Global Director, Direct Procurement

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is dedicated people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of!

The Director of Procurement will identify and deliver value based on category management excellence, specific knowledge of Bioprocessing raw materials markets and suppliers and through applying a professional and strategic approach to manage associated external spend.

Key responsibilities:

• Category Management & Strategic Procurement: Develop and maintain relevant Category Strategies that are based on sound market knowledge and data. Drive tendering, negotiation, contracting and sourcing for signed raw material categories. Build a strong and reliable supply base as differentiator to competition. Identify and coordinate approval of promising sources of supply to support innovative solutions ahead of competition. Work closely with key partners to develop and deploy effective sourcing strategies that enable new business opportunities and innovation, step change improvements in quality, service at competitive cost.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Lead and manage key supplier relationships. Develop a supplier strategy and implement the plans. Review with sites and senior management key suppliers’ performances and present the impact to the Lonza network, and support sites to resolve complaints and performance issues.
• Supply Assurance: drive awareness of active supply issues clarifying business impact, lead resolution plans, deeply assess supply base and identify risks of supply disruption or competitiveness gaps, develop mitigation plans, coordinate with appropriate key partners in case of major issues (crisis management), ensure business continuity
• Business Collaborator Management: Own the interface to business leaders concerning raw materials. Provide expertise in the relevant raw materials markets and advise on new business opportunities. Engage as needed with other internal partners (corporate functions, BU leadership or sites)
• Procurement Processes, tools and Systems: support global procurement initiatives and policies, implementation of procurement tools, processes and guidelines, roll out and implement key supplier scorecard and responsible sourcing plans

Key requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Science, Economics / SCM / Procurement or similar field. Master’s Degree is a plus.
• Extensive experience within category management / Procurement within the pharma or life sciences industry or similar
• Skills in key procurement processes: category management, supplier management, negotiations, contract management, e-procurement systems, etc.
• Fluency in English is required, other language skills can be a plus
• Acts and behaves as role model to bring to bear the entire organization. Global relationship building capabilities.
• Leadership and influencing skills
• Able to use data to influence and achieve results
• Able to travel as required, including internationally. A valid Passport is required.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Full-time employees are eligible to receive a performance-related bonus, as well as a comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental coverage, 401k plan, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off (PTO), and more.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.