Senior Manager, Global Procurement

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Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of PCI.

The Sr. Manager, Global Procurement Capital develops, deploys, and drives the strategic plan for PCI Global Capital expenditures totaling $150M+ supporting 15 global sites annually.  In this leadership role, you will lead and facilitate the strategic sourcing process, including negotiations and contracting, supplier management, and value creation (cost savings, working capital improvements, developing strategic supplier relationships to drive innovation and market differentiation for PCI). 

Types of capital include:

-Equipment for large scale production and packaging lines of bottles, blisters, vials as well as auto-injector, pen, and pre-filled syringe device assembly and manufacturing

-Equipment for secondary lines and lab equipment

-Facilities infrastructure and construction projects at manufacturing, warehousing, cold storage, and distribution locations

This role will report directly to the Global Head of Procurement and is a critical role on the Procurement Leadership team (PLT) with Matrix leadership responsibility across the 3 business segments and individual PCI sites.  Future opportunity for the right candidate to take additional responsibility managing MRO and Plant services team across PCI.  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage and negotiate supply agreements to drive lower costs, establish rebate programs and improve payment and delivery terms.
• Establish cadence for review of specifications and URS with engineering to develop bid packages, statements of work, and performance criteria for major projects.
• Working with engineering, prepares and solicits competitive bids, quotations, and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms and conditions.  Develops recommendations and awards business in close alignment with Engineering.
• Leads negotiations and contracting to obtain maximum value and performance against project objectives and defined performance criteria (adherence to schedule and specifications, cost, etc.)
• Facilitates all purchasing and supply chain planning activities required for given projects and monitors supplier performance against deliverables.
• Regularly market tests spend through benchmarking and competitive events (RFQs), as part of category strategy development or as opportunities present themselves.
• Drive Vendor Management to ensure the highest level of quality and service.
• Lead, manage and align the Global procurement initiatives for PCI to define procurement strategies that are industry leading and harmonize across the PCI network.
• Partner with key functions in all sites, including finance, estimating, business development, and operations to drive results that align to the site’s goals and objectives.
• Develop innovative and bold commodity strategies to drive savings in new ways while managing, engaging and promoting continuous cost reduction and quality improvement efforts.
• Proactively manage procurement projects through prioritization and active communication.
• Be a liaison between vendors, business units, and operations teams, to deal with material or service issues in a timely fashion.
• Leads the development and execution of sourcing strategies and policies for given spend categories.
• Drive vendor management to ensure the highest level of quality and service. 

Qualifications:

Required-

• Experience developing and managing supplier relationships, negotiation of complex contracts, and problem solving of both commercial and operational issues. 
• Experience developing supplier relationship management plans, facilitating QBRs, and partnering internally with stakeholders to drive strategies that address the needs of the business
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field and/or 7-10 years related experience and/or training.
• College Level Mathematical Skills
• Intermediate Computer Skills: Ability to perform more complex computer tasks and has knowledge of various computer programs.          
• Full Professional Proficiency: Ability to speak, read, and write fluently and accurately on all levels pertinent to professional needs.
• Very High Reasoning: Abil