Senior Associate-Procurement

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!

Position Level: P2

Position Title: Global Procurement – R&D Transportation and Logistics Manager

Reports to: Director of Global Procurement, R&D

Position Type: Full Time

Requisites:


* This role will be responsible for sourcing support for Elanco Global R&D Transportation and Logistics services including distribution, international transportation (SEA, AIR, ROAD), sensitive partial, white glove services, cold chain, and other global logistics services.


* The person will primarily support the strategic requests/projects concerning global needs for Elanco R&D global sites and R&D vendors.


* In this role, the individual will interact with Elanco global R&D and logistics team as well as all other functions collaborating in the logistics environment (e.g Trade Compliance, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Security).


* The employee in this role has the responsibility for leading the R&D sourcing process from strategy development and supplier selection through contract negotiation and ongoing relationship management with other functions.  The person in the position works closely with key stakeholders on a daily basis.


* The person in this role will identify, negotiate with, and manage suppliers who provide goods and services to meet Elanco's global R&D logistics requirements whilst following Global Logistics Preferred Supplier Strategies.

These activities could include development of Requests for Information, Requests for Proposals as well as negotiation and contract execution.


* The person in the role will be leading T&L of R&D CAPEX including scientific equipment sourced and or repurposed globally.  Understanding of Incoterms in this area is helpful to drive best practices to the business.


* An additional goal of the position is to provide commercial experience and assist in managing risks with external R&D vendors.

Having a strong working knowledge of various logistical and trade compliance needs associated with scientific materials and other areas are desired for this position. 


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