Regional Associate Director, Procurement

FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation; Holly Springs (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Regional AD of Procurement to lead and develop procurement strategies in North Carolina. This role involves building a high-performing team, enhancing procurement processes, and ensuring compliance with company standards. You will collaborate with various departments to drive cost-effective solutions and foster strong supplier relationships. Join a forward-thinking company that is making significant investments in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to making a real difference in people's lives.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in procurement with strong leadership skills.
• Experience in supplier negotiation and contract management.
• Ability to develop procurement frameworks and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement activities for the North Carolina region.
• Develop procurement frameworks and supplier negotiation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures.

Skills

Procurement Strategy

Negotiation

Supplier Management

Financial Analysis

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Master’s degree in Business or Finance

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Finance

Associate’s degree in Business or Finance

Job description

Position Overview

The Regional AD, Procurement is strategic role of developing world-class procurement processes and frameworks. This role is responsible for managing this function and work closely with Finance, Legal, other functions and 3rd parties to ensure procurement activities are carried out in accordance with company standards. This role will be building and leading a business-driven regional team while utilizing your previous experience and skills within procurement strategy, processes, and negotiation to ensure our procurement-related activities foster success of the organization.

Company Overview

Follow Your Genki to North America's largest, state-of-the-art Life Science Manufacturing Facility & CDMO

The work we do at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has never been more important—and we are looking for talented candidates to join us. We are growing our locations, our capabilities, and our teams, and looking for passionate, mission-driven people like you who want to make a real difference in people’s lives. Join FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and help manufacture the next vaccine, cure, or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion, energy and drive - what we call Genki.

Join us

We are growing our locations and are investing more than $2 billion into establishing a newlarge-scale manufacturing site for biopharmaceuticals in the United States to accelerate the growth of our Bio CDMO (Contract and Development Manufacturing Organization) business. This will be the largest end-to-end cell culture CDMO provider in North America.

The new site will offer end-to-end solutionsto our customers looking to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in the US. In addition to drug substance manufacture, it will alsoprovideautomated fill-finish and assembly, packaging, and labeling services. The new state-of-the-art facility is located in Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States.

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Builds and leads a procurement team as overall responsible for procurement activities for the North Carolina Region (Morrisville & Holly Springs) Develops the procurement function in line with best-in-class standards
• Develops procurement frameworks that maximize the value of purchasing scope by leveraging contracts and agreements across multiple sites, ensuring optimal allocation and utilization of resources.
• Drives the development of supplier negotiation strategies and pricing negotiations with vendors leveraging agreements across multiple sites
• Builds and leads a team of qualified procurement professionals
• Drives initiatives that enhance procurement processes to not only meet but exceed value expectations across both sites, ensuring cost-effectiveness and efficiency
• Facilitates collaboration between the two sites to create unified procurement strategies, enhancing operational efficiencies and ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Leads benchmarking, market analysis and cost modeling activities that support procurement efforts
• Ensures compliance to all policies and procedures
• Leads efforts in developing supplier negotiation strategies that encompass multiple site needs, thereby optimizing pricing and supplier relationships
• Ensures that procurement work is well received throughout the organization and supports broader company goals
• Works closely with the legal department and other internal stakeholders of the contract negotiation process to ensure that our contracts protect the company’s interests
• Creates reporting for visibility into procurement and budget performance
• Implements vendor management practices that promote cross-site collaboration, ensuring the organization's procurement goals
• Administers company policies such as time off, shift work, and inclement weather that directly impact employees are consistently met
• Coaches and guides direct reports to foster professional development
• Participates in the recruitment process and retention strategies to attract and retain talent, as needed
• Addresses performance gaps, employee questions and concerns, and partners with HR as needed for resolution
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong attention to detail, highly organized, and solution-oriented mindset
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, highly interactive environment
• Ability to adapt communication style to differing audiences and advise others on difficult matters
• Effective communication, both written and oral
• Ability to effectively present information to others
• Ability to provide feedback to others, including leaders
• Advanced problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to hire and develop top technical talent to build and lead a high performing team, projects, programs while directing allocation of resources
• Must be flexible to support 24/7 manufacturing facility
• Must be willing to travel domestic and international, 10-20%

Basic Requirements

• Master’s degree in Business, Finance or related field with 9+ years of experience in procurement ; OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or related field with 11+ years of experience in procurement OR
• Associate’s degree in Business, Finance or related field with 13+ years of experience in procurement
• 8+ years of people management & leadership experience
• 5 years’ experience leading large teams in procurement is required
• Procurement leadership experience should include sourcing, supplier selection, risk and compliance evaluation, contract negotiation and financial analysis
• Excellent communication skills, ability to collaborate and influence are required
• Experience and strong understanding of contracts, typical commercial terms and arrangements, and the use of master agreements, statements of work, NDAs, and other standard commercial contract forms is required

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience leading strategic procurement initiatives for a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company is preferred
• Experience in a cGMP facility or working with FDA regulations is preferred
• Prior experience working for a greenfield construction project is preferred
• Global collaboration experience is preferred

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Will work in environment which may necessitate respiratory protection. X No YesMay work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program. X No YesWill work in environment operating a motor vehicle or Powered Industrial Truck. X No YesAbility to discern audible cues. X No YesAbility to inspect or perform a task with 20/20 corrected vision, visual acuity, including distinguishing color. X No Yes

Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc. X No YesAbility to stand for prolonged periods of time. X No Yes frequency/minutes (If yes, may specify frequency/duration: up to 15, 30, 120, 240 minutes)Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time. X No Yes frequency/minutes (If yes, may specify frequency/duration: up to 15, 30, 120, 240 minutes)Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include writs, hands and/or fingers. X No YesAbility to operate machinery and/or power tools. X No YesAbility to conduct work that includes moving objects up to X pounds. X No Yes If yes, 10 lbs. 33 lbs.Ability to bend, push or pull, reach to retrieve materials from 18” to 60” in height, and use twisting motions. X No Yes

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committedto providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

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