Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager Country Business Partner

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION

If you feel like youre part of something bigger its because you are. At Amgen our shared missionto serve patientsdrives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the worlds leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve togetherresearching manufacturing and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. Its time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

STRATEGIC SOURCING SENIOR MANAGER - COUNTRY BUSINESS PARTNER

LIVE

What you will do

In this vital role you will drive Category Strategies and Source-to-Contract solutions to deliver quality cost savings and supply continuity while meeting P&L objectives across the United Kingdom and Ireland. You will lead strategic partnerships enable enterprise-wide initiatives and position Global Procurement as a key value driver through collaboration innovation and change leadership.

You will report directly to the Director for Global Strategic Sourcing in the ELMAC region (Europe Latin America Middle East & Africa Canada).

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Act as a trusted advisor to business and leadership teams shaping and influencing the sourcing agenda.
• Drive a three-year savings and value pipeline aligned with category strategies and financial targets.
• Lead sourcing strategies RfX processes and supplier partnerships in collaboration with Amgen Capability Center Portugal (ACCP) sourcing team category leads and other stakeholders.
• Oversee third-party spend and ensure compliant access to goods and services.
• Partner with Finance and cross-functional teams to capture track and realize value.
• Leverage market intelligence and supplier innovation to support business objectives.
• Champion supplier relationship management and continuous improvement for critical supplier.
• Ensure alignment and execution of procurement initiatives that connect category strategies with business needs.
• Drive implementation of category initiatives to align procurement performance with business objectives.

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What we expect of you

We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced professional are these qualifications and skills:

• Degree educated
• Sourcing and procurement experience in a global and profit driven environment across indirect spend categories.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders as a trusted advisor.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and making strategic category decisions and representing major vertical categories at top-level decision-making forums.
• Strong change management skills to drive adoption of complex procurement strategies.
• Ability to translate business priorities into actionable category strategies.
• Analytical value-focused mindset with experience managing savings and value pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience driving supplier-enabled innovation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Biotech or Pharma experience preferred

THRIVE

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others so we work to care for our teammates professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health finance and wealth work/life balance and career benefits

LOCATION: Ability to work flexibly from home with regular office work either from our Cambridge or Uxbridge next generation workspace.

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else Amgen is the first to imagine and the last to doubt. Join us.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.