Procurement Business Partner Manager
Core
Partner with site leadership and cross-functional teams to drive early procurement engagement, demand shaping, governance, and value creation for the Healthcare business line.
Role type
Senior Procurement Business Partner Manager
Builds
Procurement strategies, cost improvement plans, and sourcing initiatives for manufacturing/industrial sites
Domain
Industrial/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Procurement
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Stakeholder management, cost optimization, procurement governance, supplier performance management, contract adoption, cross-functional collaboration, demand shaping
Preferred skills
Indirect procurement in manufacturing/chemical/pharma, procurement transformation, category strategy deployment, Spanish/Portuguese/German
Technologies
SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle Procurement, Microsoft Dynamics 365
Responsibilities
Act as primary contact between Indirect Procurement and sites to understand business needs and shape demand; Build partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Category Management to align procurement with priorities; Identify cost-saving opportunities and support value creation initiatives; Support execution of category strategies including preferred supplier adoption and sourcing initiatives; Promote procurement policies to reduce non-standard purchasing; Coordinate business requirements with Category Managers for sourcing activities; Support resolution of supplier performance and operational issues; Monitor procurement KPIs and stakeholder satisfaction to drive continuous improvement
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
