Teva Associate Director Country Procurement Head - TAPI 

India, Uttar Pradesh 

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Responsibility includes management of 2 Procurement Managers who support all TAPI Indirect Procurement activities in India. This includes working with the relevant TAPI stakeholders to identify and optimize all Indirect Procurement needs in India, implementation of the global Indirect category strategies, supplier sourcing and management, contract negotiations, risk management, stakeholder engagement and ongoing continuous improvement activities.

This role strives to generate and deliver ongoing value through year-over-year savings, to maintain excellent customer satisfaction and to ensure the supply of required Indirect goods & services for TAPI.

• Manage a team of 2 Procurement Managers.
• Support Head of Indirect Procurement in development and implementation of global and regional Procurement strategies, goals and objectives.
• Execute Indirect category strategies for all spend under its responsibility.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with the relevant TAPI stakehoders.
• Manage supplier relationships (SRM) for all suppliers under its responsibility.
• Accountable to achieve Indirect categories objectives – most notably for savings generation, supplier risk management and uninterrupted plant operations and services.
• Conduct supply market research to provide category intelligence and benchmarks on industry dynamics, trends and best practices.
• Source the right suppliers to support and deliver business needs.
• Lead supplier negotiations and contracting, including management of tender and bids

• Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree
• Degree in Engineering, Business, Logistics, Law is an advantage but not mandatory.
• Understanding of Industrial manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
• Experience Required: at least 7 years of indirect procurement management experience preferably in a large industrial company.
• Functional Skills:
  • Strong leadership skills.
  • A team player with capability to influence stakeholders while working in cross functional teams.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal – the ability to gain senior leadership support.
  • Strong Interpersonal/Relationship Management Skills.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic and demanding work environment.
  • Strategic mindset with demonstrable capabilities of executing assignments in Indirect Procurement.
  • Excellent command of ERP systems like SAP / ARIBA etc. is a must.
• Language requirements: Proficiency with spoken and written English
• Travel Requirements – Once every quarter to TAPI sites in India.