Global Category Buyer Medical Services

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Job type: Permanent, full-time, hybrid

About the job

As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, the next chapter of Sanofi's Play to Win strategy will require a focus on delivering transformation and simplification of our core processes, optimizing resource allocation and deployment to fuel business growth and investment in science.

To facilitate this transformation, a new Business Operations Business Unit is being established, bringing together existing business service activities, and driving further expansion of centralized services at scale into a global unit, with a focus on driving simplification, efficiency, and productivity.

As the Global Buyer is responsible, for the category of Medical Services, for implementing sourcing strategies according to category management strategies and leading sourcing activities across all business units at global level.

This includes activities such as, but not limited to, partnering with the internal business teams to support their objectives, assist with building project scopes, consolidate all business needs and specification, conduct Global Request for Proposal (RFP), negotiate contracts renewals, rate cards / discount schedules, and manage overall relationships with key suppliers. The scope of this position is global and for all entities of Sanofi Group.

We’re an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main responsibilities:

Operations Management 

• Ensures the implementation and operational follow-up of action plans derived from the strategies defined by the Category Management and/or Procurement Business Partners, in close collaboration with the procurement network and stakeholders
• Provides support to the Global Lead Buyer of the category to ensure the execution of the strategy and sourcing execution and work closely with procurement services to leverage as much as possible the middle and back-offices services
• Delivers savings pipeline in line with targets and reports on status, savings, performance, and risks on the sourcing activities he/she is in charge of.
• Leads global RFIs/RFPs and contract negotiations for his/her domain/category while stays informed on current industry trends and new market developments related to his/her category area. Undertakes benchmarking against other industries and best practices
• Run robust Supplier Management with business reviews & performance management and ensure mastery of Procurement technical excellence (TCO, SRM, Market Intel, Risk Management, Innovation, CSR, HSE, compliance, quality…

Stakeholder Management 

• Develops strong partnerships with his/her key internal customers and foster two-way supportive relationships with them.
• Presents Procurement strategies to key internal customers for review and input

About you

Experience:

• 4+ years' experience in Procurement or related field
• Technical knowledge of the category/domain
• Good understanding of finance and legal aspects

Soft and technical skills:

• Strong ability to develop relationships within and across the different lines of business and throughout the Procurement organization (including transversal / project management skills as well as management skills in a multi-cultural environment)
• Results oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Flexible, receptive, resourceful, creative, and results oriented
• Project Management 
• Negotiation
• Communication skills: Assertiveness, ability to convince/influence others and excellent presentation skills 
• Able to quickly assimilate new information/skills
• Readily adapts to new environment, processes, ways of working, etc.  
• Team player with excellent interpersonal sensitivity
• Role model in compliance and ethics  

Education  

• Minimum Master degree from an accredited College or University 

Languages 

•    Fluent in English is a must 

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what's never-been-done-before. You'll help push boundaries, challenge conventions, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people's lives? Let's Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary - together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
 

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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!