Job Description

COMPANY PROFILE:

Our Company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer health products, as well as animal health products.   Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.  Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you.  To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork.  As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

Animal Health Global Supplier Management is an organization of approximately 150 professionals with the common objective of compliant, competitive, and innovative acquisition of goods & services from leading suppliers and partners that deliver a competitive advantage to our company.  Animal Health Global Supplier Management manages approximately $2B of third party spend through an organizational structure encompassing the global leverage of center-led categories and regional operating resources.

Job Description:

As part of the Contract Manufacturing Organizations team for Animal Health, the Associate Specialist Contract Manufacturing Organizations contributes to and drives the operational activities to ensure supply continuity of high quality and cost competitive products manufactured at the Contract Manufacturing Organizations. 

This role will report to the Contract Manufacturing Organizations Category Lead EU within the Animal Health Global Supplier Management team and will support the development of the category, contract and supplier performance management strategies. This position is responsible for conducting the necessary analysis to support the monitoring and measurement of process performance within the region.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure supply continuity by planning, executing and coordinating orders, shipments and deliveries of products from the Contract Manufacturing Organizations in the EU region.  Leverage existing systems and data to create visibility on supplier performance, financials and contracts.

Additionally, serve as an operational and technical resource for the organization and stakeholders in Animal Health to: communicate and resolve purchasing systems issues; negotiate successful resolution to problems or concerns; educate internal customers about process and technology of supplier management functions.

Additional responsibilities may include as follows:

Supplier Performance Management – Supplier performance monitoring, root cause investigation, issue management, risk assessment and mitigation

Financial Analysis & Reporting – To prepare analysis and reporting of category spend, savings, compliance, and other metrics data on a regular (quarterly) basis. To support the annual budget / profit planning process for the category at the global level. To maintain financial reporting and management systems (including SAP) with up-to-date data on an ongoing basis.

Supplier Management – To support the execution of operational reviews of the supplier base and support the resolution of any supplier related quality or service issues

Sourcing – To create and execute RFIs, RFPs, and e-Auctions, together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using electronic procurement processes.

Sharing of Learning’s – The incumbent will be expected to generate work of a world class quality and share and transfer this to colleagues throughout AH-GSM.

Continuous Improvement – Hold self, team members, and suppliers accountable to the intention of continuous improvement, and to lead and manage the measurement and review process to ensure delivery of expectations.

Minimum Education Requirement:

Undergraduate degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) preferably in Engineering, Science, or Business fields

Required Experience or Skills:

Excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration, negotiation, analytical and project management skills.

Excellent data analysis skills in Excel

Confidence with SAP and reporting tools such as Aera to manage and analyze significant datasets

Demonstrated strong leadership, problem solving, and team building skills/experience, including ability to relate to or demonstrate awareness of diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences

High degree of flexibility and adaptability to deal with ambiguous and dynamic situation

Excellent English speaking and writing skills

Ability to manage multiple simultaneous and complex projects requiring frequent communication, organization, time management, and problem-solving skills.

Confidence in decision making skills and ability to work independently

Preferred Experience and Skills:

Prior work experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry

Ability to translate strategic vision into tactical plans and manage the change required to execute.

Experience working in a manufacturing or customer-service industry

Participation and membership in a team-based organization or activity

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

NA

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, APICS CPIM, Clinical Supply Chain Management, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Contract Management, Data Analysis, Driving Continuous Improvement, Inventory Control Management, Job Descriptions, Leadership, Legal Agreements, Organizational Structures, Outsourcing, Pharmaceutical Industry, Production Planning, Project Management, Risk Assessments, Risk Evaluation And Mitigation Strategy (REMS), SAP Business Analytics, Supplier Management, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Software, Supply Chain Metrics, Supply Chain Processes, Team Building Training {+ 2 more}

 Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

07/25/2025

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Requisition ID:R354363