Director (F/M/X) Global Procurement – Logistics & Warehousing in Muri

• von: CSL
• Director (f/m/x) Global Procurement – Logistics Warehousing /p Fulltime / Permanent
• Available Locations: Switzerland (Glattbrugg or Bern); / United Kingdom (Maidenhead)
• Travel Requirements 10-30% both domestic and international as required

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES Develop Plans aligned to CSL Global and Procurement Strategy

• Develop and implement annual and longterm plans for relevant logistics warehousing categories based on Procurement and other relevant business strategies within CSL, to ensure clear goals and action plans for Global Category Management Lead roles resulting in the reduction of total cost of ownership and risk, while increasing innovation, customer service, compliance, and quality.
• Develop strategies and ensure operational excellence across all categories of Logistics and Warehousing including but not limited to 3PL/4PL Warehousing, Air and Sea Freight, Freight Packaging Equipment, Road Freight, Courier Services and Global Trade Compliance
• Ability to influence and drive year-over-year cost savings while developing innovative strategies to drive CSL to a best-in-class financially managed organization.
• Independently develop complex strategies for supplier consolidation, segmentation, and best-in-class supply management processes for key logistics and warehousing suppliers.
• Influence key stakeholders to drive continuous improvement, reduce waste, and eliminate redundancies across the Logistics portfolio
• Develop, implement and manage Global Logistics and Warehousing strategies
• Be a strategic business partner to all CSL Logistics/Supply Chain Organizations
• Interact regularly with Supply Chain senior leadership
• Support integration activities across the organization and actively work to identify synergies.
• Actively participates in Enterprise Procurement and Supplier Management Leadership Team engagements and meetings
• Oversee Effective Category Management and Bid Management
• Drive value from a complex array of categories by ensuring that all Global Category Leads have effective category management strategies in place; / establish and manage Councils for business-critical commodities aligned with the evolving business requirements to deliver lower cost of ownership, lower risk, higher quality, and better performance.
• Lead complex and business-critical negotiations with key suppliers and provide coaching support for sourcing organizations to do the same.
• Ensure CSL Sourcing is committed to conducting business with integrity, per the highest ethical standards, and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and anti-bribery requirements and supports diversity and inclusion by promoting utilization of small, disadvantaged, and/or diverse suppliers.
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
• Establish and oversee SRM processes with critical, global suppliers, including risk management strategies following global policies and supplier segmentation, to enhance relationships and innovations with a focus on the assurance of supply, quality, service, continuous improvement, and innovation while minimizing costs for CSL and develop processes to measure value above and beyond savings in line with Longer-Term Plans and objectives.
• Implement Global procedures to ensure execution of sourcing activities in compliance with CSL Sourcing Policy, Code of Responsible Business Practices, and all other compliance standards.
• Supply Performance Management, including management of Key Performance Indicators
• Oversees, and ensures achievement of Supply Performance KPIs and ensures Category Leads and Managers conduct regular Operational Reviews as per Procurement’s Governance processes with supporting analysis and reporting from the Centre of Excellence.
• Manage Key Internal and External Stakeholders and Partners Relationships
• Build and maintain effective professional relationships with global senior executive internal stakeholders and the most senior executive of major suppliers to deliver on Procurement’s goals through ongoing discussions and participation in formal teams and groups with senior leaders in CSL and external vendors to manage supplier performance, issues, procurement improvement initiatives, and other broader business issues.
• Develop Talent and drive Innovation
• Lead, motivate and develop employees within the Procurement organization including effective long-term talent development, succession planning, and performance managing with a focus on supporting employees to meet or exceed performance expectations while demonstrating CSL Values.
• Lead and contribute to complex, global transformation projects and continuous improvement initiatives as needed to ensure the delivery of targeted benefits.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management preferred or related field
• Experience with logistics categories highly preferred
• Postgraduate business degree, MBA highly regarded
• Minimum 10 years experience in strategic sourcing or relevant experience
• Leadership experience, leading a global team
• Deep understanding of the Logistic and Warehousing Categories
• Ability to develop appropriate sourcing strategies
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry or related industry preferred but not essential
• Incorporates external factors into business strategy
• Empowers One-CSL team approach
• Creates an environment of decision making and appropriate risk-taking
• Creates a nimble environment
• Drives the strategy throughout the organization
• Takes proactive steps to secure future talent
• /COMPETENCIESbr
• Strategic orientation, inquisitive, comfortable with ambiguity, and self-motivated to identify trends and improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives and strategic plans.
• Strong executive presence demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to build effective relationships and influence peers and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated strength and ability to organize and lead multiple dynamic and cohesive teams concurrently.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to plan tasks, assign resources, manage progress, remove barriers, manage change, resolve conflict, build consensus, and motivate team members across multiple projects concurrently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to the given audience, present information clearly and concisely, apply creative approaches to engage audiences, manage change, resolve conflict, and build consensus.
• Strong Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Supplier Relationship Management knowledge
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and collaborate effectively with all levels and cross-functionally within the organisation