Director, Head of Procurement - US
Galderma Laboratories

With a unique legacy in dermatology as well as decades of cutting-edge innovation, Galderma is the pure-play dermatology category leader, present in approximately 90 countries. We deliver an innovative, science-based portfolio of premium flagship brands and services that spans the full spectrum of the fast-growing dermatology market through Injectable Aesthetics, Dermo-cosmetics, and Therapeutic Dermatology. Since our foundation in 1981, we have dedicated our focus and passion to the human body's largest organ - the skin - meeting individual consumer and patient needs with superior outcomes in partnership with healthcare professionals. Because we understand that the skin we're in shapes our lives, we are advancing dermatology for every skin story.

We look for people who focus on getting results, embrace learning and bring a positive energy. They must combine initiative with a sense of teamwork and collaboration. Above all, they must be passionate about doing something meaningful for consumers, patients, and the healthcare professionals we serve every day. We aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future. Across our company, we embrace diversity and respect the dignity, privacy, and personal rights of every employee.

At Galderma, we actively give our teams reasons to believe in our bold ambition to become the leading dermatology company in the world. With us, you have the ultimate opportunity to gain new and challenging work experiences and create an unparalleled, direct impact.

Location: Dallas, TX

Core mission:

The Director, US Procurement has the critical objective to build, lead, and develop the US Indirect Procurement organization, including building and owning the standards for how the team operates to deliver flawless execution of the procurement strategies into actions for each assigned business/function. This role requires strong collaboration skills and hands-on leadership style capable of leading change through communication, action, and influence.

This role will serve as the procurement lead business partner for the US Regional Leadership Team, and is a key contributor to meeting EBITDA target, both through cost reduction, demand management, and bringing innovation/capabilities from the supply market to drive sales and adherence and championing for enterprise-wide procure-to-pay process.

The Director, US Procurement is responsible to deliver savings targets, driving cash objectives, accountable for developing and managing the overall sourcing and supplier management process and delivering fit for purpose vendor solutions meeting business needs while adhere to global procure-to-pay standard and policies.

Main responsibilities:

Deliver savings

• Identify, plan, and prioritize savings opportunities across a portfolio of indirect categories (circa $400m across marketing, media, commercial, medical, professional and employee services, G&A, transport, and distribution)
• Deliver savings targets in line with US regional EBITDA ambition and ensure validation of savings through transparent and visible baselining process.
• Achieve regional and global cash, payment term, and ESG objectives and targets via supplier negotiation and business collaboration

Develop regional sourcing strategies and execution plans, and drive alignment between global category strategy and the needs and requirements of the region

• Translate global/regional business strategies into actionable regional sourcing plans: 1) define regional category sourcing strategies, and 2) implement/execute global sourcing plans in US, including customizing regional sourcing strategy to drive value in specific functional business environment, together with legal & regulatory context, require influencing regional business stakeholders to align to global sourcing strategies and business objectives/vision.

Business Stakeholder Management

• Business partnering with the US Leadership Team to maximize external expenditure while providing thought leadership to senior stakeholders and customers, actively shaping the Company's overall strategy through the sourcing lens.
• Understand business needs with strong business acumen to execute sourcing and supplier negotiation with excellence and agility to deliver business objectives
• Address business unit and functional business concerns and issues with speed and resolution; assist regional BUs and functional stakeholders to One Galderma vision with sourcing strategy and supplier selection to drive optimization of spend

Lead and develop people

• Prioritize team's work among several initiatives, and provide performance feedback and career counseling
• Act as a role model both for and outside of the team, coaching team members, and fostering a performance culture to drive best results and continuous improvements
• Develop team talents through constructive career development plans and pathway for advancement

Profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field, required
• MBA preferred
• 15 or more years of previous work experience in Management Consulting, Marketing, Finance, Procurement and Sourcing, or a combination of these areas
• Minimum of 5 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience in leading teams, projects, programs and directing the allocation of resources
• Greenfield operations experience, with a high ability to work autonomously, with minimum guidance, while dealing with a high degree of ambiguity
• Category Expert in indirect spend categories (G&A and Commercial/Marketing), with expert knowledge of at least 5 indirect categories
• Proven ability to lead teams in a matrix organization, across functional reporting lines

Employer's Rights:

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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