Millicent Ansah

Company: Astellas Pharma

Job title: Associate Director, Category Manager - Development Research and Development Procurement

Bio:

Millicent Ansah is an accomplished professional with over 20 years of experience in various roles within procurement and strategic sourcing in the pharmaceutical industry. She currently serves as Associate Director and Category Manager for various categories supporting R&D clinical development. Since joining Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. in 2017, she has successfully led global and regional category initiatives, delivering industry-leading value and aligning category strategies with business requirements. Her expertise encompasses RTMS, medical imaging, electronic clinical outcomes assessment (eCOA), Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT), cardiac safety, and patient recruitment and retention. Millicent excels in stakeholder engagement, team leadership, mentoring, and consistently driving successful sourcing and procurement strategies to support drug development and clinical operations.

Seminars:

Establishing Early Understanding with R&D Teams for Accurate & Efficient Sourcing 3:45 pm

Establish early engagement with the R&D team to vet raw materials, capacity, and quality preventing future supply issues Align sourcing timelines with fast paced project schedules to enable proper negotiation and evaluation of suppliers Build trust and collaboration between sourcing and technical teams by actively participating in technology discussions and identifying the right suppliers for…Read more

day: Conference Day One