Job title: Global Category Buyer, Agencies

At Opella, we have one overarching mission - to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to drive what we believe is the next health revolution: evolving from simply serving consumers, to helping people help themselves - bringing “Health in Your Hands”.

We are building trusted & loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide, enabling better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. To fulfill this mission, we are embarking our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees in this journey because this is what will make us become the “Best Fast Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) Company In & For the World”.

Consumers at the heart of everything we do and we want to make a difference where it counts, driving leadership in the categories we play in: Allergy, Digestive Wellness, Pain, Physical & Mental Wellness, and Cough, Cold & Flu.

To achieve this, we need strong talents who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. We aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. We believe in operating with integrity and prioritizing the health and well-being of people and communities where we operate, working towards making a positive impact in the world.

More recently, Sanofi announced in October 2023 its intention to separate its CHC business. Sanofi is reviewing potential separation scenarios but believes that the most likely path would be through a capital markets transaction, at the earliest in Q4 2024, and by creating a listed entity headquartered in France.

This position is responsible for the global procurement category of Agencies and Medical Communications for Opella. This role reports to the Global Category Head, Media/Agencies Procurement.

The key focus of this role is to create, support, and influence procurement category strategy for Global Agencies and Medical Communications initiatives, ideate and drive key projects jointly with the business, drive execution via global and regional teams to ensure Opella delivers its priorities/objectives. The role requires demonstrating strong partnering internally with growth hub leaders and regional content leads and externally with the global marketing and sales suppliers.

This mission is aligned with the values, the ethical charter, and the code of conduct of Opella.

Strategy

• Development and execution of competitive, innovative long term procurement agency category strategies that are:

  • based on market intelligence: assessing risks and opportunities.

  • collaboratively built, full aligned with the business delivering cost reduction and significant value to business.

• Drive the development of new market innovation opportunities (e.g. new suppliers, new digital tools in the categories).

Leadership

• Create an integrated and effective marketing procurement network with the regional content buyers working towards common objectives ensuring the implementation of global strategies

• Upskill marketing sourcing capabilities around digital, new technologies and external benchmarks.

Contract & Relationship Management

• Oversee supplier relationship management and negotiations for strategic suppliers

• Drive supplier innovation program for the category

• Oversee KPIs and monitor supplier performance. Continuously drive for improvements in performance of the suppliers in all relevant areas of service level, costs, delivery, quality

Business Collaboration & Partnering

• Business partner role to the Growth hub and support/guide Regional Category content buyers in partnering with the regional stakeholders

• Partner with the sustainability team to build a plan to deliver against B-Corp commitments

• Facilitate and build collaborative Business Partnering across the Business Unit internally and across the supplier network for the category

• Results Oriented

• Leadership

• Influence

• Forward looking

• Self-Starter

• Strong Project Management

• Communication Skills

• Customer Centric

• Business Dashboards

• KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

A degree in business Finance, Procurement/ Business Operations, Marketing.

• A strong understanding of marketing/agencies

• Hands-on experience in delivering savings initiatives with demand management levers

• Strong capability to manage business and interact with internal stakeholders, Suppliers, and managing a complex environment

• Highly effective written and verbal communication, interpersonal and influencing skills

• The ability to hit the ground running, operate autonomously with a high level of drive and energy

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

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