Responsibilities:
- Manage activities from strategic sourcing to contracting, ensuring effective and detailed execution aligned with category strategic vision.
- Maintain compliance with procurement policy and fulfill business requirements for supplier diversity and sustainability, executing tactical processes to create value.
- Drive supplier management and alignment to SRM strategy as determined by Procurement Lead and Category Managers.
- Implement risk mitigation plans developed with Category Managers; provide tactical input on supplier performance and communicate procurement risks to safeguard the organization and maintain operational resilience.
- Ensure excellence in contract execution activities (source-to-contract and requisition-to-pay), identifying process design and execution inefficiencies.
- Enable savings and assurance of supply; manage savings leakage across downstream procurement processes.
- Administer continuous improvement projects initiated by the PSC team.
- Lead and nurture a team of Specialists: set performance targets, coach, and evaluate performance.
- Partner with other Procurement leaders and business partners to define skill sets, workforce requirements, capability needs, and long-term staffing goals.
Qualifications:
- Bachelorβs degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
- Minimum 7 yearsβ experience in procurement, supply chain, or related operations/business function.
- Experience managing teams and strong understanding of procurement operations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry (preferred).