Associate - Enterprise Ind. Procurement Business Engagement

Use Your Power for Purpose

Creating value through procurement processes is essential to keeping our products in production and our innovators at the forefront of innovation. Whether you are involved in negotiating contracts, managing vendors, or forecasting requirements, your role is pivotal in ensuring our medicines reach the people who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before. By streamlining procurement, you help maintain the flow of production, support groundbreaking research, and ultimately, contribute to the health and well-being of patients worldwide. Your efforts in optimizing procurement processes are crucial in delivering life-saving treatments swiftly and effectively.

What You Will Achieve

In this role, you will:

• Lead and co-lead moderately complex projects, managing time and resources to meet objectives, and apply skills and discipline knowledge to contribute to departmental work.
• Make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems, develop new options guided by policies, and operate independently in ambiguous situations.
• Work independently on assignments, receive instruction on unusual problems, and review your own work while mentoring others.
• Collaborate with procurement specialists to negotiate contracts for goods, services, and supplies, and oversee category management and corporate services procurement.
• Manage the entire sourcing process, from project initiation to supplier management, and guide operational teams in project management and resource planning.
• Facilitate agreements between teams, drive new concepts and methodologies, and build strong relationships with Global Procurement Sourcing colleagues and leaders.
• Achieve annual targets, including savings and Working Capital objectives, and develop regional synergies with local supplier and market intelligence.
• Provide site-based plans to align category strategy, manage supplier selection and quality, and oversee supplier management of change.
• Lead contract negotiations to meet price, quality, and service standards, and ensure effective communication with key stakeholders.
• Support Diversity and Inclusion objectives, develop supply chain risk assessments, drive risk mitigation operations, and benchmark industry best practices for adoption within Pfizer.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements):

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a master's degree with more than 0+ years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 6 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
• High level of competency with various procurement tools
• Solid understanding of Project Management fundamentals
• Hands-on experience in leading projects
• Ability to work independently and make decisions in ambiguous situations

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):

• Relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in procurement systems, processes, and procedures
• Strong business acumen and a deep understanding of the external marketplace and customer needs
• Proven skills in negotiation and influencing
• Experience in managing supplier relationships and contract negotiations
• Ability to develop and maintain supply chain risk assessments
• Business-level fluency in Spanish strongly preferred

 Contract Type: Apprendistato
 

The annual base salary for this position ranges from €35.250,00 to €58.750,00. This salary range applies to the location Italy - Ascoli Piceno. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet colleagues’ needs. Benefits vary by location and can include health care coverage, retirement savings plans, insurance benefits, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness benefits and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. Final compensation will be determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and qualifications, in accordance with pay equity principles and applicable employment laws.

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