(Senior) Technical Procurement Project Manager

1) Main tasks:

The (Senior) TPPM coordinates directly for and with internal stakeholders (e.g Value Streams, MSC, MTI and Procurement) all procurement related topics being part of a project (according to the TPPM handbook). Main scope is the close interaction with Category Teams and the regional Sourcing Hubs to ensure in-scope, on-budget and on-time delivery of major cross functional projects and programs requiring procurement input and support.

This role will be responsible for coordinating and managing cross-functional team across major programs & projects for Adds, Changes and Moves within Procurement.

• Oversee all aspects of project management for Procurement
  • Coordinate communication with and provide technical expertise to suppliers, customers, Quality, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Sales.
  • Act as first point of governance for all scope topics of the project and acting as the bridge between the categories & Procurement and Values Streams or Manufacturing
  • Support alignment of deadlines, assigning sub-project team responsibilities, and management team resources
  • Provide overview on all major project deliverables (especially MR and SG meetings)
  • Prepare metrics and governance reports to support management and execution of projects
  • Provide regular updates to senior leadership, including managing opportunities, risks and issues that may impact project outcomes
  • Align with stakeholders and teams on delivery targets and ensure the successful execution of complex deployments.

Qualifications

1) Required training and education:

Degree educated in a business, Science or Engineering degree.

Ideally member of professional procurement organisation (e. g CIPS, ISM or MBS highly beneficial)

2) Required professional experience (in years):

· TPPM: Minimum 4 (four) years in managerial positions within Project Management

· Senior TPPM: Minimum 8 (eight) years in managerial positions within Project Management

· Globally experienced and ideally has lived and worked in more than one continent

3) Important personal qualities:

· Have a (or be able to quickly) grasp the technical and manufacturing nuances of the FME Product range and related manufacturing techniques, capacities etc. and those that are similar on the open market

· Have strong commercial and financial acumen, able to write, interpret and challenge any business plans/cases and engage competently in business case creation and review

· Be a team player as well as leader, knowing when to lean in to coach and also when needing to step in and deliver by showing how tasks are down

· Be agile in their personal ways of working, Nuanced/articulate in managing up with either information flows, considered requests for assistance and/or progress reporting

· Compelling engagement, communication and presentation skills.

· Excellent organization sills and able to deal comfortably with competing priorities

· Agile and confident dealing with ambiguity, doesn’t need all the facts to proceed / make a decision

4) Other specialized knowledge:

a) Technical knowledge

• Have an advanced competence in program/project management to define and manage a seamless portfolio of activities including risks and issue management
• Outstanding business partnering skills to navigate and solve competing demands and or priorities to assist with creation of joined up workable plans
• Critical thinking and decision-making skills with ability to understand opportunities, create value and solve complex problems.
• Strong advanced negotiation and relationship management skills.

b) Languages

• English (Fluent), any other language is a plus.

c) IT skills

· MS suite including: Azure, PPT, Word, Excel and MS project

· Solid skills with Excel tools such as pivot tables and ideally connection to PowerBI

· Business Objects/tableau experience a plus

d) Product knowledge

• Good knowledge about products, materials, final product applications and functions

About Us

Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.

Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with kidney disease of which approximately 4.5 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. United by a shared purpose of creating a future worth living for chronically and critically ill people, we care for around 292,000 dialysis patients around the globe. In addition, we operate around 35 global production sites to provide products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers, and related disposables.

We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.