Job title: Global Lead Buyer Elastomers, Tubular glass and Caps

• Location: Budapest (Hungary)
• 60% Remote working
• Job type: Permanent, Full time
• % of travel expected: 5%

About the job

Our Team:

Sanofi is an innovative global healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France with one purpose: 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.

Sanofi operates in 90 countries with 91 000 employees worldwide, working in 59 manufacturing and 20 Research & Development (R&D) sites. In 2022 business net income was €10.3 Billion, delivered by 4 Global Business Units: Specialty care, Consumer Healthcare, Vaccines & General Medicines.

Sanofi covers major therapeutic areas, including immunology, cardiovascular, diabetes, oncology, rare diseases, etc. 

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 Lead Buyer Elastomers, Tubular glass and Caps reports to the Global Category Manager Packaging and is responsible for a 215 M€ spend sub-categorie, for driving category strategies building & execution, supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing implementation and operational execution. Under the leadership of the Global Category Manager or the Global Business Partners, he/she defines the proper senior business connectivity and strategic supplier governance to execute procurement strategies improving timeline, cost, quality and sustainability. He is accountable for optimizing total-cost-of-ownership, marging and deliver best in class savings target year over year. The scope of this position is global and for all entities of Sanofi Group 

Main responsibilities:

Strategy & Governance 

• Build & execute competitive and innovative sub-categories strategies: based on market intelligence, assessing risks and opportunities, fully aligned on budget & LRPs, delivering value to the businesses, actively engaging key stakeholders and lead specifiers from the businesses, 
• Deliver year over years world class total savings objectives  
• Ensure mastery of Procurement technical excellence (Total Cost of Ownership, Supplier Relationship Management, Market Intel, Risk Management, Innovation, CSR, HSE, compliance, quality…), 
• Develop global supplier market expertise. 
• Anticipate and consolidates all business needs to carry out worldwide negotiations on specific sub-categories for a global strategic sourcing strategy, with regional implementation plans  
• Manage Global Business Reviews & Performance with identified key suppliers 

Operations Management

• For the subcategories in scope, lead RFx processes, negotiations, and support contract development with global suppliers 
• Design and execute competitive bidding process for global sub-category projects to obtain the best overall value-added solutions from candidate suppliers 
• Build a solid roadmap for all sub-categories, including project and savings pipeline during budget cycle and maintain it throughout the year 
• Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, Internal Control and Finance teams towards successful completion of complex global scale negotiations 

• Ensure the operational sourcing & action plan follow up for his/her procurement sub-categories (compose of different spend families) fully aligned with category management strategy/orientation 
• Drive the development of new market/innovation opportunities (new suppliers, technologies, substitution products, etc.)   
• Drive the suppliers’ negotiations: globalization & harmonization programs, as well as any major supplier issues to ensure business continuity and assurance of supply 
• Establish risk mitigation plans in collaboration with Global Procurement Transformation & Excellence teams whenever necessary underpinned by the suppliers' assessment / scorecards results   
• Build & Share to key stakeholders and relevant procurement teams: market trends, benchmark against industries, budget assumptions and LRP  
• Drive the development of new market opportunities (new suppliers, technologies, substitution products, etc.) 
• Work closely with procurement services to leverage as much as possible the middle and back-offices services 
• Support “pre/post-audit” management, Crisis management 

Stakeholder Management

• Lead Stakeholders management to ensure business needs are properly and timely met  
• Engage upfront main Business Partners of Global Business Units and Support Functions 
• Ensure proper Business Partnering at corporate level, with global functions as well as global Business Units, as it pertains to their respective sub-categories, ensure adequate lead specifier profile for the sub-categories  
• Leverage Country Procurement Heads to ensure procurement strategies are applicable at local level 

About you

Experience

10+ years' experience in Procurement or related field

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 in a multi-cultural environment:

• Technical knowledge of the sub-categories/domain, Mastering Negotiation technics 
• Strategic thinking 
• Results oriented  
• Good understanding of business, operations, and legal aspects including service level agreements, KPIs’ 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, flexible, receptive, resourceful, creative, and results oriented 
• Assertive, high-level communicator, good organizational skills, excellent presentation skills, Team player with excellent interpersonal sensitivity 
• Confident and capable in interacting with key stakeholders and vendors  
• Influential management, ability to convince and persuade others regarding appropriate solutions 
• Experienced and confident in managing complex and undefined business situations 
• Ability to work in a complex multi-functional matrix organization across functions, countries and cultures 
• Strategic and innovative approach for business solutions while in compliance with external and internal policies 
• Transversal Management skills are required for this position. 
• High sense of Ethics, Business integrity and compliance in doing business 

Education 

Minimum Master degree from an accredited College or University

Languages

   Fluent in English is a must 

When joining our team, you will experience:

• An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team
• An attractive, market-oriented salary and cafeteria benefits
• Flexible home office policy, with a possibility to work up to 60% of time from home / where you can easily schedule your office days
• Work from an "Office of the Year 2020" finalist office
• Collective life and accident insurance
• Yearly medical check-up
• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks
• Your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully
• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But 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. So, let’s be those people.

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

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com

Discover our Code of Conduct, that serves as the moral compass that guides us when chasing the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Please ensure to have read this document, before applying.

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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But 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. So, let’s be those people.

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

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!