Freelance Procurement Director

Freelance Procurement Director - Pharmaceuticals - 12-Month Contract - Stuttgart

A global pharmaceutical company requires an experienced Procurement Director to lead the function on a major project.

Reporting into the Global Procurement Team, this individual will be responsible for managing the procurement for a highly complex CAPEX project with corporate organisational interface and alignment of global and local standards.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the commercial evaluation and advice on incoming bids (EPCM, equipment, Engineering suppliers).
• Internal alignment with internal stakeholders (e.g., legal, SMEs, and finance).
• Act as an escalation point on ongoing pending suppliers.
• Support the technical SME in commercial questions.
• Emphasise 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.
• Be a meticulous file keeper, lead a procurement team, and associated support functions using the RFQ tool used by the project.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to recognise opportunities, strongly influence the setting of direction, and exceed expectations on deliverables.
• Prior experience with controllership, product costing, and data stewardship.
• Technical proficiency with MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SAP.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Project planning and implementation skills.
• Overall manufacturing business knowledge.
• Demonstrated commercial skills.

Education:

• Degree level education in Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or a related field, or degree level education in any discipline with relevant experience.
• Exemplification of high integrity, fiscal responsibility, and business ownership.
• Fluent in English and German.

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