Associate Director, Procurement

A career with MilliporeSigma is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 58,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. MilliporeSigma is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

You Role:

• Sourcing to Contract activities: Execute from identification to launch own innovation projects, support to category initiated leads and/or TDP/PDP development/support (50%)
• Enhance the innovation network with LS business to maximize projects endorsements (20%)
• Empower the Innovation Community to spark the innovation concept & identify further opportunities across categories through their innovation champions (20%)
• Support Exploration (Scouting) of TDP/PDP opportunities in globally following R&D team needs expressed in their innovation roadmap (10%)

The new Head of Supplier Enabled Innovation will report to the Head of Sourcing Innovation and ideally would be in St Louis (USA) or Darmstadt (Germany). He/She will have one direct report (0,5 FTE) based in ASIA.

Tasks:

• Continue to develop/expand network relationships with Business Innovation network (BD, R&D, Produdct Managers)
• Flexible capabilities to execute projects for SEI, PDP activities and/or other strategic sourcing projects
• Lead network of innovation champions & empower them to motivate/manage further development of category innovation activities
• Coordinate target definition process w/network
• Plan, communicate and execute regular meetings with all relevant players in Innovation activities.
• Plan and execute together with sourcing categories a proper communication to suppliers
• Future focused activities that drive category growth.
• Strategy execution and further development of key objectives/tactics to accomplish SLS Innovation ambition.
• Report on developments of Innovation concept & performance to Head of Sourcing innovation and occasionally to SLS LT
• Coordinate a direct report in ASIA to perform Scouting/PDP activities for R&D/BD
• Participation in innovation fairs, supplier exhibitions and other events to identify/explore innovation opportunities directly.

Main interactions:

• All category innovation champions
• R&D & BD teams of each Business Unit & Franchise
• Marketing managers, Product managers, MarkOps teams
• LS e-Commerce team
• SLS LT team
• Other Innovation colleagues from Healthcare & Performance Materials
• Other Innovation groups of Merck (f.i. MIC)
  

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Formal training with Science focus: M.S., MBA or equivalent
• 3-5 years of experience in relevant industries
• Fluent in English
• Sourcing experience on raw material markets (esp. Chemicals)
• Extensive Procurement Know How
• Experience with Supplier Enabled Innovation (at least one project endorsed/completed) or as category champion
• Ability to successfully manage projects with global scope and impact independently
• Strongly results oriented and good record of positive accomplishments
• Professional negotiation and sourcing skills
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Open & business-oriented mindset
• Good networking capabilities and established network of business partners at different levels
• Flexibility, adaptability, collaborative to navigate with different personalities & styles at Merck communities' landscape (business, suppliers, PO, etc.)
• Professional communication skills to interface between internal stakeholders, Sourcing- and PGS managers
• Experience to work in global teams
• Cultural sensitiveness
• Travel requirement: 10% of time
  

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Job Requisition ID: 232133

Location: St. Louis

Career Level: D - Professional (4-9 years)

Working time model:

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