Descripción
At the Vitrolife Group, we work every day to unlock the full potential of science and technology to reduce the barriers towards building a family. Together we help our customers and their patients to fulfill the dream of having a baby. Position Overview As the Strategic Global Procurement Lead, you will design, implement, and mature our global category management and strategic sourcing framework. You will be reporting directly to the Global Head of Supply Chain & Procurement and oversee a multi-million-euro spend across both direct and indirect spend categories. Your primary mission is two-fold: on the one hand you’ll be initiating and driving short term cost reduction initiatives, both on direct and indirect, and in parallel you’ll be tasked to design, build and implement the future global procurement organization to support our strategic direction. This combination requires a hands-on person that’s able to simplify complex topics, understands what data is needed to drive improvements (and knows how to collect this data when not available) and has experience pitching strategic initiatives to senior leadership. It’s a crucial role in the organization and a unique opportunity to truly make a difference and help to set up our organization for future success. Key Responsibilities Cost reduction initiatives: initiate, drive and implement cost reduction across direct and indirect spend, teaming up and working with relevant stakeholders within and outside our organization Organization: lead and develop our global procurement team in place today and in parallel design, implement and mature a global procurement organization set to support our strategic direction including the required supporting processes and systems Supplier Database & Lifecycle Management: build, structure, and maintain a centralized global supplier database containing up-to-date contracts, tiered pricing architectures, product/service portfolios, and comprehensive supplier profiles Supplier Risk Assessme