Procurement Specialist

What you will do

• Support the Indirect Procurement function for Brazil, while also handling specific strategic projects in other countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile.
• Provide support in the deployment of fit‑for‑purpose operational guidelines, standards, processes.
• Drive independently tendering projects, align with key stakeholders.
• Participate in Global Strategy review & Platform Growth initiative program.
• Support end‑to‑end RFPs, negotiation, contracts, saving tracking.
• Support in the creation of Global/Regional/local Preferred Vendor List to support the category strategy.
• Support in contract negotiations with vendors – link with Legal and stakeholders to execute compliant contracts.
• Analyse spend data to support the category strategy.
• Support on regional & global strategy execution.
• Contribute to the definition of the cost reduction objectives for her/his categories.
• Main Tasks
• Category Execution
• Execute local contracts implementation.
• Drive increased efficiency throughout the domain by reducing costs, risk, and/or enhancing value from suppliers.
• Business Partnering
• Ensure continuous procurement connection with relevant Business Partners/Global Procurement team and stakeholders to provide category direction and influence relevant strategy and decisions in the market using appropriate tools and templates.
• Establish relationships with stakeholders to integrate category plans and outcomes in budgets and price planning processes as required.
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Support the supplier sourcing process.
• Support negotiations with key suppliers and leverage global volume.
• Develop and manage key strategic supplier partnerships including Performance (BRM), Contract management, Negotiation.
• Conduct bidding and negotiations (RFX/e‑Sourcing) with suppliers to reduce cost and ensure an open, transparent, and objective process is used to award contracts.
• Contract and negotiate with suppliers.
• Productivity & Saving
• Execute the global/local funnel of strategic opportunities aligned with category insights and regional requirements with all evidence.
• Support on a three‑year visibility on Cost Improvement & Efficiency programs development and find initiatives by identifying savings levers (internal and external) such as demand management – need identification, process effectiveness.
• Market leverage (vendor panel optimization, globalization…) – value added relationship.
• Understand the feedstock and cost drivers of the category and anticipate international market trends.
• KPIs: Productivity/Savings or negotiation – build and propose budget that supports Galderma’s financials.
• Supplier performance dashboard – measure and communicate KPIs and related actions plan to enhance supplier performance in terms of technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery, cost and ethics & compliance.
• Contract Coverage.
• Ecovadis compliance (supplier qualification program).
• PO compliance.
• Supplier number right‑sizing program.
• Knowledge and Skills
• 3 to 6 years’ experience in an industrial or Pharma, Medical device, FMCG company where the Procurement function is mature, performing and seen as a strategic sourcing partner.
• International experience within Latin America countries (must).
• Pharma/regulated environment experience is a plus.
• Highly proficient with MS Office Suite, including Excel.
• Entrepreneur & Pro‑active.
• Excellent negotiation skills, independent, motivated, and self‑driven.
• Excellent analytical skills – be able to interpret data to support strategy.
• Excellent strategic thinking skills combined with strong critical thinking skills.
• Experience in working in complex matrix organizations.
• Compelling and persuasive communicator (oral and written) with excellent interpersonal skills and a high acumen to identify/assess business and financial opportunities with ability to motivate teams to produce superior results.
• Ability to influence both suppliers and internal/external stakeholders, and to lead impacting, and recognized as such, sourcing projects.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field.
• Languages
• Fluent in English (required).
• Advanced Spanish (preferred).
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