General duties and responsibilities:

• Manage a spend of over $ 100M annually
• Create a complete overview of all procurement activities in the IL sites.
• Be an escalation level in case of unsolved quality complaints, supply disruptions on case by case according to need
• Challenge and push team to achieve aggressive savings targets, and share best practices and wins, across sub-categories and regions, and within category groups
• Deliver savings and working capital targets for Pharma materials and suppliers in the region
• Conduct risk mitigation activities to ensure continues supply of pharma materials in the region
• Aligns with regional and global category and functional leaders to ensure delivery of category strategies and functional solutions within the country
• Monitor and explore external trends and factors that impact the strategy, security of supply, costs, etc. via regular interaction with category team and professional forums
• Own and manage supplier relationship within country, undertaking and delegating supplier performance improvement actions as required
• Coordinating with various departments for purchasing activities and maintaining inventory in an effective manner for IL sites.
• Actively develop and maintain knowledge-base data, and create framework of operations to ensure transfer of knowledge over time
• Ensuring all work performed in accordance with departmental and company regulations
• Ensured and controlled the smooth supply of Pharma direct materials required for production.
• Collaborating with QA and suppliers to resolve quality issues
• Participate in setting of global category strategy with strategy for SRM and supply base management that is aligned with global procurement and business needs, and challenge and review it on a regular basis
• Manage a group of regional function managers

• Leadership or management experience: 3+ years of region/function and team leadership
• Procurement experience: 3+ years of procurement, supply chain, or sales
• Pharmaceutical industry experience: 3+ years preferred
• Overall portfolio of experience in these areas will be considered
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, materials mgmt., purchasing, business or engineering is desirable
• MBA or relevant MS degree preferred
• Proven leadership capabilities and strategic thinking, strong interpersonal skills including cross-functional teamwork, and written and oral communication skills, strong negotiation skills, exceptional analytical skills, strong multi-cultural skills, high energy level, and a bias towards action
• Proven ability to lead and motivate a team of professional procurement staff
• Solid understanding of procurement best practices
• Ability to draw strategic insights from analysis and effectively summarize and present insights
• Ability to quantify financial benefits for identified opportunities and initiatives
• Understanding of international business and contract law
• Previous experience with transformation initiatives and change management process preferred
• MS office skilled (e.g., excel and power point)

Cluster Head Procurement International Markets Cluster Head, Proc mgmt - IL