Job Summary: 

• Support the assigned procurement category in alignment with project or program management.
• Agree on the buying approach for the category across the business.
• Develop and implement a stakeholder engagement plan covering all users with spend in the category.
• Establish and agree on a category strategy with stakeholders, including sourcing plans, governance, and risk management.
• Manage demand and conduct regular benchmarking of global market data and competitor analysis.
• Implement plans to address tail-end suppliers and ensure adherence to the approved supplier list.
• Maintain knowledge of key suppliers, the overall supply base, and associated risks within the category.
• Define and agree on the approach for buying within or outside relevant categories, aligned with category plans.
• Create and maintain stakeholder engagement plans for requirements across the business, ensuring alignment with the relevant category.
• Establish and agree on a procurement strategy with stakeholders, covering sourcing, governance, contract lifecycle management, and risk mitigation.
• Manage category spend and build strong relationships with key influencers of spend within the organization.

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Management (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Relationship (Soft Skills)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Procurement Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Market Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Ensure the deployment of category strategies.
• Execute the sourcing process for local categories.
• Deploy European category strategies with the Category Management team to ensure joint country procurement performance and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Help define a pipeline of savings ideas, follow up, and report on achievements.
• Work closely with country stakeholders, including HR, CFOs, Legal, and Safety.
• Identify and propose potential suppliers in line with the defined category strategy.
• Launch RFx, analyze offers using a TCO approach, create scenarios, and propose a short list.
• Select suppliers and negotiate contracts.
• Manage the supplier database and relationships, and oversee supplier qualification.
• Ensure procurement processes and rules are well-abided by.
• Train internal customers about purchasing policies and rules.
• Ensure compliance with principles.

Skills on Resume: 

• Category Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Sourcing Execution (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
• Savings Tracking (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Sourcing (Hard Skills)
• Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Management (Soft Skills)
• Process Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Identify project and business needs in collaboration with site and project teams.
• Prepare and launch Requests for Quotation (RFQs) with suppliers using standard procurement tools.
• Ensure accurate and complete inputs for order placement.
• Drive supplier QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) performance reviews in coordination with the Supplier Quality team.
• Adhere to ethical standards and procurement guidelines.
• Consolidate indirect commodities for the site to optimize purchasing efficiency.
• Support the Indirect Purchasing Manager with all indirect goods and services procurement activities.
• Execute strategies defined by the Indirect Purchasing Manager to achieve business objectives in cost, quality, fulfillment, and innovation.
• Manage supplier performance across quality, lead time, on-time delivery, service, and cost.
• Identify and evaluate potential new products and suppliers to strengthen the supply base.
• Work proactively with other departments to meet plant needs.
• Promote cost reduction activities with key suppliers and share best practices.

Skills on Resume: 

• Needs Assessment (Soft Skills)
• RFQ Management (Hard Skills)
• Order Accuracy (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Performance (Hard Skills)
• Ethical Compliance (Soft Skills)
• Purchasing Efficiency (Hard Skills)
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Handle requests for information (RFI) and requests for quote (RFQ).
• Provide recommendations based on Total Cost of Ownership comparisons.
• Prepare reports on activities associated with Indirect Spend.
• Obtain and analyze quotes to determine the best value, then recommend sourcing solutions based on collected data and facts.
• List negotiable items from Dana and suppliers clearly, and negotiate basic items or deals with minimal supervision.
• Prepare thoroughly for negotiations, understand details, and adhere to walk-away limits.
• Send out and review complete RFQ packages consistently and negotiate basic contract terms to support agreements.
• Understand what type of contract is required and leverage key points beyond price while applying Dana's standard Terms and Conditions.
• Formulate annual business plans to achieve cost reductions and drive year-over-year performance improvement.
• Monitor supplier performance, escalate issues within supplier organizations, and review corrective actions for sustained results.
• Hold regular performance review meetings with key stakeholders and measure compliance with agreements.
• Track savings projects and report accurate forecasts and actuals.

Skills on Resume: 

• RFI RFQ Handling (Hard Skills)
• Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Spend Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Sourcing Solutions (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)
• Business Planning (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Performance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Prepare and issue purchase orders and take responsibility for issuing change orders.
• Process purchase requisitions by making enquiries/RFQs to obtain offers, performing price comparisons, and placing purchase orders in line with applicable approval procedures.
• Initiate procurement transactions.
• Prepare, conduct, and post-process negotiations in line with applicable approval procedures.
• Prepare statistics and analyses for strategic procurement, such as supplier volume and turnover structures.
• Utilize e-procurement tools including e-catalogues, e-RFQs, and e-auctions.
• Prepare and conduct contract negotiations.
• Ensure an optimum price-to-performance ratio.
• Ensure efficient and precise execution and documentation of all procurement transactions.
• Manage purchase order processes and ensure delivery reliability.
• Perform supplier selection.
• Support Strategic Buyers in developing sourcing strategies and supplier evaluations.

