Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Procurements - Hyderabad, India - Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Description

Job Description:

Main Accountabilities (duties, responsibilities)

SOURCING activities

Engage with users to define purchasing needs. For local sourcing activities, manage the purchasing project (objectives, resources, timelines, specifications, supplier selection criteria) and deal with Ferring Sourcing Process (RFI, RFQ, negotiation, contracting). Link with all internal stakeholders.

Participate in audits and select final suppliers.

For global deal implementation, contribute to a successful implementation in dialog with global teams

CONTRACT Management

Negotiate and finalize contracts for some local requirements (leveraging global deals or not)

Ensure sign-off of contracts

Anticipate termination date and proactively manage of renewals

SUPPLIER Relationship Management

Execute on the supplier rationalization activities

Manage risk with identified suppliers

Proactively work with suppliers to strengthen business relations (reduce lead-times, improve overall supply chain performance, and reduce costs).

Interaction with internal customers to identify purchasing & business opportunities.

Gather information related to the current supply markets.

Constructive feedback given to global procurement about local market trends.

Local best practices are shared with category managers

Vendor performance management : improvement of costs and customer service level

Select local vendors subject to Vendor Management process and execute it

Support global vendor management implementation at site(s) level

Required Education/Qualifications/Skills:

• University level and master in procurement

• 8 years experience in purchasing/contracting management

• Ability to represent Ferring's interests to outside professionals and suppliers

• Analytical and negotiation skills

• Decision making ability to purchase goods or services in alignment with the objectives of the supported entities

• Comprehensive understanding of purchasing processes and knowledge of best practices for sourcing, supplier management and procure-to-pay

• Team player and team work oriented

• Fluent in English

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