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Senior Packaging Buyer

Eingestellt von Harvey Nash IT Recruitment Belgium

Gesuchte Skills: Support, Client, Network

Projektbeschreibung

Our client is a multinational pharmaceutical company and is looking for a SENIOR BUYER. The SENIOR BUYER will lead continuous improvement initiatives for the category under his/her responsability (secondary packaging). The Senior Buyer will be working in Walloon Brabant for 6 months.

Scope of work:

Our client is a dynamic and ambitious company where the Lead Buyer for secondary packaging has responsibility for leading, proposing and implementing a continuous improvement initiatives and to define the strategic direction of the category under his/her responsibility.

Additionally, he/she will be responsible for implementing a sourcing plan across the worldwide organisation.

He/she must deliver value to both the organisation as a whole and also to his/her internal customers. The Lead Buyer will also be the main point of contact for internal customers or for all sourcing issues relating to this spend category (secondary packaging).

He/she has responsibility to meet local procurement requirements for Production Procurement and the Lead Buyer provides project leadership within the global Vaccines organisation and is expected to collaborate with pharmaceutical and consumer health divisions.

Sourcing Management:
* Build & implement a sourcing strategy for Packaging categories.
o Cartons, Leaflets, Labels, Films, Foils, Corrugates, internal packaging, etc
* Lead and motivate network of buyers based across several worldwide sites for the development and implementation of harmonised sourcing strategies. (NA, Europe & Asia)
* Work with internal stakeholders to develop a long term vision on Packaging portfolio: (Evolution of requirements in terms of technology, quality and volumes, supplier capacities and capabilities, alignment with pharmaceutical division)
* Optimise Value by challenging demand and controlling costs
o Lead continuous improvement initiatives (ie implement JIT-Made to order)
* Ensure an appropriate level of Quality of raw materials in partnership with Suppliers and Users

Risk Management:
* Reduce the Risk by building and Maintaining a Worldwide Risk Mitigation Action Plan (RMAP) to protect company revenue streams. Secure current business and insure that plans to increase revenues will not be constrained by lack of availability of critical supplies.
* Negotiate Master Service Agreements between with suppliers

Innovation & Stakeholder Management:
* Strong emphasis on customer support - Production
* Ensure support to internal customers through a transversal knowledge of market, applications and constraints and participate in the relevant governing bodies.
* Early involvement of Procurement in packaging processes/items development.
* Demonstrate ethical behaviour and ensure adherence by internal users and suppliers.
* Ensure Global support on worldwide sites

Vendor Management:
* Manage supplier relationships for Packaging activities worldwide.
o Become the Global lead in the Supplier relationship on several suppliers for the entire organisation
o Maintain and further develop long term relationships with strategic supply base
* Be the gatekeeper of Procurement processes with suppliers.
* Manage supplier relationships for the development of new items and new technologies.
* Lead supplier performance: conformity, inbound logistics & quality.
* Develop an interface and consolidate relationships with major internal stakeholders and governing bodies.
* Ensure procurement involvement at the earliest stage of process development in order to optimise leverage and integrate Procurement requirements in business decisions to avoid cost and sourcing issues
* Develop best procurement practice within Packaging procurement: Sourcing group management, plan of purchase, business review meeting, supplier forum, source plan, eAuction, long-term supplier partnership, total cost of ownership, etc
* Build Sourcing plans that take into account global requirements and lead the implementation of global strategies, agreed with stakeholders.
* Liaise with and represent Procurement to other departments in order to manage Business and Technical review meetings (BRM & TLCT)
* Lead total cost of packaging reduction using all possible levers, and by improving Operational Excellence on a spend of 20 Million that will increase in future years.
* Challenge local requirements and adapt global strategies adequately
* Work with all stakeholders to build strong TCO approach
* Maintain and optimise relationship & synergies between Procurement, Quality, Production, Marketing, Supply, Regulatory Affair and maintain the strong interface
* Ensure Supplier Compliance with Safety, health and Environment and GMP standards
* Growth in some markets, retrenchment in others
* Variability of planning of production due to the specificity of vaccine business (Tender based business)
* Complex spend: Large number of SKUs & Suppliers (>5000 SKUs, >50 Suppliers)
* High expectations from Quality & Production
* Failure to supply has an immediate and extended impact on revenue stream. Time to switch supply base is lengthy
* Must influence production department, QA, Regulatory, technical services, Supply & to optimise, adapt specifications, reduce single sourcing, build & implement global strategies
* Leveraging past experience/industry knowledge to continuously motivate change outside area of direct responsibility
* New rigorous approach to outsourcing: Collaboration with CMOs
* Extended number of people involved in decisions

Requirements:

* Master level degree, a combination of business management and technical education is a plus
* Must have experience in continuous improvement (ie Toyota Business Practise/Six Sigma)
* Strong Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistic knowledge.
* Team worker in a multicultural environment.
* Experience in managing across global sites. Strong project management skills
* Experience in change development, implementation and management
* Result oriented, and able to develop/communicate strong arguments to facilitate change
* Good People Management, (own team, transversal and upward)
* Build confidence throughout the organisation
* Enable & Drive Change in a complex environment
* Minimum 5 years in an equivalent position
* Can work with limited supervision
* Excellent negotiation skills
* Fluent in French & English
* Operations knowledge is a plus
* MBA is a plus

Keywords: BUYER, SENIOR BUYER, PROCUREMENT, PURCHASING, SOURCING, SENIOR SOURCING CONSULTANT

Projektdetails

  • Einsatzort:

    Brabant Wallon, Belgien

  • Projektbeginn:

    asap

  • Projektdauer:

    6 months

  • Vertragsart:

    Contract

  • Berufserfahrung:

    Keine Angabe

Geforderte Qualifikationen

Harvey Nash IT Recruitment Belgium