Procurement Specialist

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.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

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!

Your Role: Procurement Specialist

Responsible for collaborating with global and local teams for the strategic sourcing and purchasing of direct/indirect materials and indirect services within the scope of site procurement.

This role also encompasses the identification and realization of initiatives aimed at improving the overall performance of assigned spend categories.

Your Responsibilities:


* Ensure that the needs of the local business are met through an adequate supply of goods, equipment and services while ensuring compliance needs, all laws & internal policies, procedures and global category strategies.


* Collaborate with Global Category Leaders to align and execute global procurement strategies at a local level.

Drive value creation through the local implementation of the Global strategies for goods and services, focusing on optimizing cost, quantity, time, and quality, while fostering innovation.


* Lead cross-functional collaboration with Supply Chain, TSMS, Quality, and Production to drive new supplier selection.

This ensures alignment with business needs to deliver quality, compliance, service, and cost-effectiveness.


* Run Sourcing Events and process Purchase Orders/Requisitions


* Spearhead supplier compliance initiatives and assist in maintaining an the site Approved Supplier List.


* Monitor compliance with pricing standards in site business plan to minimize adverse PPV.


* Defend the commercial and legal interests of the local business by setting up purchase contracts, managing disputes and mediation with suppliers.


* Collaborates with the Centralized Procurement Team (CPT) to oversee the delegation of core transactional activities ensuring the integration of CPT reporting into the APAC operational framework and frees up time for more value-added activities, such as lowering the total cost of acquisition for materials and services


* Collaborate with Supply Chain to make necessary updates to procurement aspects of Material Master Data.


* Leverages superior analytical skills to collaborate with Site Leadership on service level agreement...