The Global Procurement Launch and Expansion (GPLE) team manages the flow of materials to new or expanding sites by monitoring and mitigating supply risks.

Our Supply Chain Program Manager role will work with various functional partners to make sure that items and equipment are ordered and delivered to sites just in time.

The role will also create and review processes and continuously improve them.

Key job responsibilities
Be accountable for ensuring risks and escalations are mitigated to meet launch program timelines for new site launches and expansions in the network.

Serve as the interface between vendors, procurement, and the business to track, monitor and control procurement project plans.

Optimize the Supply Chain via deep dive and strategically identifying processes and tools to reduce manual effort, optimize costs and improve data visibility.

Plan and execute continuous improvement initiatives and alignment in the region, through implementation of best practices, standardization of project execution and governance that deliver long-term value to internal customers.

Collaborate with suppliers and establish monitoring processes, where applicable, to ensure timely deliveries and quality compliance.

Manage multiple, competing projects and priorities simultaneously.

About the team
GPLE is a global function within GPO that enables the on-time launch of new sites, expansions, and retrofits, by ensuring non-inventory materials are planned for, ordered and delivered in full, and services are mobilized on-time, whilst managing a high level of ambiguity due to differing needs that span across multiple stakeholder organizations.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in program or project management
• Experience in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics
• Experience in supply chain
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience leading process improvements
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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