Skills on Resume: 

• Purchase Orders (Hard Skills)
• Requisition Processing (Hard Skills)
• Procurement Transactions (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
• E-Procurement (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Selection (Hard Skills)
• Process Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Deliver consistent cost reductions for goods and services while maximizing overall value in assigned categories and spend.
• Lead and manage negotiations in assigned categories with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Develop an annual sourcing calendar of cost-saving initiatives based on business plans, market conditions, and contract terms.
• Apply best practices such as rate reduction, volume optimization, and policy compliance to achieve cost-reduction objectives.
• Continuously analyze category spend and savings, producing year-over-year and month-over-month reports for assigned indirect categories.
• Develop long-term strategic vendor partnerships to create competitive cost advantages.
• Identify supply chain process improvement opportunities and recommend them to the purchasing manager for implementation.
• Identify, qualify, and develop new suppliers while maintaining and strengthening the current supplier base.
• Collaborate with analytics teams to establish baseline spends, validate market changes, design financial models, and forecast annual category savings.
• Facilitate the tracking and reporting of savings and cost avoidance.
• Resolve complex procurement issues and communicate solutions to management.
• Coordinate product testing with Quality Assurance, Engineering, and suppliers for sourcing success.
• Assist in resolving issues to ensure compliance with agreements while maintaining strong vendor relationships.

Skills on Resume: 

• Cost Reduction (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Sourcing Planning (Hard Skills)
• Spend Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Vendor Partnerships (Soft Skills)
• Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Development (Hard Skills)
• Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Develop and implement the global/division agreed Indirect Procurement (IP) strategies, processes, and procedures, and ensure compliance by the subsidiaries.
• Communicate proactively and align with business stakeholders, and prioritize their requests to ensure their purchase requirements are met on time, and/or they fully understand existing IP sourcing strategies.
• Perform periodic spend analysis via Spend Viz and market research for local or regional projects.
• Utilize the Sourcing tool to execute a competitive bid (RFP, RFI, RFQ, or reverse auction).
• Interact with Procurement professionals internally and externally to leverage best practices and ensure consistent implementation of global strategies.
• Monitor market trends and suppliers’ capabilities.
• Drive supplier innovation via Supplier Relationship Management programs, innovation meetings, and initiatives.
• Organize and facilitate periodic meetings with key stakeholders to review status, plans, and issues with ongoing spends, strategies, and all new requirements.
• Develop expertise with, and utilize effectively, all key Procurement Systems/Tools such as eBuy, Spend Viz, Sourcing, Contracting, supplier creation/maintenance, Procurement Operations, and Contract Development.
• Ensure suppliers agree to policies and processes (e.g., risk management protocols, payment terms, supplier portal, eInvoicing, etc).
• Manage supplier-related issues under purchasing responsibility, including contract non-compliance, price updates in IT systems, and discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices.
• Address recurring supplier issues not directly under purchasing responsibility (e.g., quality or delivery problems, service contract non-compliance) when escalated.

Skills on Resume: 

• Procurement Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Alignment (Soft Skills)
• Spend Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Competitive Bidding (Hard Skills)
• Market Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Innovation (Soft Skills)
• Procurement Systems (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Create purchase orders based on the preferred supplier definition provided by the global or regional Category Manager or defined by the Strategic Buyer, supporting also the on-time delivery of goods and services in the ERP system.
• Clarify invoice discrepancies with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with supplier onboarding in the vendor management system.
• Assist with cost savings initiatives and negotiations.
• Reconcile invoices and goods received/not invoiced issues.
• Support Compliance, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Affairs for internal audits by notified bodies.
• Support Strategic Buyers with preparing and sending out Request for Quote (RFQ) packages, specifications, analysis of bids, as well as vendor management activities.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships and commercial agreements.
• Help establish processes and procedures around governance, performance/service optimisation, and pricing.
• Print, process, file, and distribute purchase orders.
• Apply procurement methodology and tools, including project management processes with cost savings tracking, contract databases, e-RFI, e-RFQ, e-auction tools, and ERP purchasing modules.
• Complete special projects and assignments.

