Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

This role is responsible for supporting the Indirect Procurement activities for TAPI organization in Croatia. Such responsibility includes the implementation of the Indirect category strategies, supplier sourcing and management, contract negotiations, risk management, stakeholder engagement and ongoing continuous improvement activities. This role strives to generate and deliver ongoing value through year-over-year savings, to maintain excellent customer satisfaction and to ensure the supply of required goods & services for TAPI.

Location

Prigorje Brdovečko

How you’ll spend your day

• Support Indirect Procurement activities for TAPI Croatia.
• Execute Indirect category strategies for all spend under its responsibility.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with the relevant TAPI stakeholders.
• Manage supplier relationships (SRM) for all suppliers under its responsibility.
• Accountable to achieve Indirect categories objectives – most notably for savings generation, supplier risk management and uninterrupted plant operations and services.
• Conduct supply market research to provide category intelligence and benchmarks on industry dynamics, trends and best practices.
• Source the right suppliers to support and deliver business needs.
• Lead supplier negotiations and contracting, including management of tender and bids.

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Engineering, Business, Logistics, Law
• Minimum of 3-5 years of indirect procurement management experience preferably in a large industrial company
• Understanding of Industrial manufacturing environment is highly desirable
• A team player with capability to influence stakeholders while working in cross functional teams
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal having the ability to gain senior leadership support
• Strong Interpersonal/Relationship Management Skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic and demanding work environment
• Strategic mindset with demonstrable capabilities of executing assignments in Indirect Procurement
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent command of ERP systems like SAP / ARIBA etc. is a must
• Proficiency with spoken and written English

Reports To

Head of Indirect Procurement - TAPI

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