Sr Procurement Program Manager - Pharma
Sr Procurement Program Manager - Pharma
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How will you make an impact
The Sr Procurement Program Manager independently leads the program management and of multiple procurement strategic imperatives and initiatives. With minimal supervision operates as an internal consultant cross a global network of divisions groups functions and categories to ensure successful program delivery. In conjunction with relevant business partners leads and delivers large complex initiatives that identify design and implement novel business solutions for Procurement. Initiates and leads the project planning business case development management and budgeting. Mobilizes and leads distributed project teams; identify key partners. Directs ontime quality delivery of work products; leads implementation economics risk and communications.
What will you do:
- Defines the deliverable structure and content; facilitates agreement of proposed solutions from functional business unit and site leadership site operations and other key partners
- Leads multiple projects at a time with welldocumented and organized project management methodologies to problem solve and support enterprise and functional objectives
- Develops effective communication strategies and deliver executivelevel presentations to propose key initiatives provide critical implementation updates operational lineofsight and demonstrate delivery of value within the organization
- Identifies and monitors key risks and the impact of those risks on the project and through scenario planning
- Performs analysis to identify value and argument development through financial and options analysis identification of required achievements and deliverables implementation plans and resources required to achieve and ensure projects contribute to the organization.
- Tracks confidentiality commitments and clearances for the project
- Reports on key targets projects pipeline (with Group/Category visibility) and AOP financial targets including adoption of a standard tool and processes
- Coordinates data inputs across the function to enable key reporting visibility and insights
- Uses business partner inputs and knowledge of existing systems and constraints to develop standard reporting requirements and drive process improvements
Technical Responsibilities
- Applies consistent project management approaches and processes identifies and reports roadblocks and variances to project plans ensures projects are on schedule and achieve stated objectives
- Tracks and monitors timely completion of project targets within the portfolio plan vs. actual and report that progress as required
- Orchestrates project governance including regular cadence of PMO sessions (schedule prepare for run and drive followups for key meetings)
- Leads overall project plans overall schedules budgets resources timelines
- Detects and facilitates issue resolution to address program risk
- Maintains document repository and file structure as well as access rights; own cataloguing and monitoring version control on key documents
- Uses PPI business systems and processes to drive continuous improvement
Leadership Responsibilities
- Leads global crossfunctional geographically distributed teams to achieve desired outcomes
- Coordinates with team members to identify and document resource constraints
- Influences key partners in order to achieve key targets on time and within plan develop relationships within the company to complete assigned projects.
- Facilitates breakthrough thinking by integrating diverse views while participating in targeted content deep dive sessions to enable problem solving
- Collaborates with Procurement Enablement on reporting cadences to achieve a single source of truth for the savings pipeline and inflation
How will you get here:
Education
- Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Business Supply Chain Finance Engineering or Science. MBA desirable.
- Certification in Project Management is desirable.
Experience
- Eight plus years experience leading complex global programs and project initiatives preferably within the Procurement function
- Life Sciences BioTech or Pharma industry preferred
- Experience in Procurement Supply Chain Sourcing Category Management preferred
- Process improvement background (PPI Lean Six Sigma etc) preferred
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Robust project management skills and capabilities (Gantt charts dashboards key deliverables business case and baseline development)
- Strong working knowledge of category management strategic sourcing overall procurement function.
- Exceptional analytical critical thinking and problemsolving skills
- Ability to efficiently organize forums and coordinate communication
- Excellent communication skills for structuring ideas in a clear and concise manner
- Strong ability to effectively communicate with and present to Senior Leadership
- Strong proficiency in MSOffice tools (specifically MS Project Excel PowerPoint)
- Demonstrated ability to make recommendations on and deliver assigned projects
- Can work independently within a team and collaboratively across teams
- Ability to lead matrix project teams of peers and other partners and navigate within a matrix environment
- Ability to work across multiple sites and platforms in a virtual office environment
- Solid Financial competence
- Multitasking skills and planning for prioritizing personal workload
- Able to lead change effectively and frequently
- Ability to travel between 1030 on an annual basis
Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus scheme healthcare company pension and a range of employee benefits!
Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forwardthinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
