Job Description

At our company, we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. We're at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. Join our Global Sourcing Management Group (GSMG) and play a pivotal role in driving efficient sourcing practices through a comprehensive end-to-end sourcing process. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with key business stakeholders, optimize procurement practices, and foster robust supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with peers from other S&C Hubs to ensure knowledge sharing, enabling teams to operate effectively and independently on a day-to-day basis.
• Resolves issues and effectively handles requests to ensure business stakeholder and category team satisfaction.
• Understands category strategy roadmaps and requirements to ensure S&C processes are effectively designed and the organization is trained appropriately to meet established service levels.
• Understands characteristics of the current sourcing strategy and actively identifies opportunities for improvement of business stakeholder experience.
• Demonstrates both tactical and strategic thinking and creative problem solving to position the Procurement organization as a tool for supporting the business.
• Manages execution of projects (RFx) with value up to $10 million.
• Responsible for end-to-end compliance contract management process with third parties, including drafting, negotiations, contract compliance, and execution.
• Completes internal and external third-party risk assessments prior to contracting and maintains accurate records of risk assessment findings and proposed risk mitigation strategies.
• Communicates the outcomes of risk assessments and informs business stakeholders about proposed mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of Sourcing and/or Contracting experience.
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of business processes supported by transaction processing capabilities.
• Fluency in English language plus French.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint at a minimum).
• Intermediate knowledge of SAP Ariba system.
• Intermediate knowledge of compliant sourcing and contracting processes.
• Strong customer service mindset.
• Global and continuous improvement mindset.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Willingness to challenge current thinking/processes.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organization skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally for business meetings, workshops, and leadership meetings (up to 10% of the time).

Preferred

• Experience working in a global environment.
• Additional language skills.

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment.
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally.
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern.
• Competitive salary & incentive pay.
• Pension and health insurance contributions.
• Internal reward system and referral scheme.
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution.
• Cafeteria for tax-free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card.
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes.
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone.
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner.

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Required Skills:

Analytical Problem Solving, Analytical Problem Solving, Benchmarking, Business Acumen, Business Management, Business Process Analysis, Business Processes, Business Requirements Management, Change Management, Contract Compliance, Cost Control Management, Customer Service, Detail-Oriented, Financial Research, Global Sourcing, Office Applications, Operational Quality, Policy Development, Procurement Compliance, Quality Control Management, Quality Improvement Programs, Risk Evaluation And Mitigation Strategy (REMS), SAP Ariba, Strategic Procurement, Strategic Thinking {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

07/2/2026

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