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Lonza · 5 days ago

Global Director, Direct Procurement

Portsmouth, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. The Director of Procurement will identify and deliver value based on category management excellence and manage external spend strategically to support innovative solutions and business continuity.

BiotechnologyLife SciencePharmaceutical

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain relevant Category Strategies that are based on sound market knowledge and data

Drive tendering, negotiation, contracting and sourcing for signed raw material categories

Build a strong and reliable supply base as differentiator to competition

Identify and coordinate approval of promising sources of supply to support innovative solutions ahead of competition

Work closely with key partners to develop and deploy effective sourcing strategies that enable new business opportunities and innovation, step change improvements in quality, service at competitive cost

Lead and manage key supplier relationships

Develop a supplier strategy and implement the plans

Review with sites and senior management key suppliers’ performances and present the impact to the Lonza network, and support sites to resolve complaints and performance issues

Drive awareness of active supply issues clarifying business impact, lead resolution plans, deeply assess supply base and identify risks of supply disruption or competitiveness gaps, develop mitigation plans, coordinate with appropriate key partners in case of major issues (crisis management), ensure business continuity

Own the interface to business leaders concerning raw materials

Provide expertise in the relevant raw materials markets and advise on new business opportunities

Engage as needed with other internal partners (corporate functions, BU leadership or sites)

Support global procurement initiatives and policies, implementation of procurement tools, processes and guidelines, roll out and implement key supplier scorecard and responsible sourcing plans

Qualification

Category ManagementSupplier ManagementContract ManagementNegotiationsE-procurement SystemsFluency in EnglishInfluencing SkillsData AnalysisGlobal Relationship BuildingLeadership Skills