings**:
2
**Requisition ID**:R221854