Global Director, R&D Procurement & Strategy

Page Personnel; Weybridge; Hybride; GBP 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Global exposure

Leadership role

Strategic influence

Hybrid work

Résumé du poste

Page Personnel is seeking a Global Procurement Director to lead the R&D spend portfolio, shape global category strategies, and build strategic supplier partnerships across regions. You will lead a team of procurement professionals and influence senior stakeholders.

The role demands a commercially astute leader with extensive negotiation experience, governance and risk management, and a track record delivering cost optimisation, quality improvements, and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Significant strategic procurement experience within a global organisation.
• Demonstrable leadership experience managing and developing high-performing procurement teams.
• Strong category expertise in Clinical Studies, CROs, R&D Outsourced Services, Lab Services or related life sciences.
• Proven track record delivering complex, multi-year sourcing strategies and transformation programmes.
• Experience managing substantial procurement spend and complex supplier networks.
• Strong commercial acumen with extensive contract negotiation and supplier management expertise.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders across multiple business functions and geographies.
• Ideally Bachelor's Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Science or related discipline.
• Previously worked within healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences or similar environment

Responsabilités

• Own and develop global sourcing strategies across R&D outsourced services, laboratory services and associated categories.
• Partner with senior R&D and business leaders to identify strategic opportunities and align procurement objectives to organisational priorities.
• Lead complex commercial negotiations and oversee end-to-end contract management activities.
• Develop compelling business cases to gain stakeholder alignment and drive transformation initiatives.
• Deliver measurable value through cost reduction, quality improvement, innovation, supplier performance and risk mitigation.
• Build and maintain executive-level supplier relationships across global markets.
• Ensure supply continuity and compliance with regulatory, quality and governance requirements.
• Drive procurement excellence through market intelligence, category expertise and strategic supplier management.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Procurement Managers, building capability for future organisational growth.
• Support cross-functional and cross-business unit initiatives that enhance procurement's value proposition globally

Connaissances

Global procurement leadership

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Team development

R&D / life sciences domain

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business

Description du poste

Page Personnel is seeking a Global Procurement Director to lead the R&D spend portfolio, shape global category strategies, and build strategic supplier partnerships across regions. You will lead a team of procurement professionals and influence senior stakeholders.

The role demands a commercially astute leader with extensive negotiation experience, governance and risk management, and a track record delivering cost optimisation, quality improvements, and supplier performance.