Senior Manager Regional Indirect Procurement - UK & France in Uxbridge

A typical day might include the following:

• Enabling global priorities at a local level through partnership with stakeholders and the Global Procurement organisation.
• Understanding local in-country market requirements and supply base.
• Implementation of global category strategies to drive consistency in sourcing, contracting, and supplier relationship management in local markets.
• Building processes and driving consistency and development across the organisation.
• Reviewing local contracts for key areas of spend, and using data to monitor trends and patterns across spend at country level.
• Partnering with country stakeholders.
• Execution of sourcing, negotiation, and contracting activities in support of business needs.
• Driving value in terms of cost savings, cash flow improvement, and other efficiency savings from category management activities.

This role might be for you if:

• You enjoy building effective, balanced, and long-lasting work relationships with your internal and external stakeholders, suppliers, and partners.
• You enjoy leading/supporting cross-functional teams to get results through effective sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and supplier relationship management.
• You are comfortable providing expert insight and knowledge regarding rates, unit costs, and costing structures to enable efficient negotiations.
• You are used to looking at external data sources, market information, and supplier engagement to improve your organisation's knowledge of supply market dynamics.

To be considered, you must possess a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study and progressive experience in indirect procurement, preferably including experience in Pharma/BioPharma. You have experience leading/supporting global categories teams, processes, and suppliers across a breadth of categories and a track record in building influential relationships with collaborators and suppliers to get results for your organisation. You are confident at building influential relationships with collaborators and suppliers. You bring knowledge of contracting tools, ERP’s, and eRFx systems (Oracle, Zycus, GEP, Ariba, Other). Proficiency in French is desirable.

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, membership of the Traveler community, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company will also provide reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities or chronic illnesses of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of the Company's business.

Please note that certain background checks will form part of the recruitment process. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with the law of the country where the position is based, including the type of background checks conducted. The purpose of carrying out such checks is for Regeneron to verify certain information regarding a candidate prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work, educational qualifications etc.