Senior Sourcing Manager

Job Tittle: Senior Sourcing Manager

Location: Stockley Park, UK

Length: 6 Month+ initial contract

Daily Rate: Negotiable (Based on experience)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Sourcing Manager, Procurement based in Stockley Park.

The Senior Procurement manager will be responsible for implementation of a regional Meetings & Events category strategy across the Euro 5 markets (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) as well as the regional headquarters in Stockley Park. The Meetings & Events strategy is fully endorsed by the regional EMEA Commercial Operations leadership team, and implementation planning is underway. Key focus for this role is to project manage the implementation of the agreed strategy, by collaborating and influencing cross functional teams; align to and support business goals and develop and execute implementation plans to ensure the benefits of the category strategy are fully realized.
Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Contribute to Global implementation planning and change management initiatives
• Business engagement with business leads and cross functional teams across Euro 5 affiliates and regional headquarters
• Project management - lead cross functional teams to deliver the agreed strategy within the planned timeframe
• Organize project management support for various functional areas, attend sub-team meetings; organize ad hoc working groups
• Gather stakeholder and subject-matter insights/business requirements to ensure effective delivery of the program
• Effectively manage ongoing project communications to multiple stakeholders to maintain momentum and secure engagement
• Ability to analyse spend data to track project value delivery against approved business case
• Lead ongoing supplier negotiations, within the framework of the agreed Global agreement

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated excellence in project management, background and experience in working in Procurement and ideally within the Pharma industry
• Can-do mind set. Flexible, positive thinker that can find the way to get things done in a complex and fast moving environment
• Understands good project governance and structure but is able to be pragmatic
• Good facilitator. Running project meetings and workshops delivering on objectives by engaging participants
  Excellent communicator.
• Strong delivery focus - able to deliver against timelines and achieve results
• Credible, articulate and authoritative
• Resilience under pressure will be a distinct advantage in the role
• International Project Management experience would be beneficial
• Project Management qualifications i.e. APM, PMP, PRINCE2 desirable
• Experience using e-Rooms, Sharepoint and Microsoft office applications to a high level of proficiency

About i-Pharm:

i-Pharm Consulting is a specialist Recruitment Company servicing the Pharmaceutical industry in the UK and Europe. We provide both permanent and contract staff to a wide range of Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Biotechnology and Contract Research Organisations (CROs). i-Pharm has specific expertise in Clinical Research, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Quality Assurance and Bioinformatics.

HOW TO APPLY

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, please call MSP Consultant James Dalgety on +44 203 189 7945 or email JDalgety@i-pharmconsulting.com . All communications will be held in complete confidence. If this role is not suitable, James is also available to discuss other possible positions or answer any general questions regarding your career and the current Market.