Sr. Procurement Manager

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Primary Function

This position is set up to secure the oversee the sourcing of all production Raw Materials including active ingredients, raw materials, excipients, packaging products, indirect services, etc., consumed by all Product supply centers in China.

The position is accountable for ensuring the consistent supply of materials and services at competitive cost level.

Primary Accountabilities/Responsibilities


* Build up effective raw material sourcing teams with right skills and mindset and develop the team members into trustful and capable business partners for relevant PS sites.


* Ensure supply security against key metrics (i.e.

on time delivery, regulatory/quality compliance, cost efficiency, inventory mgt, risk mgt, issue solving, customer feedback, etc.); be accountable for the achievement of KPIs and metrics.


* Understand the business needs and complexities of each division and production site.


* Identify and leverage synergies across all PS sites and drive for continue cost/efficiency optimization and innovative supply solutions.


* Lead the development, management, and implementation of sourcing strategies in line with global category strategies and the dynamic change of supply market and of our demand.


* Conduct detailed supplier and market analysis for all types of raw materials and services, monitor and indicate market trends and proactively alert potential supply risk as well as risk mitigation work.


* Assure sustainability and compliance with relevant policies and procedures in sourcing process implementation, develop qualified commercial and contractual framework to protect business interests.


* Build and manage supplier relationship and continues improve supplier performance.


* Act as an accountable primary interface to represent procurement function involved in all needed activities to support operation of the assigned product supply center(s)

Minimum Qualification:


* BA/BS degree or equivalent, MBA is a plus.


* At least 7 years of working experience, with 5 years in pharmaceuti...