Procurement Director, Material Change Ideation & Governance

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Procurement Director to manage material change ideation and governance. This role involves driving cost reduction strategies across global operations, collaborating with finance, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience, strong communication skills, and a strategic mindset to align with long-term goals.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of global project or program management experience in pharma/chemical industry.
• Experience with TCO frameworks and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end process for identifying and governing cost reduction opportunities.
• Develop and lead structured ideation cycles for saving pipeline.

Skills

Project Governance

Strategic Thinking

Communication

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

Education

Degree in Project Management

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Business

Tools

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Lean / Six Sigma

Job description

Procurement Director, Material Change Ideation & Governance

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Who We Are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

Who We Are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

A Day in the Life of the Director Procurement – Material Change Ideation & Governance

As the Director Procurement – Material Change Ideation & Governance, you will drive the end-to-end process for Teva Global Operations (TGO) to identify, prioritize, and govern material change and technology transfer related cost reduction opportunities. Your work will directly support a cross functional process involving global procurement, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain with a strong focus on execution, financial impact, and long-term strategic alignment.

Your primary responsibility will be to develop and lead structured ideation cycles (annual/semi-annual), business casing as well as priorisation to establish and secure the saving pipeline and its implementation progress and ensuring a consistent delivery against the 3-Year Long Range Plan (LRP). The role owner leads the governance process and cooperates closely with teams in manufacturing, finance, supply chain and procurement.

You’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how we manage material costs across direct spend categories (APIs, Excipients, Packaging, Devices, Finished and Semi-Finished Products), helping to drive value through cross-functional alignment, clear governance, and actionable insights.

Ideation

How You'll Spend Your Day

• Develop and execute a robust process to ideate (semi-)annually to build and maintain a cost reduction pipeline for the 3 year LRP period.
• Input is welcome from all TGO functions, while input from Global Category Strategies of Procurement will be instrumental, as well as recommendations based on Product Segmentation as well as Supply Reliability requirements of Global Supply Chain and robustness efforts of Manufacturing and/or Quality units.
• Process, priorizations, documentation of decisions are key to set the basis for aligned execution plans and regular updates to management
  
  

Business Case

• Each project recommendation is based on a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) related Business Case.
• It is aligned with stakeholders and Finance especially and takes Quality, Cost, Supply Assurance into consideration as well as Product Lifecycle considerations
  
  

Governing The Execution Phase

• Monthly/Quarterly updates on milestones to update on progress, identify possible challenges early to mitigate.
• Learn about deviation root causes and how to improve or avoid such situations.
• Responsibility to deliver against the pipeline set
  
  

Data & Technology

• Use existing data sources to create basis for regular updates.
• Automate data collection and consolidation of data as much as possible to increase process robustness and reliability
  
  

Possible Location Of The Role

This position can be based from any of the following countries- UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia and Germany

Who We Are Looking For

You are someone who:

• Has a strong background in project governance with a hands-on mindset
• Thinks strategically and acts operationally
• Communicates confidently with all levels of the organization, including executive leadership
• Brings people together across functions and cultures to drive real business outcomes
• Has experience working globally in matrix environments
• Is passionate about combining data, digital tools, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve long-term impact
  
  

Do You Have

• A degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business, or similar field
• 7+ years of global project or program management experience, ideally within the pharmaceutical or chemical industry
• Experience working with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) frameworks and financial modeling
• A track record of successfully managing cost reduction or material change programs
• Familiarity with Lean / Six Sigma methodologies (certification a plus)
• Experience with digital tools and automation in a global context
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and governance capabilities
• Fluent English skills in written and spoken
  
  

Reports To

VP Countries Procurement

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Employment type

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Job function

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