Strategic Purchasing Leader

4 weeks ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom IQVIA Full time

Purchasing Leadership Role

About the Job

IQVIA is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Strategic Purchasing Leader to join our team. As a key member of our procurement team, you will be responsible for leading all aspects of purchasing initiatives, both regionally and globally, across various business functions to drive benefits and ensure adherence to our corporate purchasing policy.

Key Responsibilities

  • Effectively manage team resources and delegate tasks commensurate with skill level, evaluating workload and quality through regular review.
  • Lead corporate or departmental quality or process improvement initiatives.
  • Contribute to discussions on the implementation of purchasing strategy on a regional basis and implement objectives as appropriate, ensuring staff have a consistent understanding and positive impression of business strategy for regional and global objectives.
  • Lead strategic initiatives and develop implementation plans, providing leadership and management of purchasing projects from conception through deployment.
  • Identify purchasing programs where change will impact the business, develop implementation plans, lead change teams, and regularly liaise with senior management.
  • Oversee preparation and presentation of purchasing recommendations to management and stakeholders.
  • Manage benchmarking and validate opportunities by Requests for Information, and prepare and issue competitive Requests for Proposals.
  • Manage and build relationships with internal stakeholders and function or business unit senior management to align priorities, ensure global procurement policies, processes, and requirements are understood and complied with, and to identify budget reduction opportunities and ensure global procurement programs enable stakeholders to achieve their business plans.
  • Work with stakeholders to manage vendor relationships using agreed scorecard methodology to drive continuous improvement (price, service levels, new ideas, etc.).
  • Oversee the creation of purchasing plans, priorities, change programs, and agree and implement vendor management programs.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience operating and influencing at a senior management level, with strong working relationships with functional heads and direct reports across areas such as Finance, IT, Legal, HR, Operations, and Marketing.
  • 10+ years of operating in the Indirect Procurement environment, with 7+ years in the professional services space purchasing, consultancy services (Finance, HR, Operations, Marketing), and experience and knowledge of the Market Research category.
  • Strong analytical and numeracy skills, strong problem-solving skills, effective verbal and written communication skills, ability to influence and motivate others, ability to manage conflicting priorities, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, and clients.

About IQVIA

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world.



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