Director, Global Packaging Procurement

Lead the Global Packaging Procurement Team

Job Description

The Global Packaging Procurement Director is responsible for leading the Packaging Center of Excellence (COE) organization. The scope for this role includes leading the team to support overall category management for the packaging category led by the global COEs, either directly (for locally managed categories) or indirectly through strong collaboration with global/regional sourcing professionals. Annual spend in this category is more than $200M, and delivery of high-quality procurement performance and capabilities is expected as part of our Company’s global procurement strategy.

Our Sourcing team partners with the business to ensure efficient acquisition of goods, services, and CAPEX that enables the commercialization of our medicines, vaccines, and Animal Health products. We collaborate internationally and are grouped into center-led categories and regional operating teams.

The Director will take an active role in team leadership, development of procurement strategies, and interfacing with key and senior stakeholders to align the procurement/sourcing strategy with needed business requirements. The candidate must have demonstrated leadership within procurement and proficiency in the strategic sourcing processes and supplier relationship management. This position has the complexity of driving sourcing strategies and breakthrough business solutions that require strong stakeholder management and sponsorship. This position is a Hybrid role and can be located in the United States or Europe (EMEA).

Primary activities include, but are not limited to:

• Leadership – As a procurement leader, participates in development and implementation of business strategy and ensures delivery of required business performance. The Director of Packaging will have a vision and strategy for the short and long-term success of the category. The incumbent will be expected to act as an exemplar and role model and deliver role model examples of good practice which can be shared and adopted throughout our Company.
• Sourcing Management – Adopt, lead, and implement Sourcing Management as a structured process creating and leading cross-functional teams. Lead the sourcing including RFX, RFP, and negotiations and contracting to put in place the right suppliers.
• Strategy Creation – Work with cross-functional teams to create breakthrough strategies that generate a competitive advantage for our Company. Strategies must be innovative, deliver quick wins, and be integrated with our Company’s overall diversity goals to leverage the capabilities of an inclusive supply base composed of minority-, female- and veteran-owned businesses.
• Strategy Implementation – Proactively manage all aspects of implementation including entry and exit of suppliers and addressing complex change management issues.
• Continuous Improvement – Ensure that supplier relationships are set up for future continuous improvement of cost down and cost out in line with our Company's Performance Targets. Lead and manage the measurement and review process that ensures delivery of on-going improvement.
• Contract Management and Supplier Performance Governance – The incumbent will have ultimate accountability for Governance and Contract Management to realize the commitments in our contracts. They will partner with colleagues in operations and the CoEs to ensure our service partners align with the requirements of the business and will ensure that the scorecards and KPIs reflect these requirements and performance thereof. They will establish a process and cadence of Governance to ensure appropriate oversight, review, and audit of supplier performance from site operations to Executive leadership linking in Subject Matter Expertise across all levels of Governance as appropriate. Ensure management and tracking of changes to contract terms and the scope of services under the supplier are executed in compliance with the contract and in a timely manner.
• Relationship Management – Work in a way that positively engages the support of senior stakeholders, using problem solving and proactive communication skills, to meet their business needs as well as those of our Company's Procurement Management.
• Supplier Management – Proactively manage supplier relationships with a select group of strategic suppliers, representing most of the category spend. Engage with supplier senior management driving significant value from the relationships. They will be responsible to develop strategically the suppliers across the enterprise.
• Business Requirements – Have a keen insight and understanding of business requirements on a 1-3-5 year horizon; many categories will require a 3-5 year horizon for strategic decisions. This individual is able to identify and mitigate risk by leveraging existing policies/procedures.
• Results and Performance – The incumbent will be a natural collaborator, an excellent communicator who has demonstrated an aptitude for boundaryless execution with service mindset and enterprise leadership at their core. The incumbent will be a high-quality achiever who gets the right things done in the right way.
• Project and Change Management – The complexity of categories and projects require high quality project and program management skills and a proven ability to manage change both internal and external through to successful completion.
• People Management — Responsibility for managing and developing a team of Sourcing Managers and Analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the PKG procurement team to support the global Animal Health division, including managing the supply of direct and indirect materials, performing supplier relationship management, supply risk assessment with actions in place and regular tracking, and stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborates with Global CoEs and SRM teams to implement global sourcing projects and develop sourcing strategies for locally managed projects.
• Leads the team to deliver the cost saving targets through cross functional collaboration.
• Negotiates local to local contracts, and/or regional contracts led by the team.
• Provides active support on corporate and external Quality/EHS/Trade/Import/Export audits related to procurement topics.
• Designs strategies and leads execution to support supplier diversity and sustainability within our Company.
• Ensures that supplier relationships are set up for future continuous improvement of cost down and cost out in line with our Company's Performance Targets. Leads and manages the measurement and review process that ensures delivery of on-going improvement.
• Improves company cash position by extending payment terms following country laws (DPO).
• Designs and executes people development plans.
• Provides leadership to maintain the data integrity of SAP/Ariba SRM, and other GMP supplier systems, related to direct and indirect procurement parameters; prepares the yearly operational plan (budget), explains cost variances; ensures accurate and timely reporting (savings, DPO, diversity, projects, supplier performance, etc); provides active support resolving PtP related to procurement topics such as invoice discrepancies, vendor set-up, dunning letter management.

Position Qualifications

Education Minimum Requirements:

• BS in Business, Finance, Engineering or related disciplines
• MBA or advanced degree and/or relevant certification is desirable

Required Experience and Skills:

• 7+ years of Direct and Indirect category experience, strategic sourcing and operations.
• Leadership Skills demonstrated along by managing complex high-level relationships/stakeholders.
• Experience in international business required.
• Business financial acumen.
• Experience in Operations and Engineering preferable.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated record on building organizational capacity by attracting, developing, and retaining talent.
• Demonstrated ability for leading people by collaborating across boundaries and developing high performing teams.
• Able to communicate up, down and across in a clear and concise manner. Both written and verbal.
• Drives accountability.
• Coaches and mentors teams as needed.

Required Skills: Direct Materials, Global Category Management, Indirect Materials, Leadership, Negotiation, People Leadership, Procurement Strategies, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Management, Supplier Relationship Management

Preferred Skills: Cross-Functional Teamwork, Global Procurement, Sourcing Projects, Strategic Sourcing