PROCUREMENT SOURCING LEAD

Brilliant opportunity to join this dynamic, innovative International Retail Pharmaceutical organisation who are at the forefront of their industry…

The Sourcing Operations Lead is a Senior Manager leadership role overseeing the Sourcing Operations team within the Bid Management and Sourcing Execution team. This position is responsible for the overall success of the Sourcing Operations functions, including management of cases related to bid activities, market solicitation requests and pricing changes.

This role will work closely with stakeholders across the business to support internal teams. The position requires strong leadership, attention to detail, ability to manage multiple competing priorities and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the team of Sourcing Operations Associates team as part of the overall Bid Management and Sourcing Execution team.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of all incoming cases worked by team, including Sourcing and Product Operations case types, as well as targeted solicitation events.
• Align the team to quickly be able to respond to any market triggers such as discontinuations,

service level issues etc. and understand where to prioritise resource.

• Establish clear ownership, hand-offs and overall communication plan with Sourcing Relationship Management team for complex cases requiring direct supplier interaction.
• Identify areas of efficiency and process improvement for team and across Sourcing as it relates to sourcing decisions and processing, including Bid Management and Pricing. This includes proactive analysis of processes to identify opportunities for improvement, as well as driving the successful implementation of any agreed solutions with Tech & Analytics.
• Collaborate with the Analytics team for measurable outcomes for team activities and utilize data to identify market trends and areas for further exploration; support design and implementation of a core set of KPI’s to measure team effectiveness and allocation of workload.

Experience required:

• Experience in generic pharmaceuticals or healthcare preferred.
• Time management, including ability to organise and prioritise work to consistently meet critical and/or conflicting daily deadlines while ensuring the highest level of accuracy.
• Demonstrated contract negotiation skills; experience with multi-dimensional negotiations and related problem solving and stakeholder alignment is required.
• Strong analytic and systems skills – ability to manage large data sets.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Proven ability to research, analyse and problem solve.

This role is a hybrid role with 1-2 days a week in Central London offices.  If you have experience in retail, sourcing, consulting, pharmaceuticals or FMCG and would like to hear more then please get in touch.

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If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please call Jane Wallbank on +44 (0)1403 248448

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Beaumont Select is a leading Supply Chain & Purchasing Recruitment Agency for permanent and interim staffing solutions. We support a primarily blue-chip client base, in the provision of experienced Supply Chain & Purchasing Professionals; successfully resolving their Purchasing Recruitment demands. We have a proven track record in purchasing recruitment and are a leading purchasing recruitment agency.  Complying with the BERR Beaumont Select are an Employment Agency and an Employment Business
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