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Procurement Delivery Manager - Research & Lab - This is not an IT Role

Location: Mississauga, ON

Duration: 6+ Months

Hybrid - 2 days onsite

This is not an IT Role

Summary:

Client has defined an exciting 10-year ambition plan, requiring us to adapt and transform to our evolving ecosystem and challenges ahead of us.

We have redesigned our Global Procurement (GP) organization to ensure we can succeed in this new environment and deliver on our mission for patients by building new capabilities and creating a more agile organization.

Our goal is to improve our ability to deliver on our vision to accelerate Clients goal to bring innovative solutions to patients quickly and efficiently through business and supplier partnerships. If you are excited about driving this change and catalyzing the future in the R&D Procurement capability, the Procurement Delivery Manager - Research & Lab role is for you.

Your key responsibilities include:

Your successful performance and contribution depend on the full embodiment and demonstration of core mindsets and behaviors, including an entrepreneurial spirit, enterprise thinking, inclusive collaboration, and desire for continuous learning that underpin our culture and ways of working.

As a Procurement Delivery Manager, you will play a variety of roles according to your experience, knowledge, and the general business/team requirements, such as:

Category and sourcing subject matter specialist conducting market and internal analysis to develop and implement strategies and tactical plans for Client to source and negotiate for third-party goods and services that satisfy stakeholder requirements.

Procurement practitioner delivering and executing sourcing strategies by leveraging spend, category know-how, robust sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills to achieve objectives and key results.

Content and automation advocate translating sourcing outcomes and opportunities into content and automated buying channels that improve business adoption, satisfaction, and overall efficiency.

You will work within the broader team and GP networks and squads to determine the various roles needed to deliver project and foundational work.

Skills

A University degree, with a business degree preferable

3-5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category strategy building, operational efficiency projects, and strategic project execution with general contracting understanding and proficiency or relevant commodity experience.

The ability to explain complex or higher complexity capability information to others or collect/translate moderate complexity stakeholder requirements in situations requiring alignment and consensus.

Experience in procurement systems and operational processes such as contracting, e-sourcing, and spot buying

Knowledge and experience in the Research & Lab Category (primarily Lab Equipment & Maintenance and Lab Chemicals & Consumables) and awareness of adjacent commodities.

Proven capability in negotiating project budget, managing catalogs for Research & Lab including price negotiations, and/or sourcing of Lab Equipment & Maintenance.

Demonstrated project management skills.

Business level fluency in English and German.

You strive to act as an enterprise thinker and leverage knowledge and expertise to create solutions for business customers by proactively fostering collaboration, including across the procurement network.

You are action-oriented and can make decisions and influence others to do the same

You work with colleagues across procurement, business, and the broader Client organization to broaden knowledge and expertise, better understand customer needs, and connect the dots.

You are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others.

Must Have Skills

(a) Supplier Negotiation skills

(b) Project Management Skills

(c) Team Player/Collaboration

Additions: Candidate must be flexible and open to support other team members when there are capacity constraints, strong systems experience, including Microsoft (or Google Sheet preferable), SAP/GEP experience preferred, flexible working hours to accommodate different time zones of the teams in Europe & western US.

• Note: The role requires that candidate will have to work in the Mississauga Office at least 2 times a week.