Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement
$79,800–$137,770 year
On-siteBeerse, Flanders, Belgium
Job Summary
Partner with EMEA commercial leadership to execute sourcing strategies and lead procurement initiatives across multiple markets. Translate Innovative Medicine business priorities into procurement-led initiatives while adapting global strategies to local realities. Engage senior stakeholders to ensure adoption of procurement strategies, driving measurable impact through value delivery and efficiency improvements. Lead complex, multi-market sourcing events, negotiations, and strategic projects to deliver targets in savings, compliance, and supplier performance. Serve as the primary interface between Procurement and local business, ensuring alignment between category strategies and regional needs within the Agile Procurement model.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 5–7+ years of procurement experience
- Experience in complex, multi-country environments
- Pharmaceutical / life sciences industry experience
- Strong procurement execution and sourcing expertise
- Complex negotiations
- Proven ability to operate as a market-facing procurement lead / business partner
- Experience working across multiple markets and stakeholder groups in EMEA
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Senior leadership interaction
- Ability to translate business priorities into procurement delivery across multiple spend areas
- Solid project leadership
- Ability to manage parallel priorities across markets
- Strong collaboration across category teams, Agile teams, and Global Services
- Strong business acumen
- Linking procurement outcomes to business impact
Desired Qualifications
- MBA or equivalent
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Savvy
- Category Management Strategy
- Coaching
- Competitive Landscape Analysis
- Contract Management
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
- Critical Thinking
- Data Analysis
- Market Savvy
- Negotiation
- New Program Development
- Performance Measurement
- Process Improvements
- Procurement Policies
- Relationship Building
- Risk Management
- Spend Analysis
- Strategic Thinking
- Supplier Collaboration
- Sustainable Procurement
- Technical Credibility
- Vendor Selection
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