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Process Lead Sourcing Support 

POSITION PURPOSE

The Process Lead will be responsible for managing and optimizing procurement activities across price updates and sourcing adjacent processes. This role requires advanced stakeholder engagement, negotiation skills, and the ability to leverage digital tools and analytics to drive value. The incumbent will also anticipate market risks, align procurement activities with business strategies, and ensure process efficiency. 

 ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Price Update: Lead monitoring and initiation of price updates, ensuring alignment with demand owners and suppliers, oversee calculation index-based adjustments, manage additional approval processes, and ensure complete documentation and compliance. 
• Sourcing Adjacent: Drive tail spend optimization and approval processes, ensure system content maintenance, lead analysis and reporting activities, and address complex supplier and stakeholder queries. 
• Stakeholder & Negotiation Skills: Build strong stakeholder relationships and lead supplier negotiations for optimal outcomes. 
• Digital & Analytical Capabilities: Utilize procurement platforms, analytics, and data visualization tools to identify trends and drive cost optimization. 
• Strategic & Market Awareness (senior focus): Anticipate supply risks, cost drivers, and opportunities to align activities with category strategies and organizational goals. 
• Contract Management: Support activities related to contracts, including amendments, extensions, and terminations, ensuring compliance and efficiency in the contracting process.

 KEY WORK RELATIONS:

•  Procurement internal stakeholders 

• Business Users 

• Vendors 

• S2P Country Partners 

• Operations 

WHO YOU ARE:

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years of experience in procurement operations or supply chain management with focus on strategic sourcing.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in procurement systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba, analytical platform) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Competencies: Strategic mindset, leadership, resilience, and decision-making abilities. 
• Strategic Sourcing Experience: Demonstrated experience and knowledge in sourcing, including supplier negotiations, market analysis, and sourcing strategy development.
• Languages: Proficiency in English is required; other languages are an advantage.
• Soft Skills: Effective communication and collaboration, problem-solving skills, analytical skills, attention to detail, and time management.
• Other Skills: Accountability, stakeholder management, and decision-making abilities.

Dynamic Shared Ownership (DSO) PRINCIPLES:

• Mission-focus: Aligning team efforts with the mission to create the most value for our customers.
• Customer and Product Centricity: Placing customers and products at the core, with the support of technical expertise and efficient resource allocation.
• Empowerment: Granting more decision-making power to the individuals and teams closest to the work.
• Agility: Adopting faster work cycles and continual improvement through 90-day cycles.
• Enabling Mindsets and Behaviors: Encouraging mindsets that are focused on delivering value and embracing empowering beliefs about people's capabilities

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Ever feel burnt out by bureaucracy? Us too. That’s why we’re changing the way we work— for higher productivity, faster innovation, and better results. We call it Dynamic Shared Ownership (DSO). Learn more about what DSO will mean for you in your new role here  https://www.bayer.com/en/strategy/strategy

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