Pharmaceutical Procurement Lead / Category Manager (Engineering & Construction)
Contract Role – 12 months – Scotland/Hybrid
Role Overview
* Job Title: Pharmaceutical Procurement Lead / Category Manager (Engineering & Construction)
* Contract Type: Contract
* Duration: 12 months
* Sector: Pharmaceutical
* Location: Scotland (Hybrid)
Responsibilities and Duties
* 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.
Qualifications
* 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.
Further Information
Please feel free to contact Daisy Nguyen at Gibbs Consulting/Atrium UK (dnguyen@gibbsconsulting.com) for a confidential chat regarding the role.
Please note: Due to the volume of applications received, only suitable applicants will be contacted.
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