Procurement Manager

Kindeva Drug Delivery•Lexington, KY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Work Matters At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world. The Impact You Will Make This is an exciting opportunity at our Lexington, KY site to lead all aspects of Operational Procurement including the local implementation of strategic sourcing projects at site and “in country” sourcing and negotiations. The spend managed will cover both direct and indirect goods and services and entail the active engagement of specialist resources within the Global Procurement Organization (GPO). Operational responsibilities include ensuring materials are available for production according to schedule, inventory is minimized and cash management is optimized. Management of Procurement projects requires functional alignment to provide an efficient implementation process for early recognition of savings. Sourcing and negotiations are to be conducted at a country level with local suppliers or as designated by Procurement Management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Chemistry or Engineering.
Leading experience and knowledge in negotiation preparation and execution.
5 years’ experience in Procurement Management (or 5 years as a Procurement Specialist) preferred.
Solid working knowledge of ERP in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), Oracle or SAP and MRP.
Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to form close, amicable, trusting relationships across businesses, internal functions, and across all levels within an enterprise.
Demonstrated ability to consistently exceed goals.
Practical experience in eSourcing and running eRFP, eRFQ, eRFI, forward and reverse auctions.
Experience of Sourcing within country and well connected to the supply base.
Practical knowledge and use of analytical techniques in Procurement preferred.

Nice To Haves

Recognized Qualification in Procurement, such as CPSM, preferred.

Responsibilities

Adheres to and promotes the Global Procurement Organization model.
Performs management responsibilities including, but not limited to: hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.
Manages the day-to-day operations of the local Procurement operations team, to include policy and process enforcement, personnel management, supplier onboarding, transaction management and fiscal responsibility.
Drives environmental and sustainability principles in all and procurement activities.
Ensures alignment with HR on contingent labor requirements and ensures the proper deployment of all contingent labor policies and requirements.
Acts as a business partner to internal and external stakeholders and provides a single point of contact for all Procurement operations related questions, feedback, transformations or service escalations in coordination with Global Procurement leadership.
Develops and maintains effective working relationships with business partners and stakeholders both internal and external.
Develops, maintains, reviews and communicates appropriate KPI and KRI metrics and identifies problem areas for root cause and remediation.
Compliance with international and local laws governing procurement practices.
Obtain tiered pricing wherever possible for unit volume ranges.
Supports preparation and execution of local compliance and controls initiatives.
Monitors and executes the end-to-end process related to standard purchase order-based procure to pay process including order placement, monitoring, expediting/de-expediting and invoice issue resolution.
Leads local implementation, change management and adoption of Global Procurement standards, processes and procedures (including delivery of training, local documentation and/or communications as required) and ensures compliance with those at the local level.
Drives continuous improvement and simplification of local procurement processes in alignment with Global Procurement operations.
Escalates any delivery issues that cannot be resolved and will impact the production schedule.
Responsible for local audits associated with the procure to pay controls identified in the documented processes.
Ensures the Past Due purchase orders report is managed effectively to ensure suppliers payment terms are not compromised.
Executes local eSourcing activities including training of suppliers and running events within the guidelines provided.
Conducts business with the highest level of integrity ensuring compliance with the Kindeva Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
Constructs a multiyear program of cost savings initiatives in association with Category Management and communicates those into the GPO savings program.
Executes procurement activities under the direction of Category and Operations Procurement Management.