Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to lead the IT infrastructure procurement function for a leading pharmaceutical firm?
Then look no further!
We're currently working with a global leader in pharmaceuticals that has a fantastic position available in Madrid.
Sr. Procurement Manager - Digital & Tech (Team Manager) The organisation has defined an exciting 10-year ambition plan, requiring us to adapt and transform to our evolving ecosystem and challenges ahead of us.
We have redesigned our Global Procurement (GP) organisation to ensure we can succeed in this new environment and deliver on our mission for patients by building new capabilities and creating a more agile organisation.
Our goal is to improve our ability to deliver on our vision to "accelerate the company's goal to bring innovative solutions to patients quickly and efficiently through business and supplier partnerships."
If you are excited about driving this change and catalysing the future of IT Procurement in the Delivery Digital & Tech capability, the Sr. Procurement Manager - Digital & Tech (Team Manager) role is for you.
What is the Delivery capability?
The Delivery capability covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, content strategy definition, and execution.
The Delivery capability comprises many communities grouping categories of the same value chain or having commonality.
The communities are critical enablers of strong category expertise while allowing flexibility in the procurement delivery response to the evolving needs of our customers.
This position is part of the Digital & Tech Procurement team reporting into the Procurement Delivery Lead - Digital & Tech.
Are you wondering what is in it for you?
Are you interested in further developing and leveraging your IT Procurement leadership journey?
Here is why we think the Sr. Procurement Delivery Manager - Digital & Tech role is a fantastic job to consider!
Leading a team of procurement delivery specialists and experts, you will work with them to best allocate activities and align with other team managers to optimize overall resource utilization while ensuring alignment between team member competencies and development needs with work assignments.
Key responsibilities Your successful performance and contribution depend on the full embodiment and demonstration of core mindsets and behaviors, including an entrepreneurial spirit, enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration, and desire for continuous learning that underpin our culture and ways of working.
As a Sr. Procurement Delivery Manager, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and the general business/team requirements, such as: Delivery domain expert providing leadership, advice, and know-how on delivery capability topics, strategies, and best practices, and shaping and defining the capability area priorities.
Procurement delivery practitioner managing and coaching a team of Procurement Delivery Managers and providing opportunities for professional development through leveraging category management, sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills to deliver on objectives.
Operational effectiveness champion ensuring resource expertise and capacity, and utilization, with a focus on driving enhancements and the development of automated delivery offerings.
You will work within the broader team, GP networks, and squads to determine the various roles needed to deliver projects or support others in project and foundational work delivery.
Your Skills You hold a university degree, with a business degree preferable.
You have 7+ years of experience in global category management, strategic sourcing, complex procurement contracting, and operational category efficiency projects.
In addition, you have: Very strong people management and people development experience with strong communication, change management, and influential skills.
Extensive IT sourcing, IT procurement, and/or IT vendor management experience and specific category knowledge in Infrastructure, Application Services and/or Software Licensing from a large-scale organization.
Executive presence and comfortable with interacting with both internal stakeholders and external vendor senior leadership.
Demonstrated project management skills.
Business level fluency in English.
Mindset and Behaviors You strive to act as an enterprise thinker and leverage knowledge and expertise to create solutions for business customers by proactively fostering collaboration, including across the procurement network.
You are action-oriented and can make decisions and influence others to do the same; you repurpose work and ideas in favor of starting from scratch.
You demonstrate curiosity, active listening, and a willingness to experiment and test new ideas when appropriate, focusing on continuous learning and improvement.
You work with colleagues across procurement, business, and the broader organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots.
You are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others.
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