Senior Manager IM EMEA Agile Procurement

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Procurement

Procurement Business Engagement Leads

Professional

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Zug, Switzerland

Possible location:
Beerse, Belgium;
Zug, Switzerland

Accountable for shaping and leading procurement strategy and execution in support of the Innovative Medicine EMEA business strategy. The role serves as a trusted advisor to senior commercial and functional leaders, partnering with Procurement Category Leaders and regional leadership teams to influence business decisions, drive enterprise value creation, and develop procurement strategies that support growth, innovation, and operational excellence. The focus is on translating evolving business priorities into regional procurement strategies and programs, ensuring alignment between global category direction and EMEA business requirements while strengthening procurement's role as a strategic business partner across the organization.

The role operates within an Agile Procurement model, providing leadership across complex, multi-market initiatives and strategic supplier ecosystems while acting as a critical connector between EMEA business leadership, Procurement Category Teams, Global Services, and external partners. The role is expected to influence decision-making beyond procurement, driving transformational initiatives that improve business outcomes, commercial effectiveness, and organizational capability. In addition, the role requires strong engagement with senior and executive stakeholders to ensure procurement is embedded in strategic planning, investment decisions, and business transformation initiatives, delivering measurable impact across value creation, innovation, supplier performance, risk management, and business growth.

• Understand EMEA Innovative Medicine business priorities and shape regional procurement strategies that support commercial objectives, business growth and organizational transformation.
• Partner with Procurement Category Leaders to influence category strategy development, ensuring global strategies reflect regional business needs, market realities, commercial priorities, and emerging opportunities.
• Provide thought leadership in marketing procurement, including agencies, data & analytics, marketing operations, distributor services, AI-enabled services, and commercial innovation, shaping long-term sourcing strategies and supplier ecosystem design.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior EMEA business leaders, influencing business decisions and ensuring procurement considerations are embedded early in strategic planning and investment discussions.
• Identify and anticipate market trends, supplier developments, innovation opportunities, and competitive dynamics to strengthen procurement strategies and business performance across EMEA.
• Lead highly complex, high-value, multi-market sourcing programs, strategic negotiations, supplier restructurings, and transformation initiatives with significant commercial, operational and financial impact.
• Develop and lead executive-level supplier relationships and governance frameworks to drive innovation, performance improvement, risk mitigation, and long-term value creation.
• Drive delivery of enterprise value creation objectives, including cost optimization, business growth enablement, operational efficiency, commercial effectiveness, supplier innovation, and risk reduction across assigned scope.
• Lead strategic procurement transformation initiatives and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the Agile Procurement operating model, including new capabilities, digital enablement, AI adoption, and enhanced ways of working across Procurement, Global Services, and business stakeholders.
• Provide regional leadership across multiple markets and business units, ensuring alignment of procurement priorities, consistent execution and effective deployment of procurement resources.
• Mentor and…