Category Specialist - Antimalarial Medicines (m/f/d)

Freelance/temporary employment for a project
Geneva
Start date: asap
Reference number: 758144/1
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Your responsibilities

  • Responsibly for supporting the Pharmaceutical Sourcing Manager to design and develop the product category strategy and global tendering by leveraging product and supplier knowledge, category management skills and other subject matter expertise
  • Accountable for managing the operational implementation of the product category strategy, tender outcomes, contracts and performance
  • Accountable for the delivery of product category savings targets following engagement in the target setting process
  • Manages the supplier relationship by serving as the primary interface with manufacturers
  • Responsible for managing the supplier performance against agreed performance KPIs
  • Implements and ensures compliance and delivery of value in contract implementation and allocation of demand to meet contractual requirements and financial commitments
  • Serves as critical implementer of the Board-approved Market Shaping Strategy objectives through both category-specific and cross-cutting elements
  • Ensure continued availability and affordability of the needed category products
  • Responsible for developing category product forecasts for category strategies, tenders, contract implementation, annual supplier financial commitments and external partner engagements to ensure that the organization can anticipate health product demand and take necessary actions to ensure continuity of supply
  • Focal point for antimalarial medicines in the inter-team and inter-divisional demand management process to meet the needs of efficient and effective sourcing and grant implementation

Your profile

  • Advanced degree in health, science or business field, ideally associated with business administration or financial qualification
  • Well-founded experience in public/ private health product sourcing
  • Relevant experience engaging with/ within Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs)
  • An excellent knowledge of English and preferably a good working knowledge of French or one of the following: Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish

Your benefits

  • A very renowned company
  • Continuous support during the assignment
  • Interesting tasks in a multinational environment

About Hays

Real purchasing professionals are rare, in high demand and have a correspondingly high market value. Whether in operational or strategic purchasing, in indirect or direct purchasing, in line management or as a project expert, Hays opens doors for you and provides advice on your next career step – completely free of charge. We will find the right job for you on the basis of your experience and according to your interests and ideas. Simply register with us and benefit from interesting and suitable job offers and projects that are not advertised on the market. We look forward to hearing from you.

Staffing process for freelance specialists

  1. Analysis of qualifications
  2. Telephone or personal interview
  3. Contact with customers
  4. Contract with Hays
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  2. 1. Analysis of qualifications

    We carry out a detailed analysis of your technical qualifications on the basis of your CV, your application documents and your profile.

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Your contact at Hays

+41 44 225 50 00
Reference number : 758144/1
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