Job Description

Why Patients Need You Creating value though procurement processes is keeping our products in production and our innovators innovating. Whether you are part of negotiating contracts, managing vendors or forecasting requirements, your role is critical to getting our medicines in the hands of the people who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before . What You Will Achieve Working with a dynamic team of procurement experts, you will play an important role in negotiating contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services and supplies. You will facilitate category management, purchase goods and services for ongoing operations and manage corporate services. You will manage the sourcing requirements for all phases of the sourcing process, including project identification and start up, data collection and analysis, option development and recommendation preparation, implementation and supplier management for assigned categories. As a Manager, you will provide guidance to operational teams for managing projects. Your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements and providing areas of improvement for products, processes, or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of the discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between different teams. It is your hard work and dedication that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe . How You Will Achieve It Provide guidance, lead , or co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives and plan resource requirements for projects across the division. Manage the Sourcing requirements for all phases of the sourcing process, including project identification and start up, data collection and analysis, option development and recommendation preparation, implementation and supplier management for assigned categories. Collaborate with cross-functional teams often comprised of local, regional and global business and sourcing representatives, to ensure effective development and delivery of sourcing strategies and management. Build strong relationships with Global Procurement Sourcing colleagues and leaders and provide support as required for sourcing strategies. Deliver targets established for the year, including savings targets and Working Capital objectives. Develop synergies within the region, including developing and maintaining local supplier and market intelligence. Provide site based plans and objectives to help assure alignment of category strategy, Purchased Material Qualification processes, manage supplier selection, quality and supp lier management of change in the supply base. Work with teams and suppliers to lead proposals and other sourcing projects. Lead and manage contract negotiations, ensuring price, quality and service targets and standards are achieved. Ensure appropriate level of interaction and communication with key stakeholders, arrange, attend and participate in customer meetings. Support Pfizer\'s Diversity and Inclusion objectives as applicable to strategic category management within Procurement. Develop and maintain supply chain risk assessments and drive supply chain risk mitigation operations. Establish supplier management metrics and processes to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Benchmark industry best practices in the assigned spend areas and lead the adoption within Pfizer as applicable . Qualifications Must-Have Bachelor\'s Degree and 5+ years of experience. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills and strong competency with tools . Note: Toolsto be added by Hiring Manager. Knowledge of fundamentals of Project Management, including experience leading projects . Nice-to-Have Master\'s degree and relevant pharmaceutical experience. Demonstrated knowledge of procurement systems, processes and procedures. Exhibits business expertise and an understanding of the external marketplace and customer requirements. Proven negotiation and influencing skills . Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Global Procurement #LI-PFE

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