Job Overview
Direct all aspects of Purchasing initiatives either regionally or globally and across different business functions to realize benefits. Ensure team adherence to the IQVIA Transnational corporate purchasing policy which encourages vendor competition.
Essential Functions
Lead corporate or departmental quality or process improvement initiatives.
Contribute to discussions on implementation of Purchasing strategy on a regional basis and implement objectives as appropriate. Ensure staff have a consistent understanding and positive impression of business strategy for regional and global objectives.
Lead strategic initiatives and develop implementation plans.
Provide leadership and management of Purchasing projects from conception through deployment. Establish project budgets, resource plans, milestones, tracking metrics, and success measures.
Identify purchasing programs where change will impact the business, develop implementation plans, lead change teams and regularly liaise with senior management.
Identify and agree with stakeholders the project team membership,



process steps and timetable and ensure stakeholder interests are adequately represented on the team.
Oversee preparation and presentation of purchasing recommendations to management and stakeholders.
Manage benchmarking and validate opportunities by Requests for Information, and prepare and issue competitive Requests for Proposals.
Manage and build relationships with internal stakeholders and function or business unit senior management to align priorities, ensure global procurement policies, processes and requirements are understood and complied with and to identify budget reduction opportunities and to ensure global procurement programs enable stakeholder to achieve their business plans.
Oversee the creation of purchasing plans, priorities, change programs and agree and implement vendor management programs.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree (required)
Equivalent combination of education, training an

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