Sourcing Manager & Site Business Partner (Senior Buyer)

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Sourcing Manager & Site Business Partner

Department: Global Operations & Production

Job ID: 44659

Our people inManufacturing & Global Operations share two priorities: getting things done and making things better. If you’re a dynamic person with a positive mindset, you’ll fit in well here. It’s an international team with a powerful spirit of collaboration. Together, we make sure our products meet the highest standards of quality by constantly searching for ways to improve at every stage of our value chain – from the raw materials we buy through to the logistics network that brings our medicines to patients. Join our team and help us make an even bigger contribution to Grünenthal’s future.

What the job looks like

Each day you´ll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

• Being a pro-active member of the local Site Leadership Team (SLT), contributing to meetings, workshops & projects, acting as the central point of contact between Global Procurement and the site stakeholder.
• Managing Facility Management spend and procurement activities (soft / hard services) and other (local) Non-Production Related Procurement topics especially related to CAPEX activities in alignment with the Procurement Lead, while leading and managing the Site Buyer with the assigned areas.
• Leading the procurement part within the “Source to Contract” (S2C) process, such as e.g. executing RfQs, negotiating and contracting, mainly for above mentioned areas.
• Taking responsibility for assigned spend areas, led by the professional guidance of procurement leads, supporting the development and execution of the respective strategies and conducting operational supplier performance management
• Evaluating demand requirements raised by sites, informing, escalating and discussing requirements with procurement leads and global procurement teams, while also conducting analysis / reports to identify bundling effects, framework contracts etc.
• Implementing procurement awareness amongst all relevant stakeholders, monitors and reports on spend, ensures accuracy of purchase orders in coordination with the Procurement
• Center and ensuring compliance to standard processes, including document management and supporting vendor due diligence process and master data management for vendors.
• Contributing on change and continuous improvement initiatives for optimization of Global Procurement and the spend categories to increase efficiency and reduce costs and actively contributes to the achievement of the company’s ESG targets.

What you´ll bring to the table
To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

• A University Degree in relevant field.
• Relevant practical experience with at least 3-5 years in a comparable role in a state-of-the-art procurement organization, ideally combined with experience having worked at or for a production site.
• Practical expertise in procurement processes and in supporting to develop & implement category strategies.
• Experience in managing and conducting negotiations as well as in supplier relationship management activities.
• Understanding of supply markets and experience in working without formal line management (e.g. Project teams).
• Passion for continuous improvement, driving new topics & being part of new initiatives, excellent strategic and analytical thinking as well as strong interpersonal understanding & communication skills.
• Understanding and experience in Supplier Risk Management and Sustainability / ESG would be a plus.
• Stakeholder management, business acumen & networking skills and ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Fluent business English and Italian.

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"We are a highly motivated ", diverse and international team and always acting as one team - while being spread across Europe & Latin America! We are permanently striving to secure supply to our patients - aiming to create a world free of pain!
Tammo Sassen, the Hiring Manager

Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, fully-integrated pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focusing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.

Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 27countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in approx. 100 countries. In 2023, Grünenthal employed around 4,400 people and achieved revenues of € 1.8bn.