Position Summary

Welcome to Greendale, Indiana! Greendale is part of the Wellness Group within Catalent, as well as the Softgel and Oral Technologies (SOT Business Unit). This Catalent manufacturing operation specializes in gummy manufacturing. On site, we have a state-of-the-art Mogul unit for manufacturing gummies, a highspeed bottling process, and a pouching operation. 

The Site Procurement Manager is responsible for procurement leadership, sourcing and procuring materials, services, and capital for the site. The Site Procurement Manager will lead site procurement team and initiate and foster relationships with site stakeholders, establishing and prioritizing activities for their team to achieve objectives and results. Work closely with the Director Procurement, the Global Procurement Organization (GPO), Site Operations, Business Unit Leadership, and critical stakeholders at the site and across the company. Leads site-level initiatives for supplier management, supplier quality & supplier performance improvement as well as supports global procurement initiatives.

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer and Catalent employee.
 

Shift: Monday through Friday, normal hours  

The Role

• Leadership, engagement, and development of site procurement team. Develop and execute succession planning and talent development for key positions. 

• Minimize impact of supplier shortages by proactively identifying and resolving potential material supply issues, timely communication, collaborating with Supply Chain for inventory build, and proper escalation. Increase spend under contract. Negotiates supply agreements with vendors improving commercial conditions.

• Responsible for ensuring suppliers adhere to the Terms & Conditions specified on the purchase order and resolves challenges, for implementing the Procurement guidelines on site and contributing to its local deployment.

• Integrate with GPO, including Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Capital, CSR/D&I, and PMO to ensure regions are aligned with GPO initiatives. •Partner with Category leadership to develop and execute strategies for the categories that he/she participates in or leads, globally or regionally that creates value to Catalent and meets customers’ expectations.

• Ensure site procurement is engaged and aligned with internal customers/stakeholders, gaining stakeholder and leadership support at the site. Partner with engineering and Global Capex Category Management for RFP, supplier selection, negotiation, and contract execution. Partner with Finance to define and implement a PPV process. Communicate price changes and / or discrepancies and determine financial impact.

• Develop pipeline of opportunities (savings, cash flow, growth, other value) for the site, representing local, regional, and global initiatives. Leverage and negotiate pricing on combined volumes of purchases at various locations with industry leading suppliers to reduce the cost of goods and overhead. Prioritize savings opportunities and takes a unified approach with our various purchasing locations globally or regionally to meet with the potential suppliers and get the lowest possible total cost to deliver cost savings.

• Prepare site annual sourcing plans linked to annual profit plans to maximize value contribution, drive improvements, and minimize risks. Ensure annual procurement budget (savings, cost avoidance, inflation) is met.

• Demonstrate expertise in the engagement and utilization of sourcing and procurement tools including RFx’s, contracting and scorecards/reports/communications, etc. Through a collaborative team coordinates and drives RFP’s / RFI’s process for regional and global initiatives. Invites suppliers to provide solutions and cost proposals for Catalent business requirements, evaluates proposals, makes supplier.

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, Engineering, or comparable disciplines is required.  

• Master’s degree preferred. 

• Industry certifications a plus, prior experience in Food industry highly preferred

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive international experience and career advancement in procurement or comparable function. 

• Experience working in a pharmaceutical, manufacturing and/or GMP facility is an asset. 

• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, bend, or twist, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. 

• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. 

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Comprehensive Benefit Package (Health, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance).

• 152 hours of accrued paid time off + 8 paid holidays.

• Employee Reward and Recognition Programs. 

• Opportunities for professional and personal development. 

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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