Senior CMO Manager

Your mission

AMSilk and its external protein production partners (CMOs + Co-Location ) are expanding their industrial activities. The Senior CMO Manager is contracting new protein production partners worldwide to scale AMSilk's protein production and maximizes efficiency and minimizes the cost of protein production with existing production partners.
In addition, the incumbent supports the growth of the company by identifying partners and mitigates protein supply risks as well as financial risks. The Senior CMO Manager acts as an interface between new protein production partners and the team. The incumbent plays a critical role in developing and maintaining positive and long-term relationships production partners.

• Scouting and identifying new global production partners for producing protein powder, that provides the desired service for the company with respect to cost position, quality, and logistics
• Building up / maintaining a database on worldwide CMO capacity (constant screening of the landscape)
• Drafting business cases for our long-term production strategy
• Negotiate new contracts with production partners with respect to commercial terms for Capex investments, CMO-Fee and general terms and conditions
• Ensuring CMO compliance within laws, HSE standards and AMSilk s values and code of conduct.
• Supports product and process development team during first large-scale qualification production of new products and processes at the protein production partners.

Your profile

• Commercial experience from Sourcing and/or Sales/Marketing from biotechnology combined with a technical education (PhD/MSc) preferable within Biotechnology
• Senior knowledge (5+ years experience) from international commercial biotechnology (Sourcing/Sales/Marketing)
• Proven track record in commercial contracting and negotiations.
• Experience in operational KPIs, Balance Score Cards, and a reporting / review process to ensure continuous improvement of the operational performance of the business
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, global production networks and Supply Chain
• Understanding different kinds of project management tools
• Clear determination to deliver best practice in contracting
• Proven experience with ERP, inventory management and master data systems

Why us?

At AMSilk we are pushing boundaries in the field of bio-based materials why not join us on our journey?

We encourage and reward high performance and strive for excellence together. We firmly believe in the value added by every single person to our diverse team: every idea and contribution is valued, driving us to even better solutions. The secret behind our innovation is our people we re are devoted to your well-being and personal development.