Country Category Buyer at Sanofi

Job description

Having recently evolved to re-position itself for the future in a vibrant emerging market, our company is currently looking for a Country Category Buyer. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to the resounding success of a highly patient-centric organisation that continually explores opportunities to empower life across the world.

This position will report to the Head of Procurement West & Central Africa, Nigeria and Ghana

and the scope includes East Africa Hub which comprises of Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda andTanzania.

Job overview

• Localize, implement and execute zone strategies following guidance from procurement head with the support of global/regional category management
• Execute and implement global/regional/country contracts within the zone following guidance from procurement head.

Key Responsibilities

• Select country suppliers base as per category strategy , local and zone requirements whilst defining list of non-preferred suppliers compliant with global category guidelines and sourcing and managing interactions with preferred suppliers
• Proactively contribute to provide information to local or regional Category Manager on local business needs and supplier market intelligence and collaborate with procurement peers to ensure coordinated business partnering with business stakeholders
• Negotiate and manage process to put in place catalogue .
• Guide the operational Buying/Purchasing process for purchases as per defined by the local procurement procedure by challenging business requirements, conduct bidding and negotiate contracts, optimize existing agreements
• Follow-up Key Performance Indicators, deliver local savings objectives whilst mastering Procurement technical