Procurement Project Manager

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At Servier, we draw strength from our independence. We believe being free to make our own decisions and adopt a long-term vision enables us to fulfill our vocation as a Group committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs. It makes us unique in the pharmaceutical industry.
Our special status as a laboratory governed by a foundation means each year, we can invest over 20% of our revenue from brand-name medicines in research and development, a strategy that helps us to discover new treatments more easily.
Day in, day out, we capitalize on the talent and engagement of the 21,400 people employed throughout our Group in order to make our brand-name and generic medicines available to patients in over 150 countries.
These medicines are the fruit of our knowledge and expertise in our therapeutic areas of oncology, neuroscience, immuno-inflammation, cardiovascular diseases and metabolism.
Servier engages in open innovation to tackle the health challenges facing society, now and in the future. We work fervently alongside our partners, including academic researchers, start-ups, pharmaceutical groups and biotech companies.
We also endeavor to drive scientific progress by working with patients at every stage of the medicine life cycle. Ever attentive to patient needs and experiences, we place them at the heart of our approach to innovation within virtuous ecosystems.
This collective energy enables us to pick up the pace of therapeutic innovation to serve patients, to serve life.

The Position
Within the External Manufacturing Procurement team, the position reports to the Business Operations Lead.
The position is based on a remote working organization with cross functional teams located in Europe and USA.
Occasional travelling may be required.
The External Manufacturing Procurement Project Manager will support the procurement team in various missions related to the outsourced activities for the manufacturing of Servier medicines.

Position responsibilities.

1)    Project Management: 

• Project manager for priority projects supporting External manufacturing procurement activities. 
• Project manager for creation and continuous improvement of Procurement Process and standards
• Planning, Execution, Monitoring, Controlling, and Closing of projects.
• Creation and management of all required project plans, i.e. communication, stakeholder, risk identification, escalation, Gantt charts, etc. 
• Visual dashboards (project status, top risks/issues, heatmaps, etc.)
• Meeting agendas, minutes, and tracking action items.
• Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly reporting

2)    Reporting & Performance 

• Coordinates procurement related data collection.
• Creates   scorecards to report on procurement metrics/KPIs.  
• Develops and manage mitigation plans to improve performance, as needed.
• Prepares reports and communication to the manager and the internal stakeholders in a regular basis defined with them.

3)    Cross functional activities:

• Represent Procurement in cross-functional organizations and teams that support day-to-day activities for late-stage development projects and operations for commercial products.
• Support tasks/initiatives for cross-functional ExM organization.

4)    Be innovative:

• Recognize and embrace simpler, more efficient ways of working.
• Discover and implement the use of new tools and/or software for documentation tracking, metrics, data management, etc.

Organization of work

• The External Manufacturing Procurement Project Manager is working in a remote mode and in cross-functional and cross-geographical organization.
• The person is required to attend the internal and external meeting as planned. 
• The person should ensure to be reachable when required by the manager on the working time of his manager. 
• The Task and deliverables to achieve are defined by the manager and also by nature of the duties of the role described above.
  • Required task to make progress on the actions defined in the team.
  • Required task in accordance with the Servier group RACI (roles & responsibilities).
  • Required task for any project where Procurement is involved.

Profile requirements

• Qualification – bachelor’s degree in science and/or Master degree
• Experienced in procurement project management, ideally within a regulated industry.
• Skilled in project management in complex and matrix organization.: set and prioritize goals, identify deliverables, perform risk/gap assessments, and manage stakeholders.
• Demonstrated strong analytical abilities and solid experience with data analytics and metrics reporting software/tools.
• Experience working within cross-functional, cross company, global team. Proficient in utilizing risk management processes.
• Fluent in spoken and written English required.

 
Soft skills

• Professional, analytical and organizational rigor.
• Ability to work in complex environments and handle challenging situations (e.g., short deadlines).
• Influencing - Effective communication skills with the ability to influence others at all levels, particularly in a highly scientific and technical environment.
• Leadership – ability to lead cross-functional teams through project lifecycle using a collaborative approach to build consensus.
• Organization – managing multiple projects concurrently and having consistent approach to communication and project updates. Ability to prioritize.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an understanding of global business practices.

What we offer

• Work in global pharmaceutical company
• Work based on task-based working hours
• Practical training
• Business laptop
• Private care medical
• Co-financing for meals
• Card sports
• Benefits from the Social Fund
• Insurance for life / PPE

Niezależnie od obszaru specjalizacji, Twoja praca w Grupie Servier przyczyni się do postępu terapeutycznego z korzyścią dla pacjentów. Dołączysz do wysoko wykwalifikowanego zespołu i w pełni rozwiniesz swój potencjał w profesjonalnym środowisku. Indywidualnie dostosowany proces onboardingu, możliwości mobilności wewnętrznej w ramach Grupy Servier, wysokiej jakości szkolenia, odpowiedzialne zarządzanie, kultura pracy zespołowej... Wszystko to i o wiele więcej w miejscu pracy, w którym Twoje samopoczucie jest dla nas ważne.

W Servier współtworzymy postęp w medycynie w odpowiedzi na potrzeby pacjentów a różnorodność naszych pracowników uznajemy za źródło bogactwa sprzyjające realizacji naszego Powołania.