Country Procurement & Supply Chain Lead

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En nous rejoignant, vous ferez partie d'une équipe internationale qui exploite la puissance des tests scientifiques et des analyses basées sur les données pour bâtir un avenir plus sain.

Australian Laboratory Services (ALS) is a publicly listed laboratory-based testing services company that provides a diversified line of independent analytical services to a range of top-tier customers in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, environmental, food, and minerals industries. Their diverse laboratories perform routine and specialty analytical testing for compliance, safety, certification and verification purposes. ALS employs 15,000+ staff across 65+ countries globally. Owing to the best-in-class offering, the company has consistently outperformed the industry and has grown to ~$2B AUD through acquisitions and organic expansions.

The company is focused on initiatives to improve Total Shareholder Return, of which strengthening the procurement and supply chain function is at the highest priority in the short term.

This role will oversee all Procurement / Purchasing and Supply chain activities and personnel in the company’s life sciences locations in France.  The role will be primarily responsible for coordinating with business leaders at the laboratory level and others in the European Procurement function to assess, continue to develop, implement best practices, and lead the Procurement / Purchasing and Supply Chain support function for France.

The role directly reports to the Head of Procurement & Supply Chain Europe region (solid line) and General Manager(s) and Lab Manager(s) for France locations (dotted line) and routinely interacts with Operations, Finance and other management personnel.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with laboratory managers, regional business leaders and European procurement and supply chain leadership to continue procurement execution in France building on existing capabilities, in line with Global procurement policies / procedures and KPI’s.
• Support and manage the centralised procurement and supply chain processes for at least three (3) existing laboratory’s in the country ; including but not limited to:
• Support role out of new ERP – Business Central and create procedures required for its use in all locations;
• Assess, develop and implement inventory management plan for the region supported by the new system, which may include organization of lab storage, min/max reorder points, and/or hub-and-spoke warehouse for consolidating orders and distributing goods to labs in region collaborating with the warehouse team.
• Analyse and execute best practice for centralised quoting, purchasing, expediting and delivery of goods required to support lab operations;
• Work with Regional technical teams to consolidate consumables and vendor to reduce cost / secure supply chains, promote sustainability.
• Improve DPO for the country in line woth corporate targets.
• Provide year on year savings for the business to include Direct and Indirect categories of spend.
• Identify, develop, qualify and improve relationships with existing and new vendors that can support business requirements  with focus on increasing reliability and value, while reducing costs and risk.
• Follow and promote the company’s health, safety and sustainability requirements and culture.
• Represent the procurement and supply chain function in meetings with other business areas and regional / global leadership.
• Set respective KPIs and ensure adherence, performance measurement and target achievement.

Skills and Behaviors:

• Cost reduction & savings delivery – track record of delivering year-on-year savings across direct and indirect spend categories
• Ability to negotiate and implement contract terms and conditions without support. With legal support for complex and high value contracts.
• End-to-end procurement management – sourcing, quoting, purchasing, expediting, and delivery
• Vendor management – ability to identify, qualify, develop and manage supplier relationships, negotiate contracts, and assess vendor performance
• The ability to persevere in the face of challenges and exhibit a resolve toward continuous improvement of the procurement and supply chain function.
• Value focused – pursues ways to reduce and improve cost of items and processes in the business and actively documents the savings to prove value.
• Lead by example and drive the organisation's performance while being open to feedback and self-improvement.
• Seek and analyse data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the overall strategy.
• Strong Communication - Written and Oral
• Advanced Computer Skills – Microsoft Excel, and MS Office
• Organised and able to multi-task between many goals and strategies.

Experience and Qualifications:

• 5-7+ years of Procurement experience in progressively advancing roles.  
• People management – experience supervising small teams (2–3 direct reports), including goal-setting, performance management, and coaching
• Familiarity with life sciences, laboratory, or pharmaceutical/nutraceutical procurement environments is highly desirable
• BA or BS degree in Supply Chain, Business, Technical / Engineering, or related field (preferred).
• Experience in working with ERP systems – Microsoft Dynamics – Business Central preferred

Travailler chez ALS

L'équipe ALS est une communauté diversifiée et dévouée, unie par notre passion de faire la différence dans le monde.

Nos valeurs sont importantes pour nous et façonnent notre façon de travailler, de nous traiter les uns les autres et de reconnaître l'excellence. 

Chez ALS, vous serez encouragé à développer de nouvelles compétences et à atteindre votre plein potentiel. Nous investissons dans nos collaborateurs grâce à des programmes et des opportunités qui vous aident à construire une carrière diversifiée à nos côtés.

Nous voulons que chacun puisse mener une carrière sûre, flexible et enrichissante, qui ait un impact positif sur nos collaborateurs, la planète et nos communautés.

Tout le monde compte

ALS est fière d'être un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances et s'engage à favoriser un environnement de travail inclusif où les forces et les perspectives de chaque employé sont à la fois reconnues et valorisées.

ALS accueille également les candidatures de personnes de tous niveaux de capacité. Des aménagements raisonnables pour accompagner les candidats tout au long du processus de recrutement sont disponibles sur demande. 

Conditions d'éligibilité
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