Global Procurement Category Leader - Slough, United Kingdom - IPSEN

IPSEN

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Slough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Title:

Global Procurement Category Leader - Facility Management & Real Estate

Company:

Ipsen Biopharm Ltd

We are currently looking to recruit a Global Procurement Category Leader - Facility Management & Real Estate, to be based in Slough as part of the Procurement IT and Infrastructure.

The Global Procurement Category Leader will be responsible for a spend of approx. 80m Euros and will be growing in the coming years as Ipsen increasing its footprint through external acquisitions.

His / her responsibilities will be to design, build, communicate and support implementation of Category Strategies with close alignment with Global Facility Management & Real Estate team in addition to our various procurement Teams at local level to ultimately deliver added value to the business.

The Global Procurement Category Leader will work very closely with the Global Procurement Events & Commercial Insights Category Leader.

He/she will contribute to the strategic development of this spend portfolio and will ensure the robust delivery through clear and measurable benefits.

Main responsibilities / job expectations

Category Management

Drive Category Management process for the assigned categories.
Be the Procurement Subject Matter Expert on assigned categories.
Identify and classify new opportunities through bestinclass category management processes with strong alignment with Internal stakeholders and crossfunctional teams.
Strategic planning: Develop long term strategic category plans for the assigned categories
Develop best procurement practices and support implementation of these practices across Facility Management & Real Estate categories.
Maintain the highestlevel code of conduct and ethics.
Ensure that all the key suppliers within the category assigned adhered Ipsen Ethics & Compliance code
Contribute to the development of Procurement objectives, strategy, processes & tools.

Define and Manage the Procurement Category strategies
Be responsible for Sourcing Strategies processes already existing or to be defined.

These main activities would include the following but are not limited to:

DESIGN AND BUILD SOURCING STRATEGIES

Understand Company objectives and how they derive into business strategies and priorities
Design and build appropriate category and sourcing strategies with inputs coming from Global Facility Management & Real Estate team & local procurement teams.
Establish Stakeholder Mapping for the assigned categories: Develop and execute a Stakeholder Engagement plan.
Develop a Preferred Supplier List for the assigned categories.
Develop communication package and tools to support implementation of category strategies and plans
Support the Global Procurement Organization on various sourcing initiatives related to the assigned categories

MANAGE CATEGORY

In close alignment with Global Facility Management & Real Estate team & local procurement oversees the implementation of category plans
Act as a business partner for:
Contract negotiation and contract management
Contract key operational clauses negotiation
Operational Meetings with Key & Strategic suppliers
Efficiency plan implementation
Critical supply issues
Manage or support RFP processes until contract execution to support Business projects
Identify efficiency opportunities across the Category and monitor the implementation to meet the yearly savings targets.
Identify opportunities for Global Master Service Agreements implementation working closely with Business Stakeholders and Legal.
Manage Global agreements design and lead global commercial negotiation.
Proactively assess internal and external process improvement, influence effective change, drive innovation and continuous improvement.

Strategic Supplier Relationship Management

Be an active partner of the SRM processes within Facility Management & Real Estate suppliers already existing or to be defined.

These main activities would include the following but are not limited to:

SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Cobuild with Global Facility Management & Real Estate team the SRM models and strategy
Colead the SRM activities with Key & Strategic vendors
Build robust partnerships with strategic vendors
Review, improve and run the best vendor governance structure and procedures for assigned categories
Manage and track Supplier performance and innovation with defined KPI across the organization
Assess the relationship through assessment at organization level

Contribute
to the development & management of the Procurement community

Be responsible for Category Procurement performance.
Promote, facilitate & support compliance of Category sourcing strategies, processes & tools.
For assigned categories, develop network category Procurement skills through training, knowledge and best practices sharing.
Animate buyers and Procurement Managers community when relevant on category & market updates, best practices