Primary accountabilities:

• Accountable for Global Procurement’s Programs, internal focused such as L&D or cross-functional such as with Legal or Finance or Supply Chain. Includes stakeholder’s relations and ensuring a cadence of relationship management activities such as quarterly reviews of in flight and planned or proposed programs. Provide single point of accountability for GP’s S2P programs.
• Develop and drive transformational S2P processes, oversee milestones and timelines and proactively secure execution in timely manner
• Collaborate with other Global Procurement teams and other functions to ensure a seamless linkage across the Source-to-Pay process.
• Develop and manage a comprehensive set of metrics and reporting capabilities that convey the success metrics of Global Procurement metrics.
• Responsible for process mapping and root-cause analysis activities that lead to identification of process “wastes”, structural inefficiencies and process improvement opportunities.
• Identify and launch new Procurement Programs and initiatives to improve efficiency, effectiveness and drive results and compliance
• Ensure all programs and processes are documented (incl. RASCIs) and employees are trained
• Responsible to ensure that staffing and expenses remain within budget.
• He/She is accountable to ensure that all the teams work is organized, synchronized , that staff is coached and has learning opportunities, for succession planning and for recruiting and termination.

• 10+ years of source to pay (procurement)
• Project management and process improvement experience; Six Sigma/BPM/OPEX experience required
• 5+ yrs in managing team is required
• Pharma industry experience: obligatory
• Required experience in a global environment, leading cross-functional teams, managing multiple simultaneous high visibility projects.
• Working knowledge of financial and managerial accounting principles
• Experience in Ariba or other S2C/P2P solutions desirable
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, materials mgmt., purchasing, business or engineering is required
• MBA or relevant MS degree preferred
• Professional certification in purchasing or supply chain is desirable, e.g. from ISM (CPSM, CSM, CPM), from APICS (CPIM, CIRM), from EPIM, etc.

• Proven leadership capabilities and strategic thinking, strong interpersonal skills including cross-functional teamwork, effective written and oral communication skills, strong multi-cultural skills, high energy levels and a bias towards action

• Well established external network for best practice sharing

• Some overseas travel required

VP Global Procurement Operations