HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

The Amgen Capability Center in Lisbon, Portugal (ACCP) will be home to over 300 multi-national and multi-cultural employees, representing a broad range of cross-functional capabilities, including Commercial, General and Administrative, Information Systems, Research and Development and more. The ACCP will offer rich career growth and development opportunities, regional and global exposure and the opportunity to LIVE, WIN and THRIVE in one of Europe’s most attractive cities.

Our ACCP offices will be temporarily located at the Maleo – Saldanha, Av. da República 18, 1050-191 Lisbon, while we work toward finding a permanent office in the vibrant city center of Lisbon.

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing and delivering ever-better products that read over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Strategic Sourcing Sr. Manager - WEMEA

LIVE

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will be responsible to manage the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Country Sourcing Manager with a direct report line and the ACCP sourcing team supporting WEMEA with a dotted line. You will also partner with business process from Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (WEMEA) to source goods and/or services aligned with Amgen’s sourcing policies and processes in order to deliver business requirements at fair market value total cost and minimize risk exposure. On the other hand, you will also have more responsibilities that includes the following:

• Ensure effective management of sourcing strategy development, selection and contracting processes, supply base control and performance and the sourcing process.
• Support CFO as part of Amgen’s productivity system in coordination with FP&A and stakeholders.
• Ensure early involvement & demand planning of sourcing projects.
• Participate in Regional Sourcing teams and Global category strategy development.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and reporting regional actual spend, trends, savings, forecasts, and supplier base data on the basis of pre-determined, relevant and measurable KPIs.
• Define and document sourcing priorities, sourcing strategies and associated plans and agree with stakeholders, combining outcome of analysis and sourcing initiatives.
• Identify and define specific stakeholder requirements.
• RFx definition: define evaluation/selection criteria, lead RFI/RFP for Sourcing strategies above the threshold and utilize ACCP sourcing team to manage RFI/RFP processes below a certain threshold based on the Sourcing strategy.
• Supplier evaluation & performance improvement: evaluate & establish target supplier performance.
• Interaction with the BU´s and Directors – high exposure to the Staff members.
• Continue to leverage SRM programs to reduce enterprise risk and to gain access to external innovations.
• Ensures compliance with Sourcing Policies requirements (Local and Global).
• Benefits tracking: develop, implement, maintain, and report Key Performance Indicators that clearly reflect the achievement of objectives in each business area.

WIN

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The committed professional we seek is a detail oriented individual with these qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and +7 years’ experience in Sourcing, and/or any combination of Finance, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Engineering and Management Consulting experience.
• Project Management experience (team or direct).
• Fluency in English language is a must. (Knowledge of another language is a plus. Ideally, fluency in French).
• Ideally 4 years Purchasing experience in a profit driven and international environment.
• Experience in any of the following indirect categories: PSP, Fleet, Market research and Data, Meeting Agencies, Marketing Agencies, Medical communications agencies, Travel, Printing and Fulfillment, Logistics/Warehousing Services, Professional/Consulting Services, Facilities/Real Estate.
• Purchasing knowledge: sourcing process, commodity management and analysis, supplier management and development, pricing theory and policy, negotiation, supply chain, make or buy.
• Experience with RFP/RFI/RFx processes, supplier negotiations and contracting.
• Experience in presenting to leadership team.
• Strong Negotiation Skills.
• Experience in either leading or participating in cross functional or regional projects.
• Business process related training.
• Proficiency in multiple languages especially English and French is an asset.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Ariba).
• Strong literacy on computer systems. (E.g., Windows OS, MS Office environment, etc.) with an intermediate level of Excel skills as minimum (E.g., Pivot Tables).

THRIVE

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT OF US

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.
• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.

APPLY NOW FOR A CAREER THAT DEFIES IMAGINATION

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.