Join Euroapi UK to lead procurement for the UK. You will be responsible for the end to end procurement activity at site, contribute towards our global commitments of improving our environmental footprint, driving efficiency, cost reduction and achieving procurement excellence.
You will:
Report into the Site Head GM for Haverhill with a dotted line into the Chief Procurement Officer for Euroapi globally, leading on performance improvements that have a direct impact on profitability, competitiveness and sustainability of the company.
Collaborate and guide business areas to enable an effective purchasing process for raw materials, equiptment & services, from sourcing stage to supplier management.
Respond to project and customer requirements, managing risk and identifying solutions.
Take accountability for operational sourcing and procurement activity at site across direct and indirect categories using best practice to deliver savings, track and increase supplier performance.
Our Company
EUROAPI is focused on reinventing active ingredient solutions to sustainably meet customers’ and patients’ needs around the world. We are a leading player in active pharmaceutical ingredients with approximately 200 products in our portfolio, offering a large span of technologies, while developing innovative molecules through our Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) activities.
Taking action for health by enabling access to essential therapies inspires our 3,450 people every day. With strong research and development capabilities and six manufacturing sites all located in Europe (Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf and Vertolaye in France, Brindisi in Italy, Frankfurt in Germany, Budapest in Hungary and Haverhill in the UK), EUROAPI ensures API manufacturing of the highest quality to supply customers in more than 80 countries.
The EUROAPI Haverhill (UK) site has been established for forty years, located fifteen miles east of Cambridge and sixty miles north of London, within the golden triangle. It employs over 250 people and has built a strong reputation in Flow Chemistry, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Spray Drying and as a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO). Haverhill is proud to house the world’s largest, continuous production, pharmaceutical spray dryer and performs secondary packaging and release activities for oncology and rare disease medicines supporting global markets. The site also offers a contract testing and release facility within its laboratories.
Our Requirements
CIPS Qualified
Broad direct and indirect purchasing experience with expertise in tendering and contract negotiation experience in the UK. A raw material bias or knowledge of the pharmaceutical, chemicals or engineering sectors would be an advantage.
Proven experience driving cost reduction and performance improvement of suppliers.
Excellent communication & relationship building skills. This role will have no direct reports but you will be expected to influence the network and site to work in collaboration to find solutions and improve processes.
Your Benefits
Competitive salary
Annual bonus
Company paid private medical, dental and life assurance
5 weeks holiday + public holidays, flexible holidays (buy/sell up to 5 days)
Marketing leading discounts scheme
Enhanced family and leave policies (subject to eligibility periods)
Wellbeing Program
Onsite Parking
Subsidised restaurant
Your contractual base will be Haverhill, UK but there will be flexibility for some working from home as required.
Culture & Values at EUROAPI
We bring our culture to life in the way we work every day. Our culture enables career development and talent management, we recognise that how we do things is as important as what we do, and our values set out how we achieve our goals and help us "do it right".
Diversity & Inclusion
EUROAPI is committed to nurturing a culture of diversity and inclusion that contributes to improving innovation, performance, and engagement. We value transparency, mutual respect, and equal treatment of people. For this reason, we are firm in protecting our employees against any forms of discrimination.
We are Disability Confident - Committed which means we make reasonable adjustments to our process and offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. If you would like any assistance or require the application to be completed in a different format, please call or contact our Haverhill site reception.
Environment, Social and Governance
We strongly believe that the success of our company lies in its capacity to adapt to tomorrow’s challenges. Our responsibility as a company is to provide sustainability and resilience to the pharmaceutical value chain.
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