Director, Global Procurement - Direct (Chemicals Category)

Role Summary

Director, Global Procurement - Direct / Chemicals. Lead end-to-end procurement strategies and global category execution in Raw Materials and Manufacturing Operations, focusing on Chemicals and related materials. Role may be based in Capitol Region NY or Limerick, Ireland, and requires onsite work five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Leading, defining, and implementing the global Raw Material / Chemicals Category strategy to serve global and regional business needs. Category may include Chemicals and/or other Raw Materials.
• Manage a team of professional level employees responsible for performing category management tasks. Provide coaching and guidance on job performance and career development to direct reports.
• Working closely with internal & external partners to lead discussions related to the Raw Material Categories and aligning the category priorities.
• Leading negotiations, supplier management activities, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Driving value in terms of cost savings, cash flow improvement, and other efficiency savings from category management activities.
• Representing Global Procurement by participating in organizational decisions in the Raw Material categories with critical short and long-term impact on the success, efficiency, growth, and results of the organization and company.
• Leads category activities to ensure compliance with appropriate GxPs and other applicable regulations and proficiency on procurement technical skills among global procurement team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of efficient global procurement organizations and processes within the biopharmaceutical industry to support growth and evolution of programs as well as the knowledge to drive improvement across the category
• Experience successfully leading global categories teams, processes, and suppliers across a breadth of categories
• Expertise in developing influential relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.
• Led cross-functional teams to drive results in Raw Material categories or related categories through effective sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and supplier relationship management.
• Expert insights and knowledge regarding rates, unit costs, and costing structures to enable optimal negotiations.
• Ability to leverage external data sources, market information, and supplier engagement to constantly improve the intelligence / analytics of supply market dynamics.
• Operate with integrity, focus, and clarity in an environment of ambiguity to drive change and improvement.

Education

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study plus 15+ years of progressive experience in procurement, preferably including substantial experience in Pharma/BioPharma.
• Experience leading manager level professionals in a multi-national firm including writing performance reviews, setting annual objectives, coaching, and developing direct reports. Working knowledge with sourcing contracting tools, ERPs, and eRFx systems preferred (Oracle, Zycus, Ariba, Other). Ability to leverage standard business applications for communicating, presenting and analyzing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).