PharmaSwiss, part of Bausch Health Companies, is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Serbia, that has been marketing its own and third-party products for many years now, while nurturing strong customer-oriented and consumer-centric approach in its everyday business. As a result, we are very proud of our strong reputation among healthcare professionals and consumers. Our goal is to make this leading position even stronger for years to come.
Join a team that's at the heart of healthcare innovation. A leader who develops, manufactures, and markets a diversified product portfolio across multiple high-growth therapeutic areas. Our 7,000 employees share a common goal and values, propelling us to provide essential care to millions of people globally. We seek dedicated individuals who share our sense of urgency, unity, and excellence.
To support our Global Procurement Team, we are looking for:
Contract Manufacturing Procurement Category Manager
Belgrade
What will you do:
- Manage procurement of products manufactured and supplied by contract manufacturing organizations (CMO) to Bausch Health globally
- Be responsible for finished and semi-finished pharmaceutical products category, with strong focus on:
- delivery of savings as per agreed targets
- product cost optimizations
- supply continuity and risk mitigation
- contract management
- identify synergies and leverage the overall business relationship with suppliers
Responsibilities:
- Manage assigned portfolio of external suppliers and product categories
- Identify and execute savings as per agreed annual plan
- Develop long term savings pipeline and sourcing strategies for assigned portfolio
- Implement and maintain robust and effective supplier relationships to drive commercial, quality and supply improvement to meet and exceed company requirements
- Negotiate, manage and monitor contracts with assigned suppliers to secure best possible conditions for Bausch Health
- Lead supplier relationship management initiative for selected suppliers
- Ensure maximum data accuracy for reporting of spend, savings, cost increase & mitigations and contract tracker.
- Provide procurement inputs to due diligence process for new R&D/BD deals with external manufacturers
- Regularly benchmark industry best practices including market screening and benchmarking
- Work in alliance with other teams to monitor market trends and to identify and utilize synergies within Global Procurement Organization
- Closely cooperate with Supply and Quality teams to minimize negative impact of supply disruptions and serve as a point for escalation
- Support internal teams managing technical transfers, insourcing, process improvements, new product launches.
- Ensure compliance with internal SOP’s and Policies, incl procurement processes, procedures and best practice initiatives.
- Work with selected suppliers on Environment, Social and Governance score cards and corrective actions to meet Bausch Health commitments towards sustainability
Requirements for the role:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 5 years of experience in purchasing or procurement within an international organization, ideally in pharmaceutical or chemical industry
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English
- ERP / SAP Knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)
- Experience with ESG tools such as Ecovadis is an advantage
- Strong problem-solving skills and “do it” attitude
- Proactive, open to learn and adopt, work independently as well as a reliable team member
- Negotiation skills, project management and data analytics
PharmaSwiss d.o.o.
PharmaSwiss, jedna od vodećih farmaceutskih kompanija u Srbiji, se bavi proizvodnjom i distribucijom sopstvenih i partnerskih proizvoda već dugi niz godina, negujući orijentisanost ka kupcima i stavljajući njihovo zadovoljstvo u prvi plan u svakodnevnom poslovanju. Zbog toga smo veoma ponosni na ugled i reputaciju koju imamo među zdravstvenim radnicima i potrošačima. Od 2011. PharmaSwiss je deo Bausch Health Companies Inc, globalne kompanije koja razvija, proizvodi i prodaje niz farmaceutskih proizvoda…