Procurement Excellence Manager, Coe Procurement

**Role Function**:
The COE Procurement is a global team established to design and embed; capabilities, standards, performance, innovation and strategy across the newly established One Procurement organization within Fresenius Medical Care.

**Tasks**:

- Support the establishment of strategic procurement processes and standards, such as Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management
- Build capabilities and competence within the Procurement Function through the establishment and administration of development programs
- Embed new ways of working under a new operating model, understanding and defining processes and collaboration models that generate efficiencies and raise performance levels
- Be an enabling partner to the Category Management teams, though, for example the provision of internal and external intelligence and insights within and across categories
- Sharing and institutionalizing best practices across Procurement
- Leading and participating in special projects that support the overall procurement transformation
- Undertake benchmarking and information sharing internally and externally
- Development and deployment of tools and resources to raise maturity of Procurement and promote excellence
- Collaborate closely with Global Process Management and Global Process Owner(s), ensuring continuous process improvement and implementation projects
- Involved in the design of targets, KPIs and measurements to ensure changes are sustained and measure

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Advanced Degree and/or Procurement and supply-chain specialization desirable
- 5-7 years of professional experience in procurement and/or management consulting
- A connector with the ability to build relationships and influence others, who has a systems-thinking mindset
- Proven ability to deliver results in decentralized environments, with ability to work across geographic boundaries and cultures
- Ability to lead and manage projects and deploy agile approaches
- Communication and change management skills
- English Advanced, other languages an advantage
- Willingness to travel occasionally (20%)