Associate Director Sourcing Hub

Fresenius Medical Care core values:

Fresenius Medical Care is a people business. Our success depends on having the best and brightest employees, and helping them attain their personal and professional goals while delivering excellence in patient care and business results. Our employees embody our culture which is based on core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: We Care. We Connect. We Commit.

Your responsibilities:

• Part of the Sourcing Hub Leadership Team

• Manage a team following best in class and FME Group leadership and management standards. First point of contact for the team in case of questions or uncertainties, etc., if support is needed.

• Supports (guides and develops) the team as needed in price and contract negotiations as well as in escalations.

• Ensure the team is suitably staffed, skilled and engaged, that they complete all mandatory trainings and inductions and that tasks are executed following FME policies and standards

• Responsible to deliver performance targets

• Provide inputs for the definition of the Sourcing Hub strategy, action plans and programs to continuously improve the performance of the Sourcing Hub, including the identification and the implementation of new technologies and the optimization of processes and tasks

• Continuously evaluate and monitor capacities in order to adequately propose adjustments according to the demand of work, service levels and changes in the organization

• Represent the Sourcing Hub in escalations and act towards a solution involving upper management when required and within the scope of work identified

• Implement efficient ways of working and processes

• Ensure the implementation of systems for the optimal use of resources in terms of capacity and skills to implement agreed tasks and projects in a goal-oriented manner.

• Measure performance, service levels, workload and report them on frequently basis

• Perform end-to-end sourcing and contracting related activities

• Ensure optimum execution of category strategies

• Ensure project delivery (e.g. manufacturing footprint changes, new product introduction or product changes)

• Works closely with finance and the category teams to provide full transparency on status and achievement realized of all sourcing projects. 

Our requirements:

• +10 years of experience in procurement, including purchasing and/or category management and/or contract life cycle management processes

• +5 years in management or leadership role

• +5 years worked in a multinational environment and global position

• Exposure to work with or manage a Global Business Service organization

• Experience on project management and continuous improvement

• Proven management experience. Ability to manage and inspire the team to deliver against targets and following FME standard expected behaviors

• English fluent and full business proficiency

• German is advantageous

• Knowledge of e-sourcing (e.g. Jaggaer), contract life-cycle management (e.g. Contract PodAI) and other Procurement related tools (e.g. Sievo, ORO Labs, Aravo, Sustainability)

• Advanced knowledge of SAP, SAP Ariba, Power BI and A/P Invoice processing tools

• Advanced knowledge of MS Tools Xls, Power Point, Word. MS Teams

• Varied Project methodology and approach

• Have a notion of AI Tools and use cases applied to Procurement

• Result oriented

• Attention to detail

• Ability to prioritize

• Integrity

• Flexible and resilient towards changes. Ability to drive changes into his/her team.

• Compelling engagement, communication and presentation skills. 

• Is comfortable engaging with and influencing stakeholders

• Excellent organization skills and able to deal comfortably with competing priorities

• Agile and confident dealing with ambiguity, doesn’t need all the facts to proceed / make a decision

• Outstanding coach of others

• Networking; ability to develop relationship with peers and stakeholders in the organization

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Critical thinking and decision-making skills with ability to understand opportunities, create value and solve complex problems.

• Comprehensive knowledge of Procurement policies and procedures

• Strong advanced negotiation and relationship management skills.

• Technical knowledge of performance measurement and tracking

• Project management expertise with the ability to carry projects from planning through implementation.

• Financial Planning, including Budget

• Must be willing to travel up to 10% of their time

Our offer:

• Flexible working hours to cover global time zones if needed

• Hybrid work model

• Private medical care in LuxMed,

• PZU life Insurance (voluntary insurance)

• Unlimited international travel Insurance (with a global range)

• Benefits System platform (120 points / month for multisport card, cinema tickets, online shopping etc.)

• Studies reimbursement (up to 50% of study reimbursement)

• Work abroad possibility (up to 30 days / year)

• Recommendation program (2000 PLN or 2500 PLN for successful recommendation)

• Holiday allowance (up to 800 PLN / year)

• Childcare refund (up to 900 PLN / year)

• Glasses and contact lenses reimbursement (500 PLN per year)

• Occasional gifts (e.g. 1st year anniversary gift)

• Office team building activities and events