• Location: Budapest - Sanofi Business Services, Váci Greens
• Flexible working: 60% home office / week
• Job type: Permanent, Full time

About the job

The Global Buyer is responsible, for the category of Medical Services supporting the Clinical Development, for implementing sourcing strategies according to category management strategies and leading sourcing activities across all business units at global level.

This includes activities such as, but not limited to, partnering with the internal business teams to support their objectives, assist with building project scopes, consolidate all business needs and specification, conduct Global Request for Proposal (RFP), negotiate contracts renewals, rate cards / discount schedules, and manage overall relationships with key suppliers. The scope of this position is global and for all entities of Sanofi Group

Responsibilities

Operations Management

• Ensures the implementation and operational follow-up of action plans derived from the strategies defined by the Category Management and/or Procurement Business Partners, in close collaboration with the procurement network and stakeholders
• Provides support to the Global Lead Buyer of the category to ensure the execution of the strategy and sourcing execution
• Delivers savings pipeline in line with targets
• Leads global RFIs/RFPs and contract negotiations for his/her domain/category
• Reports on status, savings, performance, and risks on the sourcing activities he/she is in charge of
• Stays informed on current industry trends and new market developments related to his/her category area
• Undertakes benchmarking against other industries and best practices
• Run robust Supplier Management with business reviews & performance management Ensure mastery of Procurement technical excellence (TCO, SRM, Market Intel, Risk Management, Innovation, CSR, HSE, compliance, quality...)
• Work closely with procurement services to leverage as much as possible the middle and back-offices services

Stakeholder Management

• Develops strong partnerships with his/her key internal customers, and foster two-way supportive relationships with them
• Presents Procurement strategies to key internal customers for review and input

Qualifications

Experience

• 4+ years' experience in Procurement or related field

Soft Skills:

• Technical knowledge of the category/domain
• Results oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of finance and legal aspects
• flexible, receptive, resourceful, creative, and results oriented
• Project Management
• Negotiation
• Communication skills: Assertiveness, ability to convince/influence others and excellent presentation skills
• Able to quickly assimilate new information/skills
• Readily adapts to new environment, processes, ways of working, etc.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal sensitivity
• Role model in compliance and ethics

Education

• Minimum Master degree from an accredited College or University

Languages

• Fluent in English

Why choose us?

• An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team
• An attractive, market-oriented salary and cafeteria benefits
• Flexible home office policy, with a possibility to work up to 60% of time from home / where you can easily schedule your office days
• Work from an "Office of the Year 2020" finalist office

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