Senior Specialist Site Procurement

The Senior Specialist Procurement within our Manufacturing organization in Oss & Heist-op-den-Berg,  is an essential resource responsible for a broad spectrum of support activities; including stakeholder support at manufacturing sites and supplier management mainly for Indirect procurement spaces, such as ao Facilities & MRO, but also in the biologics space.

Competencies:

• Strategic vision: Able to understand long term vision based on understanding of industry trends and opportunities
• Business acumen: Ability to engage with business stakeholders around business strategy, goals and business outcomes, and apply sound judgement and decision making
• Influencing: Advanced ability to partner, collaborate and impact decisions at all levels within and outside the organization
• Innovation: Demonstrated ability to think out of the box and find innovative solutions whilst working in an ambiguous, transformational business environment
• Problem solving: Strong problem solving and continuous improvement focus with attention to detail, analytical skills and ability to prioritize
• Project management experience

Main Activities and Responsibilities

Sourcing:

• Develops and understands the supplier/site strategy developed by the Supply Sectors and develop & executes action plans to achieve the sourcing team’s objectives.
• Liaise with the Supply Sectors to assure site spend is in line with the agreed sourcing strategy
• Evaluating potential suppliers on site-specific issues
• Analyzing stakeholders’ business and evaluates potential savings through supplier consolidation.
• Strategic Sourcing, RFx experience - creates and executes RFI’s and RFP’s and analysis of results, wherever possible using eRFx. Understanding of Risk & Risk Mitigation and proactive planning
• Comfortable presenting sourcing strategies and sourcing awards to peers and stakeholders. 

Transactional Process:

Within assigned stakeholder and supply sector area, responsible for SAP procurement data integrity/ maintenance and contracts in accordance with grants of authority guidelines.:

• Ensures that purchase agreements are in compliance with master agreements and preferred suppliers.
• Resolves discrepancies through interaction with PtP Service Center, Receiving and Stakeholders.
• Ensure efficient transactional processes for respective categories by promoting operational tools  available (catalogue buying/ e-invoicing) and supply solutions (VMI)

Contract Negotiation and Management:

• Leads and participates in negotiation sessions with suppliers
• Prepares, implements and audits compliance with appropriate contract templates
• Resolves issues regarding supplier delivery assurance, quality and service, and document resolution. 
• Good negotiation skills, experience with large contracts > 10M.

Analysis:

• Conducts data analysis at the local level on suppliers, supply market, cost and price of goods and services that are supplied to our company using available data.
• Responsible for risk mitigation plans. Strong Analytical Skills (Excel pivot, etc.)​. 
• KPI Target Achievement & Reporting, including Working Capital, Diversity, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), etc.​ Familiar with inventory demand planning.

Continuous Improvement:

• Keeps abreast of current procurement general knowledge, procedures, and business issues in order to facilitate effective and practical solutions to client requests, concerns, and inquiries.
• Continuously learns new areas of the global procurement supply sectors, its business practices, and issues in order to provide superior support to stakeholders.
• Continuously work with local stakeholders to understand and validate their needs.
• Assists in providing feedback to the sourcing managers regarding the integration of preferred supplier alliances including the effectiveness of the stakeholder/supplier interface, problem resolution and optimization.
• Makes recommendations on how to improve the existing environment. 
• Familiar with Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and & Supply Base Management​.

A global healthcare company focused on improving the health of women throughout their lives. It develops and manufactures a broad portfolio of medicines and solutions in areas such as reproductive health, contraception, and hormone therapy, while also offering treatments for other chronic conditions

• Attractive salary between €5.100 and €5.500, based on experience and background (P3)
• 25 holidays per year.
• 8,33% holiday allowance.
• Full Travel allowance.
• Pension plan.
• Overtime will be compensated in time-for-time.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• BS in Business, Finance, Engineering, Science, Supply Chain or Procurement related area

Required Experience and Skills:

• Procurement and / or knowledge of Procurement related business processes. 
• Sourcing skills.
• Data mining skills.
• Strong communications skills and experience in influencing stakeholders at different levels.
• Proven ability to collaborate with a wide variety of individuals, including management, stakeholders, team members, other departments, and suppliers. 
• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Professional expertise in Procurement within a manufacturing / GMP environment (>5 years).
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong Strategic Sourcing experience. 
• ERP experience (SAP, Ariba, eSourcing, etc.)​.Coupa- is an asset
• Experience working with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical, or other manufacturing industry or matrix organization