Executive Director, Procurement

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly strategic and execution-oriented Executive Director of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement to build and lead a best-in-class procurement function within a fast-growing life sciences organization.

Requirements

• Accountabilities and Responsibilities
• Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
• Contracting & Commercial Negotiation
• Process Design & Procurement Operations
• Financial Integration & Business Partnership
• Analytics, Reporting & Transparency
• Risk Management & Compliance

Minimum Requirements

• Education
• Experience
• Skills and Attributes

Preferred

• Experience

Licenses or Certifications

N/A

Knowledge, Skills And Attributes

• Strategic thinking & systems design
• Commercial negotiation & deal structuring
• Financial modeling & forecasting
• Process engineering
• Data analytics & reporting
• Change management
• Cross-functional leadership
• Risk management
• Vendor relationship management
• Operational execution
• Highly analytical and structured
• Commercially aggressive but relationship-driven
• Data-driven and financially disciplined
• Operationally pragmatic
• Comfortable building from zero
• Trusted partner to executive leadership
• Able to operate at both strategic and execution levels
• Comfortable in ambiguity and high-growth environments
• Continuous strong focus on meeting or exceeding expectations in executing deliverables, performance and results
• Ability to track and measure performance against defined metrics
• Self-starter with high degree of energy, independence, initiative, and self-motivation, as illustrated by the ability to instill a sense of pace and urgency into the team
• Someone who moves fast and decisively in a balanced manner
• Passionate, collaborative, creative, willing to take prudent risks, and motivated by the creation of a company focused on transformative treatments for patients and their families