Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager

　　Amgen Singapore Manufacturing

　　HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

　　Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager in Amgen Singapore Manufacturing.

　　Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager

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　　What you will do

　　This role will give the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with many different business functions and spend categories (e.g, Capital Construction, Raw Material and Consumables, Distribution, Site Support Services) in one of the leading Biotech companies in the world. They will be the Global Sourcing Site Lead for Amgen’s Singapore facility and effectively sourcing various direct categories in Singapore in accordance with established Procurement policies and guidelines. In addition, the position will have responsibility for sourcing strategy and execution of the Capital Construction portfolio for the Asia Pacific region. The role will be working closely with and prioritizing activity with the Singapore Finance, Supply Chain, Process Development & Manufacturing teams and Global Category Managers, implementing global category sourcing strategies and supplier management processes. The role will report directly to the Director, Global Strategic Sourcing being responsible for the Sourcing Site Leads.

　　Responsibilities

　　Purpose

　　Single point of contact for GSS and business partner interaction at the site

　　Drives site productivity and improvement agenda

　　Key relationships with Site VP and Functional Leads

　　Own and deliver sourcing strategies and productivity initiatives for the Amgen Singapore Manufacturing Facility

　　Deliver the strategic demands of Procurement partners/customers

　　Complete and implement the sourcing and purchasing needs of Amgen

　　Ensure compliance with all relevant sourcing policies and procedures

　　Support the Global Category Managers with execution of sourcing strategies that impact the site

　　Lead contracting activities and run ongoing contract management needs for Strategic and Supply Constrained Categories

　　Strategic Contribution

　　Develop, support and lead strategies for respective categories

　　Be a trusted advisor to VP / Senior Leadership Team at the site

　　Bring Industry/business function-specific knowledge and experience

　　Initiate/build industry peer relationships within the region

　　Executing Sourcing Strategies:

　　Develop and implement a multi-year productivity agenda and plan, aligned with finance and business site objectives

　　Drive alignment between category strategy and the needs and requirements of regions, countries, and Singapore site

　　Deliver sourcing and productivity opportunities effecting process, demand and cost

　　Run Request for Proposal and Quotation processes (eRFX), evaluate and negotiate proposals, ensure and validate selection of suppliers

　　Work with the Global category managers to define Singapore requirements and implement a site sourcing strategy

　　Develop and complete sourcing strategies for the Asia Pacific Capital Construction portfolio

　　Develop supplier analysis and market intelligence to support sourcing strategies

　　Customize sourcing strategy to drive value in specific functional environment, including legal and regulatory context

　　Support partners with development of their business strategies

　　GSS decision maker for category/functional sourcing strategy and supplier selection

　　Delivering value for customers:

　　Supports Global Category Managers with Singapore impacting activity

　　Understands business objectives and interprets customer needs to identify sourcing opportunities to support them

　　Build strong partnerships with colleagues in Finance, Accounting, HR and Function Heads as appropriate

　　Support / Lead delivery and validation of savings

　　Anticipates and prevents potential problems through root cause analysis

　　Drive operating efficiencies by understanding business needs and complex supply markets

　　Responsible for sourcing all the country local categories

　　Awareness and coordination of Local and Global sourcing strategies

　　Ability to provide thought leadership to customers and actively shape customer’s overall strategy while understanding business goals

　　Demonstrated experience in identifying and applying full set of sourcing levers to drive value for customers

　　Manage and mitigate supply risk

　　Inform stakeholders on Amgen’s sourcing policies and procedures and ensure Amgen’s procurement policies are followed and that compliance metrics are met or exceeded

　　Managing supplier relations:

　　Development and maintenance of preferred supplier relationships

　　Support global / regional category managers to identify and articulate long-term strategic value that can be obtained through supplier collaboration

　　Deliver supplier improvement programs and drive continual value from key supplier relationships

　　Access supplier capability and innovation for the business

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　　What we expect of you

　　Qualifications

　　Doctorate degree and 2 years of directly related experience OR

　　Master’s degree and 6 years of directly related experience OR

　　Bachelor’s degree and/or 8 years of directly related experience

　　Experience with direct and/or indirect manufacturing operations spend categories

　　Experience in working in international environments

　　Broad knowledge of the market forces shaping a customer’s business context (e.g., supplier base, legal & regulatory environment, sources of competitive advantage)

　　Solid understanding of sourcing processes (tendering, supplier negotiations and contracting), across multiple indirect spend categories.

　　Ability to conduct benchmarking to address cost, quality, risk and innovation considerations

　　Competent in Project Management and independently develops practical solutions.

　　Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (presentation, virtual team development, etc.)

　　Proven problem-solving skills

　　Able to work with minimal direction, ensuring quality of tasks / service provided by self and other

　　Ability to apply analytical skills to evaluate and interpret complex situations using different information sources in order to draw and present analytic insights

　　Highly proficient with MS Office Suite, including Excel

　　Knowledge of sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier management

　　Strong understanding of best in breed eProcurement solutions such as Ariba

　　Ability to analyze, summarize, and present insights based on the needs of the audience

　　Ability to develop business cases and champion opportunities with quantifiable financial benefits

　　Demonstrated track record of identifying root causes to issues and pproblem solving

　　Change management experience with large and complex organizational transformations with proven project management experience

　　Demonstrated success in partnering cross-functionally

　　Ability to own and strengthen relationships with key partners

　　Comfortable challenging the status quo

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　　What you can expect of us

　　As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

　　Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

　　Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

　　Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

　　Your selection for this role will may be subject to fulfilling the medical requirements of this job scope. If so, you will be informed of the medical check(s) that you may need to undergo. All medical related expenses incurred from this medical check shall be borne by the company.

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