GCC - Purchaser

General Description of the NEW GCC Role:

The role is for someone at the beginning of their professional career. It involves handling procurement and supply within their area of responsibility, usually under supervision and defined requirements, with gradually increasing financial scopes.

 The individual receives detailed and routine tasks and performs them to gain and improve professional skills, typically with up to 3 years of experience.

Covering initially:

 QC+ R&D Lab, IT POs – working with Canada & North America requestors at NAM EST time zone.

Issuing POs from PRs in SAP system and EZ Portal, updating all data in SAP.

Responsibilities:

• Professional/Managerial Authority: Conducting negotiations with suppliers, but under close supervision and guidance.
• Complexity of the Role: Working with multiple interfaces, actively participating in cross-organizational processes as an executing entity.
• Additional Responsibilities: Actively participating in procurement strategy as defined by management and the team.
• Routine Tasks: Responsible for issuing routine procurement orders for the plant's departments.
• Cost Reduction: Responsible for cost reduction through contract closures, presenting alternatives, and initiating cost-saving programs.
• System Maintenance: Responsible for maintaining procurement data in the SAP system.
• Supplier Management: Responsible for negotiating with suppliers, creating and maintaining relationships with suppliers to achieve team goals as defined.
• Implementation: Responsible for implementing routine procurement processes.
• Coordination: Responsible for coordinating with all relevant departments ( R&D, QC, admin etc.).
• Continuous Learning: Responsible for initiating continuous updates in the pharmaceutical field to enhance procurement capabilities through professional learning (external and internal), and familiarity with suppliers and peer companies.
• Improvement Initiatives: Responsible for proposing ideas for efficiency and improvement based on procurement and plant needs, including supplier management and routine procurement.
• Process Improvement: Responsible for initiating improvements and streamlining existing procurement processes and workflows with procurement interfaces.

Unique Responsibilities:

• Laboratory Procurement: Responsible for R&D and QC laboratory procurement.
• Admin Procurement: Responsible for Admin procurement.

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge and Expertise: Increasing familiarity with the products purchased and suppliers in the field. Good negotiation skills, control over logistics and payments.
• Certifications/Training: Required certifications – procurement certification card.
• Knowledge Transfer: Authorized to train and transfer knowledge to others, including issuing and following up on routine orders, tracking orders, and generating reports.
• Computer Skills: Ability to work with computer systems and databases. Ability to transfer and share existing knowledge.
• Initiative and Innovation: Responsible for deepening knowledge in their field and staying updated with innovations. Required to take an active part in relevant improvement/project teams related to procurement, such as supplier approvals.
• Improvement Ideas: Proposing ideas to improve work processes within the team and actively participating in their advancement.
• Education: Associate degree / Bachelor's degree.
• Experience: 1-3 years in the role.
• Language Requirements: Good command of English.
• Additional Criteria and Considerations: Ability to function under pressure and heavy workload, ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, high service awareness. Working with NAM buyers in their time zone