As a Category Specialist at Phoenix Group, manage indirect procurement services and supplier relationships across various categories. Focus on strategy development, sourcing negotiations and cost savings initiatives.
About the role
- Associate Director managing procurement for capital projects, sourcing suppliers for automation, construction, and engineering at Lilly. Collaborating to ensure project delivery aligns with business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing and purchasing goods and services in a way that makes valuable contributions to the internal client organizations
- Apply the Lilly Strategic Sourcing Process
- Support capital projects at Lilly sites pivotal to our growth
- Negotiate agreements and contracts to minimize costs and risks while achieving project objectives
- Work in conjunction with business clients to qualify suppliers
- Contribute in supplier relationship management meetings, spend analysis, market intelligence and risk management
- Assemble the procurement strategy for capital projects to ensure delivery of business objectives
- Identify and implement cost/risk reduction savings opportunities
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree, preferably in Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Business
- 7 or more years in capital project experience
- Proven experience leading major capital projects
- Strong skills in evaluation and selecting suppliers
- Capital project delivery including contracting and negotiation experience
- Ability to manage internal relationships effectively
- Proven track record in sourcing engineering and construction services, capital equipment and experience with commissioning/qualification
- Excellent ability to communicate– written, verbal, collaboration, and interpersonal
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- CIPS / IIPMM / ISM qualification and/or relevant Procurement experience
- Good IT literacy with the Microsoft Office suite & SAP/Ariba
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated individual with the ability to act independently
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees
- Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k)
- Pension
- Vacation benefits
- Eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
- Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
- Life insurance and death benefits
- Certain time off and leave of absence benefits
- Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
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