Platform Business Partner, GMS CapEx Procurement
Zoetis

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Role Description

Zoetis Inc. is a global leader in the animal health industry, focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and commercialization of medicines, vaccines, diagnostic products and services, biodevices, genetic tests and precision animal health technology.

• The platform business partner GMS CapEx procurement is a new role responsible for the establishment of a new Global CAPEX Procurement function within Global Manufacturing and Supply.
• The position will report directly to the Global Head GMS CapEx procurement who sits on the Global Procurement & External Supply Leadership Team.
• You will work with the Global Head of GMS CapEx Procurement and other new members of the team to define roles and responsibilities as well as the organizational setup; you will also determine how to business partner with all of our 28 manufacturing sites around the globe.
• In this role you will be responsible for business partnering activities across the enterprise but with specific responsibility for one of the 2 manufacturing platforms (Biopharmaceuticals or Pharma) within our growing internal manufacturing network.
• As a visionary and experienced business partner with significant global procurement experience within the CapEx area, you will partner with your colleagues responsible for establishing the categories within this new team providing best in class business partnering support to the platform lead, site leads as well as both the site and engineering teams and the individual manufacturing site heads within the platform.
• You will play a pivotal role in establishing the new team, driving transformation and together becoming trusted business partners to the organization
• You will be part of the extended leadership team of the platform, be the ambassador to the team of the GMS CapEx procurement function, and provide guidance and support where and when needed.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as main point of contact to the Platform Lead
• Maintain long term CapEx project investment plan and proactively support the platform in executing the plan according to agreed funding and internal approval processes.
• Act as liaison between the Platform / Site personnel including Global Engineering to coordinate support from the category managers (especially for projects spanning multiple categories)
• Project tracking to ensure all sourcing/procurement tasks are progressing within the required timelines and ensure capital governance compliance
• Provide guidance to category managers to ensure projects are prioritized in coordination with other Platform Business Partners
• Support Category Managers with contract/price negotiations as needed
• Managing the global project portfolio within your category of expertise
• Support development and deployment into the platform category strategy incl. a preferred supplier catalogue
• Lead or oversee the end-to-end strategic sourcing process - contract negotiation, supplier evaluation, selection process, business relationship management and performance assessments and metrics to realize externalized capabilities and cost efficiencies in close alignment with the category managers
• Provide best in class procurement and commercial support to the GMS capex portfolio securing best terms and conditions for Zoetis while at the same time securing project delivery within agreed budget and timeline
• Build strong business relationships to key internal stakeholders, including manufacturing platform leads, manufacturing site heads, project managers, the manufacturing strategy/capital planning team, global engineering, finance, legal and the global procurement community
• Define and implement category structure and strategies supporting the assets already installed and new projects/assets to come
• Define and lead total value of ownership initiatives across your category incl. standardization projects including sustainability aspects across your category incl. deal structuring, contracts and negotiations
• Proactively drive continued optimization opportunities to processes, systems and lowering the total value of ownership within existing assets and new projects/assets
• Strong ability to develop, implement and deliver on the savings pipeline based on all available data from the capex database as well as global benchmarks, feedstocks, market conditions and experience.

Role Competencies:

• The ideal candidate for the role will be a seasoned global capex procurement colleague who is a high performer setting ambitious yet realistic targets for own category.
• You have a proven track record of developing and implementing the category strategy, bringing in the right suppliers in alignment with the values and behaviors of Zoetis and continuously delivering according to high standards.
• You have global experience working across cultures and timezones and knowledge of the supplier landscape with a focus on the US and EU.
• You have experience with driving the supplier lifecycle of contract management post negotiation and implementation.
• +12 years CapEx category management experience preferably from the pharmaceutical, food or automotive industry
• Strong business acumen and systems thinker
• Strong networker by role modelling collaboration with senior business stakeholders (internally and externally). Proactively engage both yourself and team members within the business to develop relevant strategies through procurement insights.
• Ability to display "can do mindset" and always striving for continued improvements
• Constructively challenge to maximize opportunity and minimize/mitigate risk.
• Great communication and presentation skills and the ability to report procurement progress to C-level
• Good financial understanding (payments terms incl. down payments, NPV calculation, depreciations and impact on P&L and asset management)

Education:

• 12+ years of global CapEx procurement experience
• M.Sc degree or MBA degree e.g. within engineering, business administration or other relevant fields
• Preferably experience from the pharmaceutical, FMCG or automotive industry
• Ability to cultivate internal and external business partnerships that deliver business objectives with trust and transparency; leverage supplier and marketplace extertise; collaborate on multi-year strategic and operational plans; and drive business outcomes for efficiency, savings and value creation
• Demonstrated successs in leading complex supplier negotiations and supplier management activities, supplier evaluations and analyses using all available market intelligence, risk, compliance and financial assessment tools

Requirements:

• Strong procurement tool box and experience with category management.
• Experience with building "should cost tools/models"
• Proven global experience with setting up and negotiating Engineering Services and General Contractor contracts. This experience should also include Time & Material, Cost Reimbursable and Fixed Fee / Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contracts.
• Proven global experience with Permanent Plant Materials (PPM) contracts. This experience should include electrical, mechanical, piping and automation contracts. Knowledge and experience should include domestic and international suppliers; with a focus on US/EU based suppliers where possible.
• Proven experience in equipment supply (and installation) contracts from major pharmaceutical equipment suppliers located in the US, EU and China.
• Proven and solid experience with negotiating large scale to medium sized projects and the supporting deal structure including but not imited to payment and delivery terms, performance KPI's, risk and liability measures and incentive structure
• Knowledge of SAP for CAPEX project and MRO planning/maintenance
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (i.e. Excel, Access, PowerPoint incl. ThinkCell, and Word)
• Experience with financial capex flows in Ariba
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Languages:

• English - written and spoken is a must
• Other languages (i.e. German, French or Spanish) preferred

This position may be based at any of the following Zoetis locations:

• Dublin, Ireland
• Parsippany, NJ
• Kalamazoo, MI
• Lincoln, NE
• Olot, Spain

Zaventem, Belgium

Full time

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Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at zoetiscolleagueservices@zoetis.com to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of "@zoetis.com". In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.

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