Associate Director Sourcing Hub

Fresenius Medical Care; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life Insurance (PZU)

International travel insurance

Study reimbursement

Work abroad possibility

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work model

Team building activities

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care is seeking a senior procurement leader to manage and develop the Sourcing Hub team in Poland. You will guide price and contract negotiations, align with global standards, and drive performance against targets while implementing process improvements and strategic initiatives.

You will interact with finance and category teams, maintain stakeholder relationships, and lead projects across footprints, product changes and supplier negotiations.

Qualifications

• +10 years of experience in procurement (purchasing and/or category management)
• Experience in indirect category procurement
• +5 years in a management/leadership role
• +5 years in multinational/global roles
• Experience with Global Business Services
• Project management and continuous improvement experience
• Proven management ability to lead and deliver targets
• Fluent English and full business proficiency
• Polish native or fluent with business proficiency
• German language is advantageous
• Advanced knowledge of SAP, SAP Ariba, Power BI and AP tools
• MS Office proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Experience with e-sourcing tools (e.g. Jaggaer) and contract lifecycle tools
• Strong negotiation and relationship management skills
• Knowledge of procurement policies and continuous improvement mindset
• Willingness to travel up to 10%

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Sourcing Hub team in line with company standards
• Own price and contract negotiations guidance and escalations
• Ensure staffing, training and adherence to policies and processes
• Deliver and monitor performance targets and KPIs
• Contribute to Sourcing Hub strategy, action plans and programs
• Assess capacities and adjust to demand and organizational changes
• Represent the hub in escalations with upper management
• Implement efficient ways of working and process improvements
• Ensure optimal use of resources and project execution
• Collaborate with finance and category teams for transparency
• Drive category strategies and project deliveries (footprint changes, new products)
• Coordinate end-to-end sourcing and contracting activities
• Provide project status updates and performance reporting

Skills

Procurement leadership

Sourcing

SAP Ariba

Contract management

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Power BI

German language

English language

AI in procurement

Tools

Jaggaer

Contract PodAI

Sievo

ORO Labs

Aravo

Sustainability tools

Job description

Fresenius Medical Care core values:

Fresenius Medical Care is a people business. Our success depends on having the best and brightest employees, and helping them attain their personal and professional goals while delivering excellence in patient care and business results. Our employees embody our culture which is based on core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: We Care. We Connect. We Commit.

Your responsibilities:

• Part of the Sourcing Hub Leadership Team
• Manage a team following best in class and FME Group leadership and management standards. First point of contact for the team in case of questions or uncertainties, etc., if support is needed.
• Supports (guides and develops) the team as needed in price and contract negotiations as well as in escalations.
• Ensure the team is suitably staffed, skilled and engaged, that they complete all mandatory trainings and inductions and that tasks are executed following FME policies and standards
• Responsible to deliver performance targets
• Provide inputs for the definition of the Sourcing Hub strategy, action plans and programs to continuously improve the performance of the Sourcing Hub, including the identification and the implementation of new technologies and the optimization of processes and tasks
• Continuously evaluate and monitor capacities in order to adequately propose adjustments according to the demand of work, service levels and changes in the organization
• Represent the Sourcing Hub in escalations and act towards a solution involving upper management when required and within the scope of work identified
• Implement efficient ways of working and processes
• Ensure the implementation of systems for the optimal use of resources in terms of capacity and skills to implement agreed tasks and projects in a goal-oriented manner.
• Measure performance, service levels, workload and report them on frequently basis
• Perform end-to-end sourcing and contracting related activities
• Ensure optimum execution of category strategies
• Ensure project delivery (e.g. manufacturing footprint changes, new product introduction or product changes)
• Worksclosely with finance and the category teams toprovidefull transparency on status and achievement realized of all sourcing projects.

Our requirements:

• +10 years of experience in procurement, including purchasing and/or category management and/or contract life cycle management processes
• Experience in indirect category
• +5 years in management or leadership role
• +5 years worked in a multinational environment and global position
• Exposure to work with or manage a Global Business Service organization
• Experience on project management and continuous improvement
• Proven management experience. Ability to manage and inspire the team to deliver against targets and following FME standard expected behaviors
• English fluent and full business proficiency
• Polish native or fluent and full business proficiency
• German is advantageous
• Knowledge of e-sourcing (e.g. Jaggaer), contract life-cycle management (e.g. Contract PodAI) and other Procurement related tools (e.g. Sievo, ORO Labs, Aravo, Sustainability)
• Advanced knowledge of SAP, SAP Ariba, Power BI and A/P Invoice processing tools
• Advanced knowledge of MS Tools Xls, Power Point, Word. MS Teams
• Varied Project methodology and approach
• Have a notion of AI Tools and use cases applied to Procurement
• Result oriented
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize
• Integrity
• Flexible and resilient towards changes.Ability to drive changes into his/her team.
• Compelling engagement, communication and presentation skills.
• Is comfortable engaging with and influencing stakeholders
• Excellent organization skills and able to deal comfortably with competing priorities
• Agile and confident dealing with ambiguity, doesn’t need all the facts to proceed / make a decision
• Outstanding coach of others
• Networking; ability to develop relationship with peers and stakeholders in the organization
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Critical thinking and decision-making skills with ability to understand opportunities, create value and solve complex problems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Procurement policies and procedures
• Strong advanced negotiation and relationship management skills.
• Technical knowledge of performance measurement and tracking
• Project management expertise with the ability to carry projects from planning through implementation.
• Financial Planning, including Budget
• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of their time

Our offer:

• Flexible working hours to cover global time zones if needed
• Hybrid work model (at least 2 days per week from the office)
• Private medical care in LuxMed,
• PZU life Insurance (voluntary insurance)
• Unlimited international travel Insurance (with a global range)
• Benefits System platform (120 points / month for multisport card, cinema tickets, online shopping etc.)
• Studies reimbursement (up to 50% of study reimbursement)
• Work abroad possibility (up to 30 days / year)
• Recommendation program (2000 PLN or 2500 PLN for successful recommendation)
• Holiday allowance (up to 800 PLN / year)
• Childcare refund (up to 900 PLN / year)
• Glasses and contact lenses reimbursement (500 PLN every two years)
• Occasional gifts (e.g. 1st year anniversary gift)
• Office team building activities and events

This is a hybrid role. Upon agreement between you and your supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office and working remotely.