Purchasing Director

1 week ago


Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom IQVIA Full time

IQVIA Job Overview


As a strategic procurement leader at IQVIA, you will be responsible for driving all aspects of purchasing initiatives either regionally or globally across different business functions to realize benefits. Ensuring adherence to IQVIA’s corporate purchasing policy which encourages vendor competition.


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 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.
  • Provide leadership and management of purchasing projects from conception through deployment. Establish project budgets, resource plans, milestones, tracking metrics, and success measures.
  • Identify purchasing programs where change will impact the business, develop implementation plans, lead change teams and regularly liaise with senior management.
  • Identify and agree with stakeholders the project team membership, process steps, and timetable, ensuring stakeholder interests are adequately represented on the team.
  • 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 to 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.

Global Professional Services Competency & Experience Requirements


Business Experience



  • 5+ years of experience operating and influencing at a senior management level, developing strong working relationships with functional heads and direct reports across areas such as Finance, IT, Legal, HR, Operations & Marketing.

Procurement / Functional Experience



  • 10+ years operating in the Indirect Procurement environment, 7+ years in the professional services space purchasing consultancy services (Finance, HR, Operations, Marketing), experience, and knowledge of the Market Research category.

Competencies


Managing change - Advanced, Listening & Communication - Advanced, Creativity & Innovation - Good, Relationship Building - Advanced, Critical Thinking - Good, Business acumen - Good, Negotiation - Good, Risk management - Good, Analytical, Diagnostic Opportunity Assessment - Good


Qualifications



  • Bachelor’s Degree Req
  • Knowledge of purchasing methodologies, principles, theories, processes, and practices.
  • Knowledge of MS Office applications.
  • 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.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, and clients.

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. Learn more at [link removed for validation].



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