Senior Category Manager, Facilities Team Lead

Pfizer • Tampa, FL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Use Your Power for Purpose Creating value through procurement processes is essential to keeping our products in production and our innovators innovating. Whether you are involved in negotiating contracts, managing vendors, or forecasting requirements, your role is crucial in ensuring our medicines reach the people who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before. By streamlining procurement, you help maintain the flow of production and innovation, enabling us to deliver life-saving medicines promptly and effectively. ROLE SUMMARY Negotiate contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services, and supplies, and facilitate category management for ongoing operations. Lead key strategic cross-functional and transformational projects, developing and managing supplier relationships, and seeking continuous improvement opportunities. Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Procurement, providing guidance and leadership to colleagues. Develop and manage plans to achieve objectives, interpret internal and external business challenges, recommend best practices for improvements, and troubleshoot roadblocks. Lead and manage cost estimate processes for high-level scenario planning and asset-level outsourcing cost analysis. Build strong relationships within a network of colleagues at all levels, develop long-range sourcing strategies, lead category trainings, develop standardized reporting packs, and execute Pfizer's Supplier Management process to drive continuous improvement and supplier performance.

Requirements

• BA/BS with 6+ years of experience or MBA/MS with 5+ years of experience or PhD/JD with 1+ year of experience or MD/DVM with any years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding of procurement systems, processes, and procedures
• Experience in leading and facilitating cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s degree coupled with significant pharmaceutical experience
• Demonstrated success in achieving procurement savings goals
• Strong project management skills
• Experience with strategic sourcing and category management
• Knowledge of supplier relationship management and risk management
• Strong leadership and team-building capabilities

Responsibilities

• Negotiate contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services, and supplies, and facilitate category management for ongoing operations.
• Lead key strategic cross-functional and transformational projects, developing and managing supplier relationships, and seeking continuous improvement opportunities.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Procurement, providing guidance and leadership to colleagues.
• Develop and manage plans to achieve objectives, interpret internal and external business challenges, recommend best practices for improvements, and troubleshoot roadblocks.
• Lead and manage cost estimate processes for high-level scenario planning and asset-level outsourcing cost analysis.
• Build strong relationships within a network of colleagues at all levels, develop long-range sourcing strategies, lead category trainings, develop standardized reporting packs, and execute Pfizer's Supplier Management process to drive continuous improvement and supplier performance.

Benefits

• participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
• 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees