Procurement Lead Buyer

About the job

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one overarching mission - to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to build a healthier future by helping people, help themselves, bringing “Health in Your Hands”.

Our teams are building trusted & loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide, enabling better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. To fulfill this mission, we are embarking our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees in this journey because this is what will make us become the “Best Fast-Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) Company In & For the World”.

We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view.

To achieve this, we need strong talent who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. Our priority is working with integrity to improve the health and well-being of people and communities where we operate, working towards making a positive impact in the world.

What you’ll be doing:

CHC Procurement - ‘Play to Win’ Ambitions

- 75% Marketing& Sales Domain and 25% Indirect Procurement Domain-

Accelerate Growth

• Generate savings for reinvestment

• Total-cost-of-ownership decision making focused on margin improvements

Organization Alignment

• Co-create strategy, prioritize & deliver outcomes

• Collaborate to leverage ONE Sanofi scale

• An agile organization, empowered decision making

• The Multi-Category buyer – Marketing & Sales and Professional Services would have responsibility of overall business partnering with the local market team and full accountability to deliver all procurement KPIs for the Marketing & Sales and Professional Services categories in that market.

• The key focus of this role is to collaborate with the regional team in the category to formulate pragmatic and effective strategies combined with a robust approach / implementation plan in alignment with the local and regional stakeholders and drive the projects.  The candidate would demonstrate maturity to navigate in complex environments, a strong leadership & business acumen to drive priority initiatives for delivering the cost savings & maximum value to the business.

• This mission is aligned with the values, the ethical charter and the code of conduct of Sanofi.

Strategy

• Support in development of competitive & innovative procurement category strategies that are: based on market intelligence: assessing risks and opportunities. Collaboratively built, full aligned with the business, delivering cost reduction and significant value.

• Translate marketing, P&C, Facility Management, Real Estate, etc. categories vision, strategy and projects in the region and execute to ensure delivery aligned with the targets

• Drive the development of new market innovation opportunities (new suppliers and technologies).

• Integrate sustainability strategic objectives into local project plans, be accountable for achieving domain targets in your regions

Leadership

• Create an integrated and effective marketing and Professional Services procurement network within the markets - working towards common objectives

Contract & Relationship Management

• Lead local supplier relationship management (SRM) and lead negotiations on local sourcing cases. Interface directly with local supplier leadership to assure objectives are met.

• Work with Bio-Pharma peers to ensure that shared suppliers are effectively managed, and synergies are maximized

• Set local KPIs and monitor supplier performance. Continuously drive improvements in performance of the suppliers in all relevant areas of service level, costs, delivery, quality.

• Ensure compliance with master service agreements

• Escalate / manage issues that may impact the global Marketing and Sales or Professional Services procurement

• Ensure that risk management assessment and risk mitigation strategies are in place in close collaboration with the business

Business Collaboration & Partnering

• Business partner role to the local marketing managers, the commercial operations, P&C, Real Estate and Facility Management Teams, other Finance Teams and the local GMs. Build credibility and trust with the stakeholders. Develop a deep understanding of the business to ensure all their needs are aligned and incorporated within the procurement strategic priorities

• Partner with the local sustainability teams to build a plan to deliver against B-Corp commitments

• Enable collaborative partnering within CHC internally and across the supplier network

• Simplify processes, increase speed of delivery

• Develop and strengthen strategic supplier partnerships to deliver innovation and competitive advantage

Digital

• Digital solutions and analytics to drive actionable supplier market intelligence and generate real time fact-based insights

• Leverage technology to improve external and internal connectivity

Sustainability

• Place sustainability at the core of everything we do and help accelerate B-Corp commitments

• Deliver on the 2025 carbon neutral goal

• 100% recyclable packing/POSM and 50% recycled/bio plastic by 2025

Required Competencies & Experience

• University degree in Business Administration, Procurement or equivalent

• At least 5 years of procurement and marketing experience

• Good understanding of marketing procurement

• Good hands-on experience in delivering significant cost savings initiatives

• Strong project management, negotiations and analytical skills

• Highly effective written and verbal communication, interpersonal and influencing skills Autonomous with a high level of drive and energy

• Ability to skilfully navigate in complex global/regional matrix environment & adaptability of style to fit the relevant audience

Language & Cultural

• Good written & verbal communication skills

• International and multi-cultural mind set

CHC Play to Win Competencies

• Stretch to go beyond the level we have operated until now

• Take action and don’t wait to be told what to do

• Put the interest of the organization ahead of own of those of his/her team

• Act in the interest of our patients and customers