operational buyer

Procurement lead (Netherlands, Belgium & NEW)

As Procurement lead for the Northern and Western Europe sub-region, you will partner with Indirect spend owners across all the company’s business lines and establish strategic relationships with our suppliers.

The successful candidate will be part of the Europe Procurement regional team. The primary scope of responsibility will be the Netherlands and Belgium, with support across the Pharmaceuticals, ViiV and Vaccines businesses (Indirect spend including but not limited to HR, Corporate Services, Marketing, Sales, Congresses, People transportation…). Based on business requirements, the Procurement lead accountabilities will also extend to supporting critical and targeted projects in the wider region including the Northern & Western area (Nordics, and BeNeLux).

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Ensuring input to, and alignment with the creation of global sourcing strategies, according to local stakeholders and local markets dynamics; this in partnership with regional category team and the Global category teams.

• leading large-scale, cross business unit projects to deliver solutions that are most ambitious for patients.

• Identifying and delivering business benefits aligned to assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation and delivering stakeholders and business partner requirements through execution of category strategies.

• Driving operational efficiencies by ensuring Contract & Preferred Supplier list compliance as well as managing the Tail spend.

• Delivering effective budgets (Plans of Purchase) agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Spend Management Framework and aligned to the global budgets together with Global and Regional category team.

Strategy execution:

• You will align with appropriate Hub and Global category teams and work in collaboration with these teams to provide local business requirements and market information to support effective collaborative regional and global strategy creation and execution.

• You will execute global sourcing strategies for multiple spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global mindset and ensuring local inputs are accommodated.

• You will have a clear understanding of how global strategies affect local markets and build an education & communication process for regional Procurement leads and business units. Be the local expert in the spend categories within scope of responsibility.

Benefit delivery:

• You will ensure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Spend Management Framework approach, ensuring business unit and Finance agreement to financial value delivered and transparency on treatment of benefits in the budgeting process.

• You will create and deliver effective budgets (Plans of Purchase) agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Spend Management Framework.

• Business partnering & stakeholder management in the company.

• You will build strategic relationships with local company’s stakeholders (including General Managers, Finance Directors and indirect spend owners), to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly.

• You will influence key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted.

External supplier relationships:

• You will execute and manage effective contracts with suppliers that will allow GSK to maximize opportunity globally. Ensure global views on supplier negotiations are taken.

• You will manage the local supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured.

• You will ensure suitable processes and communication links exist between above country supplier organization structures and local & regional networks to ensure effective process and communication cascade through supplier and the company’s network and geographies.

• Significant procurement experience in a highly regulated industry.

• Experienced in the design and delivery of category sourcing strategies.

• Proven track record of managing international and cross-functional projects.

• Evidence of design and implementation of compelling business cases through qualitative and financial impact assessment.

• Strong Influencing skills (English fluency required) and executive communication experience.

• Ability to nurture a complex network of internal and external stakeholders.

Consultancy

We offer an attractive salary with extra-legal advantages:

• Group insurance

• Hospitalisation insurance

• Meal vouchers of 7 euros gross per working day

• Reimbursement km or company car

• Monthly allowance (80 euros net per month)

• A 13th month

• Training

• Etc.

A rate as a freelancer is also possible.