Director ELMAC Global Strategic Sourcing

Career Category

Procurement

Job Description

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, number 1 company in Best WorkplacesTM https://www.greatplacetowork.pt/ ranking in Portugal (category 201-500 employees) by the Great Place to Work Institute. We have a team of over 300 talented people and more than 35 different nationalities, diverse areas of expertise and professional experience that are shaping the future of healthcare. This is your chance to explore a world of opportunities in different areas such as Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, Digital, Technology and Innovation, Finance, General & Admin, Human Resources, Regulatory Affairs and many more. In Lisbon's city center, our AMGEN office fosters innovation, excellence, and inspiration. Come thrive with us at AMGEN, supporting our mission To Serve Patients. What we do at AMGEN matters in people’s lives. 

DIRECTOR ELMAC (EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA, CANADA), GLOBAL STRATEGIC SOURCING

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role As the Director of ELMAC within the Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) team, you will manage the Sourcing organization across Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and Canada. You'll drive Category Strategies & Source to Contract solutions to improve quality, savings, and supply continuity while meeting ELMAC Region P&L requirements. As a leader will oversee the ELMAC Commercial Leadership Team and stakeholder organizations within Amgen to supervise supplier contracting, negotiations and performance. The Director of ELMAC Global Strategic Sourcing will also be responsible for performance management and the ongoing development of the country sourcing teams.

Key responsibilities

Reporting to the Global Head of Sourcing - Commercial / Corporate Services, the main responsibilities include:

• Lead regional Business Partnering to deliver efficiency, quality and any enablement required to achieve the business goals through supplier sourcing and partnering 

• Be a trusted advisor to the ELMAC Executive Leadership teams and their global counterparts – ability to grow and maintain influence of Sourcing Agenda

• Champion a three-year pipeline of savings and value plans in alignment with category and business strategies delivered against Finance’s annual budget plan

• Commit to continuous improvement in sourcing processes, tools and operating model

• Develop team capabilities and cultivate a culture of diversity and inclusion

• Develop and lead strategy for regional spend priorities.

• Influence and develop regional productivity & value initiatives for key business partners

• Be a sourcing professional with strong financial competence, experienced with accountability to business partner with Finance executives

• Serve as a thoughtful partner and actively challenge work to deploy the most comprehensive and creative solutions; remove barriers for team to ensure its ability to implement

• GSS decision maker for category/functional sourcing strategy and supplier selection impacting the ELMAC region

• Champion supplier relationship management for critical suppliers in ELMAC

• Identify and drive solutions to meet operating inefficiencies by understanding business needs and supply markets

• Access supplier capability and innovation for the business

• Identify and mitigate supply risk

• Managerial courage to provide performance feedback

• Develop goals and prioritize team's work among multiple initiatives

• Frame & drive cross-functional sourcing agenda across regional  customers & team

• Drive alignment between global category strategy with the needs and requirements of ELMAC region

• Bring Industry/business function-specific knowledge and experience

• Customize sourcing strategy to drive value in specific functional environment, including legal & regulatory context

• Initiate / build industry peer relationships

• Provide support, mentorship and guidance to shape the sourcing strategies of the team

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What we expect from you
We are seeking top performers who will be eager to demonstrate this experience for broader development roles in the future. Visibility and opportunity come with high performance expectations. That means a strong ability to consistently achieve results while living the Amgen values. The professional we seek brings the following qualifications.

• Degree educated