About Civica

Civica is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization established in 2018 by health systems and philanthropies to reduce chronic generic drug shortages and related high prices in the United States. Civica is led by an experienced team of healthcare and pharmaceutical industry leaders. 

Today, more than 55 health systems have joined Civica. They represent over 1,500 hospitals and one-third of all U.S. hospital beds. Civica has also begun to supply the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile of essential medicines. 

Civica recently announced plans to expand its mission, via a unit called CivicaScript, to into the outpatient pharmacy space and to manufacture and distribute insulins that, once approved, will be available to people with diabetes at significantly lower prices than insulins currently on the market. The availability of Civica’s affordable insulins, beginning in 2024, will benefit people with diabetes who have been forced to choose between life sustaining medicines and living expenses, particularly those uninsured or underinsured who often pay the most out of pocket for their medications.

Civica’s mission is to ensure that quality generic medications are accessible and affordable to everyone. Since established, the #1 Policy for the Civica team has been “Do What Is in the Best Interest of Patients.” Civica’s manufacturing facility in Petersburg, Virginia, is the future home of affordable insulin and essential sterile injectable medicines. The facility is currently in late-stage construction and hiring for the site is well-underway.

To find out more about how Civica’s innovative model is directly impacting patient care, click here to read a summary from the New England Journal of Medicine. (https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.21.0189)

To learn more about Civica’s plans to bring affordable insulin to Americans living with diabetes, click here to read an article in BioSpace.

(https://www.biospace.com/article/civica-is-rallying-leaders-to-make-insulin-affordable-by-2024-/)

Job Description:

Procurement Technical Specialist -This position will provide technical support to the Civica organization to ensure technical challenges with our suppliers are managed in a timely fashion. The individual will be response for managing supplier driven material changes, technical documentation requests, be the liaison between Civica R&D and Quality to our suppliers. This position interfaces regularly with representatives from Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D, Regulatory and Quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manage technical requests from R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing with various Suppliers ranging from documentation to materials samples
• Actively track and manage requests with suppliers to support Materials Qualification activities
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to provide notification of changes received from suppliers and determine impact to Civica
• Identify, Implement, and Monitor Key Performance Indicators with suppliers to ensure timely responses from Suppliers
• Actively track open requests with suppliers to monitor response times
• Generate Change Controls for tracking supplier changes in Civica Change Control system.
• Support item setups and master data documentation in DEACOM.
• Provide logistics with technical documentation and End User Letters to support Customs and FDA clearance of shipments
• Manage investigations with suppliers supporting Quality, Manufacturing, and R&D groups
• Manage SCAR process and Corrective Actions/Preventative Actions with suppliers.
• Provide support for issues and challenges related to raw material receipt
• Assist in facilitating the selection of qualified suppliers
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications and Capabilities:

• Four-year college degree from an accredited university/college in business, engineering, supply chain, or science
• 3-5 years of manufacturing, procurement, quality, or supply chain experience in a manufacturing or pharmaceutical environment is preferred
• ERP system and MRP experience, is preferred
• Possess and demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as proactive problem-solving, analytical and multi-tasking skills
• Possess ability to work within a team-based environment while proactively forging positive relationships across all levels of management and departments
• Attentive to detail, self-motivated, self-disciplined, able to act decisively with purposeful pursuit of goals or objectives, thinks strategically in terms of solutions.

Position ID: 346