Category Sourcing Manager

4 weeks ago


Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Perrigouk Full time

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Description Overview

Category Sourcing Manager – External Manufacturing.

Located in our Dublin, Ireland corporate headquarters, the Sourcing Manager will report into the Associate Director CSCI External finished Good and will be the primary commercial liaison between Perrigo and the Category supply base. The Global Procurement goal is to provide Best-In-Class (Quality/Cost/Service) global sourcing for all procured materials.

This position is responsible for the delivery of Category Sourcing strategy, product and commercial service in contract manufacturing partners, supporting our consumer branded and healthcare business in Europe. The successful candidate will be able to appraise and improve our sourcing activities by analyzing the company's spending, supplying partnerships and new possibilities.

Scope of the Role
  • Manage an external contract manufacturing supply portfolio
  • Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
  • Analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
  • Engage with the business to understand their requirements and source vendors pre-emptively
  • Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
  • Perform cost and scenario analysis, benchmarking and tendering
  • Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques
  • Understand how to negotiate, write, and execute a contract
  • Ability to create and maintain tools across Excel, Power BI and present on Power Point
  • Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
  • Cooperate with internal stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
  • Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
  • Determine quantity and timing of deliveries and monitor forecasts
  • Driving a "culture of quality" with in-scope suppliers
Experience Required
  • Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or equivalent experience
  • A minimum 5 years proven work experience as a sourcing manager or procurement manager in, preferably pharma, Cosmetic, FMCG, food or vitamins environment in the past five years.
  • Must be able to work across all functions and levels of an organization, as well as in a global, culturally diverse environment
  • Superior negotiating skills at executive management level
  • Proven project management skills and demonstrable process implementation ability
  • Leadership skills with an ability to influence without authority
  • Experience working with Contract Manufacturing or OEM.
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements associated with pharmaceutical products.
  • Proficient in Excel, PowerBI and PowerPoint
  • Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management in SAP / Ariba or similar
  • Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
  • Strong project management and leadership skills
  • Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
  • Attention to detail, comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
  • CIPS qualification is desirable but not essential

Benefits
We believe our people are our greatest asset. Alongside competitive compensation, we offer benefits tailored to supporting you and your family, as well as career development opportunities to ensure you feel valued and supported, both professionally and personally.

Hybrid Working Approach
We love our offices and the setting they provide for in-person collaboration and celebration. But we also appreciate the opportunity to work remotely can energise you too, so we promote flexibility with the ability to work two days a week from home in many roles.

We are proud to be included in the Forbes list of "America's Best Employers by State 2024". Find out morehere

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We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by law. #weareperrigo

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