Mgr, Purchasing

**Description**

**Mgr, Purchasing**

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
**WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE**

**Why Syneos Health**
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

**JOB SUMMARY**

Responsible for developing, implementing and managing the corporate procurement and purchasing strategy for acquiring goods and services on behalf of the organization and its customers. Directs strategic planning, optimization of system and processes to support global purchasing, Requests for Information/Proposal and relationship management to ensure the highest level of quality and value.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Team Leadership: Partner with procurement organization to implement standard processes for all cycles including sourcing, contract management, requisition, supplier onboarding/maintenance, purchase order management, invoice processing, accruals and vendor performance monitoring.
- Efficiency Enhancements: actively seek methods to enhance overall efficiency and performance in delivery of projects. This may include day-to-day work within the project lifecycle or by identifying cost-saving opportunities at the organizational level.
- Oversees all facets of the daily Procurement and Purchasing operations.. Responsible for departmental productivity and performance.
- Establishes and analyzes metrics and market conditions to deliver value and best practices for third party goods and services and appropriately manages and measures performance of the Company’s sourcing team.
- Collaborates with Vendor Management to promote exceptional vendor performance.
- Liaise with counterparts in other functional areas to identify and support third party requirements in alignment with corporate objectives.
- Collect and analyze procurement data required for various reports on procurement activity including contract and inventory related activity.
- Assists in coordination with vendors and internal departments such as Finance, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable to resolve repetitive or procedural obstacles.
- Plans, organizes, and directs complex procurement activities that may arise within the Global Procurement Department.
- Participates in face-to-face or teleconferences with Vendor and/or business owner meetings as a delegate of the Procurement Process Owner.
- Performs required audits and procedural reviews on behalf of Global Procurement for adherence to Company Procurement Policies and Practices. Participates, as necessary, when delegated in Customer Audits and provides technical support on processes.

**Qualifications**

**Qualifications**:

- 10 years+ of leadership role with global business and system transformation project management experience
- Strong in P2P domain from invoicing, AP, PO management
- Experience on driving & leading automation initiatives across all the stakeholders in the organization & leading governance
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Access and Power Point.
- Effective written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to perform several tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines preferred.
- Knowledge of writing excel Macros and Visio preferred
- Working knowledge of Oracle R12 (iProcurement module) preferred

**Get to know Syneos Health**
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.