Head Pmo Pharma Procurement

The COE Procurement is a global team being setup to design and embed; capabilities, standards, performance, innovation and strategy across the newly established One Procurement organization within Fresenius Medical Care

Tasks:

Performance Management, Intelligence and Analytics

• Manages the global category teams/Leads through the annual processes to identify, build and finalize initiative pipeline opportunities in the range of 10+ mio USD
• Regular updates and reporting to Management Board or Business Executive Leadership
• Global Tracking and presenting progress against Procurement savings targets and forecasted pipeline
• Acts as the CoE (& P&P) SPOC; coordinating Category Management feedback and communicating opportunities to Global CoE
• Supports the VP Pharma Procurement in; structuring and organizing their teams (internally), managing information & Comms flow to stakeholders (Externally)
• Acts as an ambassador of Global Procurement and provides input to the development and deployment of the procurement vision and strategy
• With the support of the analytics team, is responsible for regularly updating Pharma spend, savings and performance metrics, generating insights out of disparate data sources
• Connectivity with G&A (e.g., Global Transformation Office, Compliance, Legal, HR, GIA, Tax, etc) to ensure that Procurement is aligned & well-connected with the various business functions
• A triage point for issue resolution and risk identification in projects within and across the Category/PVA
• Develops and maintains Market and Supplier Intelligence in support of the Pharma Procurement strategy

Organization Development

• Leads initiatives and projects that exist beyond or outside category specific projects
• Oversees the Management of Key Supplier Relationships in coordination with Category Leads
• Ensures standards and best practice approaches are deployed in projects being delivered
• Identifies, coordinates and implements organizational improvements (e.g. transformation, capability building, system and process adoption, sustainable procurement)
• Coordinates and consolidates Risk Management activity

Requirements:

• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• 10+ years of professional experience in Pharma Procurement and/or Analytics and/project management.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary & multicultural team
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and lasting relationships with key stakeholders
• Additional experience in change & communications, coupled with procurement or business roles is desirable
• Willingness to travel occasionally (20%)
• Ability to execute high quality (quantitative & qualitative) analyses to communicate a story to key stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills with ability to alternate between helicopter view and high attention to detail & accuracy
• Diplomatic skills to influence others at all levels of the business and manage relationships with internal clients
• Strong skills in creating and maintaining project and program plans
• Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations
• Proven track record for planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects