Procurement Lead - Indirect Procurement

Piramal Pharma; Aurora; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Piramal Pharma Limited is seeking a Procurement Lead for Indirect Procurement to oversee spend across MRO, IT, services, and facilities. The role requires strong analytical judgment and end-to-end sourcing experience within a SAP environment.

You will manage demand clarification with stakeholders, run competitive sourcing events, and ensure compliant procurement execution while driving efficiency and cost savings.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical judgment and structured problem solving.
• Experience managing end-to-end indirect procurement cycles (MRO, IT, services) in SAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic and category management for indirect spend, including spend baseline and supplier landscape.
• Run sourcing events (RFI/RFQ/RFP) and negotiate terms, contract work with cross-functional teams.
• Execute and monitor tactical procurement in SAP with PO, GRN, and invoice reconciliation.
• Drive process improvements and cost savings while ensuring compliance.

Job description

Division

Piramal Pharma Solutions Piramal Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), offering end-to-end development and manufacturing solutions across the drug life cycle. We serve our clients through a globally integrated network of facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. This enables us to offer a comprehensive range of services including Drug Discovery Solutions, Process & Pharmaceutical Development services, Clinical Trial Supplies, Commercial supply of APIs and Finished dosage forms. We also offer specialized services like development and manufacture of Highly Potent APIs and Antibody Drug Conjugation. Our capability as an integrated service provider & experience with various technologies enables us to serve Innovator and Generic companies worldwide. For more details, please visit : www.piramalpharmasolutions.com

Job Title

Procurement Lead - Indirect Procurement Job Description

The Procurement Lead - Indirect Procurement is responsible for sourcing and managing non-material spend categories including MRO, capital equipment, engineering and facility services, laboratory supplies and instruments, IT, professional services, logistics and site operating services. The role owns the end-to-end indirect procurement cycle: demand clarification with technical stakeholders, competitive sourcing, negotiation, contracting and transaction execution within the ERP system (SAP). Unlike direct procurement, indirect spend is fragmented, specification‑ambiguous and stakeholder‑driven. The role therefore requires strong analytical judgment, structured problem solving and the ability to convert unclear or incomplete requirements into a defensible sourcing decision. The incumbent is expected to operate both strategically - category planning, spend consolidation, supplier rationalization and savings pipeline management - and tactically - requisition‑to‑PO execution, expediting, and PO‑GRN‑invoice resolution - while continuously improving the underlying process. To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Shall adhere to all regulatory requirements, including Health Canada, EPA, and related safety, health and environmental procedures, policies and practices.


• Consistent support and practice of all Piramal's mission and values.


• Identify and protect original technical information as part of company property.

Strategic & Category Management

Build and maintain category profiles for assigned indirect spend: spend baseline, supplier landscape, cost drivers, contract coverage and consolidation opportunities.

Develop and execute annual sourcing plans and a tracked savings pipeline; report realized versus targeted savings.

Reduce tail spend and supplier fragmentation through rationalization, preferred‑supplier programs and catalog / blanket order structures.

Support capital project and new business costing with sourced, benchmarked indirect cost inputs.

Sourcing & Negotiation

Run competitive RFI / RFQ / RFP events: define scope of work with stakeholders, normalize bids on a like-for-like basis and recommend award with documented rationale.

Negotiate price, payment terms, service levels, warranty and total cost of ownership; manage bid waiver justification where competition is not feasible.

Coordinate with Legal, Quality, EHS and IT on contracts, MSAs, service agreements and required compliance documentation.

Evaluate, qualify and onboard new suppliers based on capability, reliability and cost‑effectiveness to expand and de‑risk the supply base.

Analytical

Perform spend analytics, price‑variance analysis, should‑cost and total cost of ownership modeling, and market benchmarking to identify savings and leakage.

Extract and structure SAP purchasing data; build and maintain recurring dashboards and reporting for spend, savings, cycle time and PO compliance.

Translate analysis into a clear recommendation with quantified impact, and state risks and assumptions separately.

Perform pertinent unit and currency conversions as they pertain to unit price, quantity and total price.

Tactical Execution

Process purchase requisitions to purchase orders in SAP, ensuring correct material / service master, cost center, GL account, tax treatment and approval routing.

Own PO‑GRN‑invoice three‑way match resolution and workflow exception clearance; drive down aged open items.

Expedite critical orders and communicate revised commitments proactively to stakeholders.

Maintain complete and audit‑ready purchasing documentation (quotes, bid comparisons, award justification, POs, acknowledgements and correspondence) in an organized manner.

Apply functional understanding of trade compliance as it pertains to transportation of goods and services, including Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes and Incoterms.

Process Improvement

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