# Procurement Strategy & Business Partnership **Company**: Pfizer **Location**: Dar El Beida **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://pfizer.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PfizerCareers/job/Algeria---Dar-El-Beida/Procurement-Manager_4955163?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_71604f88-e83 ## Description We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement professional to join our Global Procurement team in Algeria. As a Procurement Strategy & Business Partnership lead, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing procurement strategies that align with business objectives. **Responsibilities:** - Translate business priorities, demand forecasts, and operational requirements into practical procurement plans. - Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Quality, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, Engineering, EHS, IT, PX/HR, and other functions to align specifications, timelines, budgets, and sourcing approaches. - Provide procurement insight on supply markets, cost drivers, supplier options, lead times, and continuity risks. - Build annual and multi-year procurement roadmaps aligned with business objectives and approved budgets. - Ensure appropriate alignment between local procurement requirements and regional/global procurement and category strategies. **Direct & Indirect Purchasing Management:** - Lead and coordinate direct and indirect procurement activities within the locally assigned scope, in partnership with Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing and Global Procurement. - Optimize the total cost of ownership while balancing quality, service, technical specific delivery performance, operational continuity, and compliance. - Identify alternative supply sources and opportunities for supplier consolidation, standardization, demand management, and cost optimization. **Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Negotiation:** - Plan and lead competitive sourcing events, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, bid evaluation, and supplier recommendations. - Develop sourcing strategies appropriate to the category, spend, business requirements, supplier market, risk, and operational criticality. - Develop negotiation strategies and lead commercial negotiations covering price, service, quality, lead time, payment terms, warranties, delivery terms, and other relevant commercial conditions. **Procurement Operations & Governance:** - Ensure procurement transactions follow approved policies, delegation of authority, budget controls, and documentation requirements. - Ensure appropriate Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order processes are followed and procurement documentation remains complete and audit-ready. - Monitor operational performance, resolve escalations, and address root causes affecting cycle time, service quality, material availability, or supplier payment. **Supplier Performance, Risk & Continuity:** - Establish supplier governance appropriate to supplier criticality and business impact. - Monitor supplier performance across cost, quality, service, delivery, compliance, and continuity dimensions. - Identify procurement and third-party risks, maintain mitigation plans, and escalate material continuity or compliance concerns. **Compliance, Controls & Responsible Procurement:** - Promote compliance with procurement standards, internal controls, anti-bribery and anti-corruption expectations, privacy requirements, quality obligations, and applicable local laws. - Ensure appropriate due diligence, conflict-of-interest management, competitive bidding, approvals, and audit-ready recordkeeping. **Leadership & Continuous Improvement:** - Lead, coach, and develop procurement colleagues where applicable, with clear objectives, role clarity, feedback, and development plans. - Create a service-oriented culture based on accountability, collaboration, speed, and sound judgement. - Build procurement capabilities across direct materials, indirect categories, strategic sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management. **Requirements:** - Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is an advantage. - 5 to 10 years of progressive experience in direct and/or indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or related operations, including leadership of complex negotiations and cross-functional projects. - Experience in regulated pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, or FMCG sectors; multinational experience is preferred. - Demonstrated understanding of direct materials procurement and indirect categories, preferably within a manufacturing/site environment. - Working knowledge of Purchase-to-Pay processes, contracting, supplier management, internal controls, and ERP or e-procurement systems. - Strong understanding of supplier risk management, competitive sourcing, commercial negotiation, and Total Cost of Ownership principles. - Professional proficiency in English and French; Arabic is an advantage. - Ability to collaborate effectively in a matrixed, multicultural environment. ## Skills ### Required - procurement - supply chain - strategic sourcing - commercial negotiation - supplier management - French ### Nice to have - Arabic - ERP or e-procurement systems --- Source: [Apply at pfizer.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com](https://pfizer.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PfizerCareers/job/Algeria---Dar-El-Beida/Procurement-Manager_4955163?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)