Director Procurement - Chemicals, Media, Packaging

Lonza•Walkersville, MD

24d•$152,000 - $215,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Procurement will identify and deliver value based on category management excellence, specific knowledge of Bioprocessing raw materials markets and suppliers and through applying a professional and strategic approach to manage associated external spend. This person will also drive category expertise through an understanding of required technologies, geographical spread, supply markets & trends, cost drivers and the impact to Lonza’s business model.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Science, Economics / SCM / Procurement or similar
Able to work from the Walkersville office regularly, able to travel as needed. Some travel may be international, valid passport required.
Extensive experience within category management / Procurement.
Pharma or life sciences industry or similar preferred.
Acts and behaves as role model to bring to bear the entire organization
Be well organized, a self-starter and manage priorities
Analytical and problem solving
Global relationships building (both internally and externally)
Skills in key procurement processes: category management, supplier management, negotiations, contract management, e-procurement systems

Nice To Haves

Pharma or life sciences industry or similar preferred.

Responsibilities

Category Management & Strategic Procurement: Develop and maintain relevant Category Strategies that are based on sound market knowledge and data.
Drive tendering, negotiation, contracting and sourcing for signed raw material category(s).
Build a strong and reliable supply base as differentiator to competition.
Identify and coordinate approval of promising sources of supply to support innovative solutions ahead of competition.
Work closely with key partners to develop and deploy effective sourcing strategies that enable new business opportunities and innovation, step change improvements in quality, service at competitive cost.
Supplier Relationship Management: Lead and manage key supplier relationship(s).
Develop a supplier strategy and implement the plan.
Review with sites and senior management key supplier performances and present the impact to the Lonza network, and support sites to resolve complaints and performance issues.
Supply Assurance: Drive awareness of active supply issues clarifying business impact, lead resolution plans, deeply assess supply base and identify risks of supply disruption or competitiveness gaps, develop mitigation plans, coordinate with appropriate key partners in case of major issues (crisis management), ensure business continuity
Business Collaborator Management: Own the interface to business leaders concerning raw materials.
Provide expertise in the relevant raw materials markets and advise on new business opportunities.
Engage as needed with other internal partners (corporate functions, BU leadership or sites)
Procurement Processes, tools and Systems: Support global procurement initiatives and policies, implementation of procurement tools, processes and guidelines, roll out and implement key supplier scorecard and responsible sourcing plans
Leading a team: Leading a small team of strategic buyers located across our sites