Global Indirect Procurement Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

A member of the Global Procurement Team, the Global Indirect Procurement Manager will be a valued business partner to Business Functions including Research and Development, Commercial and Manufacturing and Supply.

The Indirect Procurement Manager creates a competitive business advantage by delivering exceptional results in performance, innovation, quality, and total cost from their Indirect Suppliers.

This position will be a very critical role as you will be the #2 for the entire indirect procurement department Handling & Launching all initiates and projects for multiple categories to establish indirect procurement further into the greater organization! (Required background in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing or Medical Device manufacturing or strong understanding of regulatory spaces.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Leads and/or supports key business function strategic supplier relationships to ensure holistic and sustained value delivery in improved risk, performance, quality, and innovation.
• Collaborates with the Head of Global Indirect Procurement to deliver complex and/or strategic sourcing projects that align with business objectives and deliver significant tangible value to the organization.
• Collaborates with Stakeholders to support supplier planning, budgeting and risk management activities for their functions.
• Develops sourcing plans collaboratively with Stakeholders to deliver best results in minimizing risk and costs, and delivering additional value levers and innovation to the organization.
• Designs, implements and maintains accurate and reliable spend and savings reporting with respect to projects and suppliers.
• Monitors execution against procurement plans and total cost of ownership savings delivery while meeting business requirements.
• Ensures compliance to all company policies and government laws.
• Works directly with project team members, suppliers, contractors, consultants and interns to define project requirements and scopes of work, requests for proposal and bid submittals.
• Initiates RFPs/RFQs/RFSs, analyses bids, negotiates for best and final offer and awards bid packages.
• Duties involve applying sound contracting principles and practices coupled with procurement guidelines, business policies and procedures.
• Negotiates complex purchasing agreements.
• Provides guidance, coaching and mentorship to the Indirect Procurement Intern.
• Works with legal to initiate agreements, evaluates contract terms, adherence to agreed upon scope of work and follows through to signed execution.
• Manages administrative provisions of the agreement including the deliverables, performance period and agreement value.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: BA/BS in Life Sciences, Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain or other Operations related field.

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience and results in indirect procurement and/or strategic sourcing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry.