Global Associate Director - Procurement Excellence
Centrient Pharmaceuticals Netherlands, India

Reporting to the Global Supply Chain amp; Procurement Director , the incumbent is globally responsible for functional excellence within Procurement.

Key Individual Accountabilities

• Transformation: lead the Procurement Transformation and Excellence agenda across all relevant aspects (processes, systems, people), all workstreams, and regions; take full ownership for delivery against targets
• Stakeholder management: act as key contact for all topics related to Excellence within the organization, incl. SPOC towards Excom (e.g. in Procurement steerco) and senior stakeholders in the organization
• Performance management: drive forward centralized reporting for the Procurement community on financials, KPIs, etc. Define, implement and maintain key performance indicators and targets to monitor, adjust and continuously improve
• P2P champion: act as champion of the purchase to pay process, making sure that the agreed principles are put in place, approving suggestions and recommending optimizations
• Sustainability: lead development amp; execution of a Procurement sustainability vision/strategy and action plan
• Capability building amp; change management: ensure adequate and sustainable capability building of teams and individuals involved. Ensure to bring everyone along on the change journey
• Mamp;A: lead or support on integration of targets.
• Best practice management: ensure application of best purchasing practices to secure supply of goods/services at best total cost of ownership, while mitigating risks, and supporting Business Strategy
• Innovation: continuously bring suggestions for further improvement; engage with suppliers/outside world and bring new insights, innovations, opportunities to Centrient
• Consultants: steer and optimally leverage external consultants where relevant in the process.
• Procurement strategy amp; implementation
• Procurement Transformation roadmap

Key Shared Accountabilities

• Procurement targets amp; deliverables
• Company culture
• Supplier Performance Management
• Process Improvements outside immediate scope

Requirements

• Master degree in Business, Engineering, or similar/equivalent (MBA preferred).
• At least 15 years in Procurement roles, preferably different positions over time (P2P, buyer, projects, etc)
• At least 5 years consulting experience is a must-have
• Excellent communication skills
• Process re-engineering experience
• Project management skills
• People leadership experience in multi-cultural / remote setup
• Being able to operate under pressure
• Experience in working with different cultures and behaviors being result driven
• Continuous improvement attitude
• Transformation management
• Strategic decision making

Benefits

Truly global work environment.

High performance culture.

Ability to make a difference.

Best in class compensation.

Job Rewards and Benefits