Skills on Resume: 

• Purchase Orders (Hard Skills)
• Invoice Resolution (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Onboarding (Hard Skills)
• Cost Savings (Hard Skills)
• Audit Support (Hard Skills)
• RFQ Support (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Relations (Soft Skills)
• Process Governance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Lead and contribute to productivity and cost-saving initiatives.
• Work closely with Plant Managers and plant departments to identify and implement savings opportunities beyond price negotiations, including best practices, consumption reduction, technical optimization, and standardization.
• Lead productivity action plans in collaboration with suppliers.
• Drive benchmarking and best practice initiatives at the plant, regional, national, and global levels to identify and deliver cost savings.
• Participate in commodity projects and competitive bids led by the global team, ensuring regional needs are integrated.
• Support data collection, specification preparation, and evaluation of bid results.
• Manage the implementation of corporate contracts in the region, ensuring effective follow-up and conducting regular compliance audits.
• Optimize the purchasing portfolio not covered by commodity contracts or ongoing projects by consolidating recurring local needs, managing competitive bids, reducing the supplier base, and creating consistent regional contracts.
• Handle local one-time requirements, projects, negotiations, and contracts.
• Ensure contract compliance through systematic follow-up, audits, and supplier reporting.
• Align regional actions with overall commodity strategy and identify opportunities to scale initiatives to national or corporate levels.
• Assist in managing the administrative purchase order process with the procurement team.
• Take responsibility for the purchase order process within the region and provide support for other regions.

Skills on Resume: 

• Cost Savings (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Supplier Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Benchmarking Practices (Hard Skills)
• Bid Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)
• Portfolio Optimization (Hard Skills)
• Compliance Audits (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Perform sourcing activities within the assigned scope (spot buys and project-based) in alignment with sourcing strategies.
• Contribute to technical projects, deliver cost savings, and support compliance with risk management practices.
• Develop tactical sourcing strategies for specific categories to drive savings, improve efficiency, and ensure sustainability.
• Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and internal stakeholders, managing supplier relationships and stakeholder engagement.
• Handle transactional sourcing activities, including purchase order processing, reporting, and supplier follow-ups.
• Support and automate procurement processes for stocked items.
• Manage purchase orders effectively, including holds, releases, expedited requests, changes, and supplier-related issues such as raw material returns.
• Implement MRP in collaboration with Supplier Line Managers (SLM) to optimize raw material positioning and purchasing mechanisms.
• Proactively drive delivery on open orders by identifying risks, ensuring on-time shipments, prioritizing critical orders, and resolving shipment, warehouse, and customs issues.
• Track and enforce supplier performance with a focus on on-time delivery and continuous improvement of lead times.
• Build strong supplier and stakeholder relationships to reduce cost and risk while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and objectives.
• Execute procurement processes, including contract management and RFI/RFQ, to secure the best pricing without compromising quality or delivery timelines.
• Monitor commodity trends and product availability to support sourcing decisions.

Skills on Resume: 

• Sourcing Activities (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Tactical Sourcing (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Order Management (Hard Skills)
• Process Automation (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Performance (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Primarily responsible for supporting the Global Sourcing Managers and Directors with the strategic sourcing of multiple spend categories.
• Ensure cost effectiveness and performance standards in direct alignment with the client’s Global Procurement strategy, category management structure, supplier management methodology, and performance objectives, with a primary focus on Capital Spending Categories (Equipment, Facilities, Construction, etc.).
• Review and manage category spend and identify opportunities for cost improvements without negatively impacting the quality of service.
• Assist the Global Procurement Team in their efforts to build a pipeline of savings and value creation opportunities.
• Develop the sourcing category strategies for Capital Spend Categories under guidance from the Global Sourcing Leaders.
• Support the engagement with the required Perrigo internal stakeholders to drive the main initiatives and projects.
• Manage RFx projects with responsibility for the end-to-end sourcing process through collaboration and consultation with business stakeholders.
• Partner with the Procurement Legal Team to manage contract redlines and Terms of Business.
• Implement Statements of Work for inbound services.
• Monitor supplier performance and delivery of contracted services within assigned categories.
• Conduct reporting, spend analysis, and budgetary investigation.

Skills on Resume: 

• Strategic Sourcing (Hard Skills)
• Cost Management (Hard Skills)
• Spend Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Savings Pipeline (Hard Skills)
• Category Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)
• Supplier Performance (Hard Skills)