Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager – Germany – 12-Month Contract

A global pharmaceutical company requires an experienced Procurement Manager with experience in managing complex procurement activities on major investment projects.

The Senior Procurement Manager will lead a large capital investment programme throughout the entire project lifecycle supporting the site need for capital/facility delivery, contract administration, and sourcing supplies and services.

Reporting into the Procurement Director, this individual will be responsible for managing the procurement for a highly complex CAPEX project.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Commercial evaluation and advice on incoming bids (equipment, engineering suppliers).
• Drive internal approval of contract approval.
• Internal alignment with stakeholders (e.g. legal, SMEs, and finance).
• Act as escalation point on ongoing pending suppliers.
• Support the technical SME in commercial questions.
• Emphasize a proactive, systematic approach to detect and avert delays to contractual milestones agreed upon.
• Participate in project meetings to provide updates and status of document submittals.
• Ensure that updates are provided to all relevant stakeholders on any initiated mitigations on catch-up and improvements.
• Review status reports for any potential problems and initiate mitigating actions for potential risk areas.
• Visit field/suppliers regularly, align with engineering and other stakeholders for actual status and progress throughout the project.
• Report and update on own packages.
• Make and drive some RFQs (strategy, tender, evaluations, negotiations, and contracting) on client’s own contracts.
• Maintain meticulous file keeping, strong on admin, handle the RFQ tool used by the project.
• Be a problem resolver through pragmatism, not words.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Understanding of logistics and warehousing; analytical and organizational skills.
• Project planning and implementation skills.
• Overall manufacturing business knowledge.
• Demonstrated commercial skills.

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree level education in Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or a related field, or degree level education in any discipline with relevant experience.
• Fluent in English and German.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!

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