Global Category Buyer HR, Outsourcing and Shared Services

Job title: Global Category Buyer HUMAN RESOURCES, OUTSOURCING & SHARED SERVICES

• Location: Barcelona, Spain

Ready to develop your career at the cutting edge of healthcare and to push the limits of what’s possible for patients?

Join Sanofi, an innovative global healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France and having one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. 

We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.  

The company is focused on accelerating development to deliver breakthrough medicines and vaccines to patients, delivering excellence though Diversity. 

About the job

 Within Sanofi, the Procurement function is a powerhouse maximizing savings to fund the company’s future growth. The Chief Procurement Officer is reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, member of the sanofi executive committee. The Procurement organization is divided into five Domains (Manufacturing & Supply, Marketing & Sales, Professional Services, Scientific & Medical and Digital) leveraging Global Procurement Operations and the Procurement Center of Excellence & Transformation.  The yearly spend coverage is around 15B€ with a special focus on Procurement excellence, Supplier Diversity and Sustainability. Closely collaborating with Finance, Business Operations and Business Units, Procurement is instrumental in achieving cost efficiency and savings. Procurement plays a critical role in optimizing Business Operational Impact with a focus on driving simplification, efficiency, and productivity. It forges strategic partnerships with suppliers, prioritizing innovation and data driven solutions. 

The Global Category Buyer, Human Resources, Outsourcing & Shared Services is responsible for the category of spend in his / her portfolio, 75+ M€, to support the implementation of sourcing strategies according to category management roadmap as well as leading sourcing activities across all business units at global level and lead suppliers relationship management with the Global Lead Buyers and the Global Category Head.

In this position, you will manage global sourcing and global demands incoming from the People & Culture Services Business Partners (HR Services) throughout the categories stated hereinafter and ensure proper implementation compliance and consistency vis à vis global / regional and local contracts in scope by leveraging the preferred suppliers panel.

This position focuses on the sourcing of HR Services (Rewards & Performance, Learning & development, Car Fleet, HR projects) as well as Outsourcing & Shared Services, while coordinating the building and roll-out of proper sourcing tactics / buying channels (including Tail Spend Management), in line with the category strategies at Global level.

An important objective and purpose of this role will be to support both the Global Category Manager and the Global Lead Buyers to provide operational sourcing support and to optimize the Suppliers management across geographies.

The scope of this position is global, Part of the Procurement domain “Professional Services” and for all entities of Sanofi Group 

This position reports to the Global Category Manager for Procurement HR, Outsourcing & Shared Services.

Responsibilities

Operations Management

·       Ensures the implementation and operational follow-up of action plans derived from the strategies defined by the Category Management and/or Procurement Business Partners, in close collaboration with the procurement network and stakeholders

·       Provides support to the Global Lead Buyer of the category to ensure the execution of the strategy and sourcing execution

·       Delivers savings pipeline in line with targets

·       Data crunching: Collect, clean, organize and analyze large volumes of raw data. Leveraging advanced Excel formulas and functions (V/Xlook up, index Match, concatenate, SUMIF, IFAND etc.). Stripping out unwanted information and formatting, translating data into the required format and structuring it for analysis (pareto, charts etc.) or processing by other applications. Once these steps are completed, apply analysis tools to the data to glean business insights.

·       Leads global RFIs/RFPs and contract negotiations for his/her domain/category 

·       Reports on status, savings, performance, and risks on the sourcing activities you are in charge of. 

·       Stays informed on current industry trends and new market developments related to his/her category area 

·       Undertakes benchmarking against other industries and best practices

·       Run robust Supplier Management with business reviews & performance management Ensure mastery of Procurement technical excellence (TCO, SRM, Market Intel, Risk Management, Innovation, CSR, HSE, compliance, quality…),

·       Work closely with procurement services to leverage as much as possible the middle and back-offices services

Stakeholder Management

·       Develops strong partnerships with his/her key internal customers, and foster two-way supportive relationships with them.

·       Presents Procurement strategies to key internal customers for review and input

About you 

Experience

4 to 7+ years' experience in Procurement or related area of expertise

Soft Skills/ Technical skills:

The position requires sourcing professional skills with a strong ability to develop relationships within and across the different lines of business and throughout the Procurement organization, including transversal / project management skills as well as management skills in a multi-cultural environment: 

• Technical knowledge of the category/domain 
• Results oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, 
• Analytic advanced skills for data crunching purpose (Excel, Power BI, Thinkcell etc Good understanding of finance and legal aspects 
• flexible, receptive, resourceful, creative, and results oriented 
• Project Management 
• Negotiation 
• Communication skills: Assertiveness, ability to convince/influence others and excellent presentation skills 
• Able to quickly assimilate new information/skills   
• Readily adapts to new environment, processes, ways of working, etc.  
• Team player with excellent interpersonal sensitivity 
• Role model in compliance and ethics  

Education 

Minimum Master degree from an accredited College or University 

Languages

   Fluent in English is a must 

   French / Spanish languages (proficient level) a plus

Why choose us?

Join Sanofi Procurement for a chance to develop with mentoring and guidance from inspirational leaders while helping to make an impact on the lives of countless people worldwide. We’re also a company where you can grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue Progress. And let’s discover Extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. 

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