Director, Sourcing Excellence & Transformation

Job Duties

• Serves as a key leader within Global Business Services (GBS) Sourcing, focused on the U.S. market.
• Drives the sourcing vision, mission, and strategy while ensuring operational efficiency in a highly regulated environment.
• Aligns U.S. priorities with global Sourcing Excellence & Transformation (SE&T) initiatives and reports directly to the Vice President, Head of Purchasing in the U.S.
• Enhances Boehringer Ingelheim’s sourcing capabilities through excellence, transformation, and innovation.
• Translates global strategies into U.S.-specific actions and manages the sourcing business portfolio.
• Oversees performance management, data analytics, governance, compliance, and project portfolio management.
• Promotes digitalization and sustainable sourcing while ensuring adherence to U.S. laws and global standards.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and the global Head of SE&T to ensure harmonized solutions.
• Ensures sourcing strategies deliver value, mitigate risk, and foster continuous improvement across local and global operations.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Business, Engineering or related field and ten (10) years of experience in a purchasing or sourcing role OR Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Business, Engineering or related field and eight (8) years of experience in a purchasing or sourcing role.
• Must have seven (7) years of experience with: Negotiation preparation and execution; and, Contract management.
• Must have five (5) years of experience with: Governance and compliance enablement; Strategic project leadership; Risk and value management; Project portfolio management; SAP systems, including Ariba, WeBuy Sourcing, WeBuy Procurement, and S/4HANA ERP; Working across different business functions and with global partners; and, Working in different roles within procurement, including sourcing, purchasing, and compliance.
• Must have three (3) years of experience with Dashboard performance indicator tool, including Power BI or Tableau.
• Up to 30% domestic and international travel required.

Description (cont'd)

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week (8:00am to 5:00pm)