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You will have the opportunity to negotiate Direct Procurement for executing sourcing strategies for America’s Hub organization for direct category.
Academic Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Procurement or related field. Professional certification in sourcing strategies, purchasing or business negotiation preferred.
Experience: 7+ years in Direct Procurement Sourcing with experience in materials categories including APIs and Excipients. Demonstrated excellence in preparation and execution of sourcing strategies, management of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), supplier selection methods and negotiations. Background in the Pharma and/or Chemical Pharmaceutical industries strongly preferred.
Experience with Sourcing/Procurement tools and methodologies, RFI, RFP, RFQ, bids Evaluations, cost models, strong negotiation skills for pre and post contract awards.
Technical Knowledge: MS office skilled, ERP: Ariba S2C, and SAP preferred.
English proficiency is Must for negotiate with North America
Key Responsibilities:
1. Accountable for strategic sourcing of projects/goods for direct spend category across North and South America.
2. Act as a liaison to internal Procurement teams, stakeholder functions and business unit leaders. Establish and maintain close lines of communication with the production facilities, supply chain regarding the procurement of raw materials in the desired quantities and desired delivery requirements
3. Part of the Procurement Americas Hub, for regional and local negotiations.
4. Responsible for implementing the global strategies into plant level.
5. Follow and report internal processes for new suppliers and raw materials and its cost associated to them.
6. Demand Management: Ensure that the business requirements of all key stakeholders and scopes of work are well understood and accurately covered in the sourcing process. Influence business demand where required and possible.
7. Sourcing Strategy: Develop sourcing strategies in accordance with the respective category strategy. Define approach to market and develop source selection criteria based on the business priorities and requirement.
Americas Sourcing Head
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