Associate Director, Global Procurement, External Manufacturing

Associate Director, Global Procurement, External Manufacturing

Date:
Oct 31, 2025

Location:

Parsippany, United States, New Jersey, 07054

Job

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List.

Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The Associate Director, Global Procurement will oversee an annual external manufacturing spend portfolio of approximately $50–100 million, driving value through strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and cost optimization initiatives. This role focuses on total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization, year-over-year cost reduction, and establishing best-in-class commercial agreements that enhance Teva’s global procurement performance. The role requires a strong analytical mindset, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and suppliers.

You will be part of a high-performing team driving strategic procurement initiatives across Teva’s External Manufacturing (ExM) network in North America.

• We are looking for a passionate, analytical and solutions-oriented candidate with proven success in areas of Global sourcing, Cost Reduction, Direct / External Manufacturing procurement, to become a part of our EXM North America procurement team, based in Parsippany, United States
• The candidate should have good understanding of the North America pharmaceuticals finished goods supply market (eg Topicals, transdermal, sprays, OTC and Oral solids finished formulations) , latest trends, cost drivers along with business understanding of the overall pharmaceutical industry and related regulations. Understanding of other supply markets would be an added advantage.
• The candidate would be required to analyze business requirements, as part of global category management team, create multi-year category strategies, drive and implement sourcing plans by technology/ sub-category, backed up with key analytics data such as spend, external and internal benchmark data, savings opportunities and business cases.
• Candidate would be required to present the sourcing strategies and implementation plans to Global procurement Leadership during stage-gate reviews, setting project milestones and driving completion through effective governance mechanisms
• The candidate should have the capabilities to be developed as a future leader within the Global Procurement organization in Teva.
• Position reports to:
  Senior Director – Global Procurement, External Manufacturing, North America
• Key Stakeholders:
  Regional Operations Leads, Procurement Global category leads, External Manufacturing SRM (Supplier Relationship Manager), Business Development and Alliance Management teams

This role is based in Parsippany, NJ however we may consider onsite within another Teva location for the right individual. Teva has a hybrid 3 day onsite work schedule.

• Drive TCO-focused cost reduction initiatives, should-cost modeling, and working capital optimization.
• Lead fact-based negotiations with senior supplier leadership using robust analytics, market intelligence, and external benchmarking.
• Identify and deliver year-over-year savings and cost avoidance opportunities across technologies and categories.
• Ensure sourcing strategies and implementation plans are aligned with global category objectives and business requirements.
• Act as a key procurement representative in cross-functional SRM teams involving Technical, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain.
• Drive supplier performance initiatives and operational excellence projects with clear financial and strategic benefits.
• Collaborate with EXM…