Procurement Manager

Posted Wednesday 7 January 2026 at 00:00

At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

In this role you will be accountable for Kindeva’s Procurement performance and have responsibility for all aspects of Operational Procurement including the local implementation of strategic sourcing projects at site and “in country” sourcing and negotiations.

The expenditure will cover both direct and indirect goods and services and entail the active engagement of specialist resources within the Global Procurement Organization (GPO).

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Aim for World Class Procurement in all aspects and promote the Global Procurement Organization model.
• Perform management responsibilities including hiring/termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.
• Manage the local Procurement operations team, to include policy and process enforcement, personnel management, supplier onboarding, transaction management and fiscal responsibility.
• Drive environmental and sustainability principles in all and procurement activities.
• Ensure alignment with HR on contingent labor requirements and ensure the proper deployment of all contingent labor policies and requirements.
• Business partner internal and external stakeholders for all Procurement operations related questions, feedback, transformations or service escalations.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with business partners and stakeholders both internal and external.
• Develop, maintain, review and communicate appropriate KPI and KRI metrics and identify problem areas for root cause and remediation.
• Compliance with international and local laws governing procurement practices.
• Obtain tiered pricing wherever possible for unit volume ranges.
• Support preparation and execution of local compliance and controls initiatives.
• Monitor and execute the end-to-end process related to standard purchase order-based procure to pay process including order placement, monitoring, expediting/de-expediting and invoice issue resolution.
• Lead the local implementation, change management and adoption of Global Procurement standards, processes and procedures.
• Drive continuous improvement and simplification of local procurement processes in alignment with Global Procurement operations.
• Escalate any delivery issues that cannot be resolved and will impact on the production schedule.
• Responsible for local audits associated with the procure to pay controls identified in the documented processes.
• Ensure Past Due purchase orders report is managed effectively to ensure suppliers payment terms are not compromised.
• Manage site cash effectively by ensuring the economic order quantities are appropriate, payment terms are maximized and MRP exception messages (EXDX) are regularly reviewed and executed.
• Provide support for Category Strategies and strategic sourcing projects, including resource allocation and management.
• Collaborate with the Category Management team to ensure strategic sourcing projects are implemented in an effective manner.
• Manage Supplier Relationships, including Performance and Risk Management at a country level.
• Identify new potential suppliers, executes Supplier Selection and conducts Negotiations.
• Perform Contract Management (local suppliers) referring to Legal as required.
• Maintain/action metrics of all procurement-related activities on site.
• Execute local eSourcing activities including training suppliers, running events within the guidelines provided.
• Constructs a multiyear program of cost savings initiatives in association with Category Management and communicates those into the GPO savings program.

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Chemistry or Engineering.
• Recognized Qualification in Procurement, such as CPSM, preferred.
• Leading experience and knowledge in negotiation preparation and execution.
• 5+ years’ experience in Procurement Management (or 5 years as a Procurement Specialist) preferred.
• Working knowledge of ERP in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), Oracle or SAP and…