Pharmaceutical Procurement Lead​/Category Manager; Engineering & Construction

Pharmaceutical Procurement Lead / Category Manager (Engineering & Construction)

Contract Role – 12 months – Scotland/Hybrid

• Job Title: Pharmaceutical Procurement Lead / Category Manager (Engineering & Construction)
• Contract Type: Contract
• Duration: 12 months
• Sector: Pharmaceutical
• Location: Scotland (Hybrid)

• Category strategy and category management.
• Market analysis.
• RFx.
• Negotiation.
• Contract drafting & management.
• Project management of full end-to-end sourcing process on defined purchasing categories.
• Ability to influence stakeholder behaviors in a changing/evolving environment.
• Ability to leverage past experience and industry knowledge to continuously motivate change both inside & outside area of direct responsibilities.

• 6‑10 years Capital Construction & Engineering experience mandatory.
• 6‑10 years experience procuring Professional Services (design, engineering, and project delivery consultants) and Trade packages within complex, multistage project delivery model (Front End & Execution) e.g., FEED + EPCm.
• Advanced understanding of contractual risk allocation across delivery models (i.e., EPCM, EPC, IPD).
• Advanced understanding of categories present within capital projects:
  Professional Services, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Control & Instrumentation, Automation, Mechanical & Piping, Process equipment.
• Experience with and drafting standard form contract agreements – FIDIC, NEC, IChemE; NEC preferred.
• Experience with Lump Sum, Cost Plus, Re‑measurable & Target Cost models.
• Good people management both downward and upward.
• Master level in Economics or Business or engineering (industrial management).
• Specialised Master in Procurement is a plus.
• Experience in Pharma, Food, FMCG; life sciences background a plus.
• Experience in Capital Construction & Engineering is a must.

Please feel free to contact Daisy Nguyen at Gibbs Consulting/Atrium UK () for a confidential chat regarding the role.

Please note:

Due to the volume of applications received, only suitable applicants will be contacted.