Senior Procurement Manager External Manufacturing

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LeasingTeam Professional supports Polish and global enterprises in sourcing key talent and in human resources management. The Agency specializes in permanent recruitment for mid- and senior level positions and in white‑collar outsourcing. It successfully completes recruitment projects by applying a trademark ASSET® methodology that structures recruiter activities and boosts their effectiveness. We have offices in Warsaw, Katowice, Gdańsk and Wrocław. Professional is part of LeasingTeam Group – Poland’s largest group of exclusively Polish‑owned personnel consultancy companies that, for the past 21 years, have been effectively linking candidates with employers and providing them with a comprehensive range of HR services.

Job Description

This role sits within the Materials, Manufacturing & CAPEX Procurement Delivery group, which covers the core procurement activities from category management, strategic and operational sourcing, supplier management, contracting, content strategy definition, and execution.

As a Senior Procurement Manager in External Manufacturing (CDMO Procurement), you will bring analytical thinking, planning, execution, and focus to the procurement sourcing and delivery capability area. Using your specialized knowledge, very good communication skills, and in‑depth expertise in a specific category or spend areas and procurement overall, you will proactively identify and drive strategies and approaches for managing and sourcing third‑party spend requirements. You can also play the role of Category strategy owner in charge of driving, coordinating and signing the category strategy.

You will collaborate on a global level with internal procurement (such as Customer Excellence, Insights, Analytics, Contracting, etc.) and business stakeholders to build and implement comprehensive category sourcing and spend management strategies that are aligned to business needs and functional objectives.

You will work closely with other team members, as a peer coach, project or workstream lead to identify opportunities to aggregate customer demand, drive buying channel automation, deliver on day‑to‑day activities, and provide capacity, expertise and oversight to productivity and other customer‑oriented projects/solutions.

Expectations

• Higher education required, preferably in business or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement in the areas of strategic sourcing, global category management, complex procurement contracts, and category operational efficiency projects.
• Solid leadership experience, extensive procurement experience, and in‑depth knowledge of one or more categories.
• Extensive experience in procurement systems and processes.
• In‑depth knowledge and experience in outsourcing – CDMO management, commodity area, and knowledge of related commodities.
• Project management skills.
• Fluent English.

Offer

• Full‑time employment based on an employment contract.
• Annual bonus payment based on your performance.
• Dedicated training budget (training, certifications, conferences, diversified career paths, etc.).
• Recharge Fridays (2 Fridays off per quarter available).
• Take Time Program (up to 3 months of leave to use for any purpose).
• Vacation subsidy available.
• Flex Location (possibility to perform our work from different places in the world for a certain period of time).
• Take Time for Charity (additional paid leave of maximum 2 weeks to engage in the charity action of your choice).
• Private healthcare (LuxMed packages), group life insurance (UNUM) and Multisport.
• Stock share purchase additions.
• Yearly sales of company laptops and cars and many more!

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Purchasing and Supply Chain
• Human Resources Services