Indirect Sourcing Manager – Europe

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🌐 Czechia, Poland – Remote

🇨🇿 Czechia – Remote 🇵🇱 Poland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🛒 Procurement

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Avantor

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1904

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

Healthcare • Manufacturing • Consulting

Avantor is a leading life science tools company and global provider of mission-critical products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries. The company collaborates with scientists around the world to enable breakthroughs in medicine, healthcare, and technology. Avantor offers a proven portfolio of trusted, quality brands used in research, development, and production activities across more than 300,000 customer locations in 180 countries. It focuses on supporting scientific journeys through reliable products, digital solutions, innovation, and manufacturing facilities. Avantor is committed to sustainability, advancing biopharma, and enhancing scientific collaboration with digital technologies.

📋 Description

• Manage assigned categories within Indirect Materials and Services across Europe and globally • Develop and implement sourcing strategies to reduce costs, mitigate supply risks, and improve supplier performance • Drive productivity and cost-saving initiatives across indirect spend categories • Analyze spending trends and identify process optimization and savings opportunities • Build and maintain a rolling sourcing strategy and project roadmap • Lead RFI/RFQ processes, supplier qualification, negotiations, and contract execution • Manage supplier relationships and resolve commercial, pricing, and performance-related issues • Monitor category spend to ensure sourcing savings are captured and sustained • Support budgeting activities with market intelligence and pricing insights • Establish governance, processes, reporting structures, and sourcing documentation • Provide project updates, reporting, and escalation management to senior leadership • Collaborate with business stakeholders, Legal, Finance, and Procurement leadership • Identify productivity projects and drive implementation of sourcing strategies and continuous improvement initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field • Minimum 10 years of professional experience • At least 5 years of indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, operational, or commercial experience • Proven experience managing indirect spend categories in a multi-country or international environment • Experience working within global, matrix organizations • Fluent English communication skills • Experience using Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies • Ability to prioritize effectively, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and work independently in a remote work environment • Willingness to travel internationally as required • Preferred: Master's degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related discipline • Preferred: Professional Procurement or Project Management certification • Preferred: SAP software environment skills • Preferred: Knowledge of sourcing analytics and advanced spend analysis methodologies • Preferred: Experience within the chemical, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or manufacturing industries

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible remote work environment • Learning experiences to support career growth and success • Diverse, equitable and inclusive culture • International travel opportunities

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