At Zentiva, our mission is to ensure the supply of high-quality and affordable medicines to the people who depend on our products.
In Europe, one out of seven people chooses Zentiva, and our external suppliers play a key role to build our solutions, which help people live better lives every day.
To deliver our mission, we are looking for a senior procurement professional who will
- Maximize the value for Zentiva by providing efficient procurement services, optimizing spend and processes, and capturing suppliers innovation for the assigned category ( In indirect procurement categories: marketing, professional services, etc.).
- Act as a business partner and change agent by fully understanding the business needs of the supported categories of spend and ensuring buy-in and successful implementation of sourcing and procurement solutions.
Main Accountabilities:
1. Ensure engagement & management of relationship with stakeholders in areas of responsibility
- Build in-depth knowledge of supported group
- Gather spend information within supported entities to identify areas of quality, lead-times, cash and payment terms opportunities, savings, risk mitigation, sustainability and innovation
- Further develop procurement strategy for management approval to achieve the target of the supported Divisions
2. Review, optimize and manage spend category strategy
- Gather information related to the current and potential supply market in the category, bringing innovation-driven solutions
- Review status of relationships with current suppliers together with budget owners
- Interact with internal customers to identify growth/development opportunities and evaluate new business opportunities
3. Carry out sourcing activities
- Build multi-functional teams and drive Procurement projects in compliance with the business Strategy and with Responsible Procurement practices
- Lead Procurement projects across business functions leveraging and developing Zentiva sourcing assets (RFI, RFQ, negotiation, contracting, etc.)
- Actively collaborate and communicate with all relevant internal partners
4. Carry out supplier relationship management
- Segment and rationalize the existing supply base in respective category spend
- Analyse risks and set-up risk mitigation plan
- Proactively work with suppliers to strengthen business relations (reduce service times, improve overall delivery performance, and reduce costs)
- Set up supplier continuous improvement program where appropriate
Required Education/Qualifications/Skills:
- University level and master in procurement
- 5 to 10 international experience in Procurement/contracting management, out of which, 3 years in a project manager level position
- Ability to represent Zentiva’s interests to outside professionals and suppliers
- Strong negotiation skills
- Decision making ability to purchase goods or services in alignment with the objectives of the supported entities
- Comprehensive understanding of Procurement processes and knowledge of best practices for sourcing, supplier management and procure-to-pay
- Preferred experience in Procurement in a pharmaceutical environment
- Experience of project management in a complex (multi-cultural / multi-functional) scope
- Financial background is an asset
What We Do
Zentiva is a Pan-European Platform developing, manufacturing and providing high-quality and affordable medicines to more than 100 million people in Europe. Zentiva has 4 wholly owned manufacturing sites and a broad network of external manufacturing partners to ensure supply security. We offer solutions in key therapeutical areas like Cardiology & Circulation, Diabetes, Oncology, Respiratory, CNS and focus on expanding our portfolio in self-care. The company is Private Equity owned, delivering sustainable double-digit growth, with an ambitious 5-year plan for further strong (organic and inorganic) growth across Europe.
We are a team of almost 5,000 unique talents bonded together by our mission to deliver high-quality and affordable medicines to people who depend on them every day. We want Zentiva to be a great place to work, where everyone feels welcomed and appreciated and can be their true selves contributing to the best of their ability.
