**Purpose and Scope:** Execute category strategy, drive key sourcing activities and act as a Business Partner to the key stakeholders of the organization. **Tasks and Responsibilities:** **Strategy Execution** + Supports the category strategy creation and ensures execution of category strategies in the assigned country + Is an active part of the extended team for assigned country + Providing insights on the local/ regional market + Presents decision recommendation to the decision board to ensure a transparent and aligned decision making. **Business Partnering** + Identifies key stakeholders and acts as Business Partner to them. + With internal and/ or external stakeholders, creates a clear vision and value proposition for Procurement + Works with stakeholders to identify short and long-term plans for creating value (eg, sourcing plans, roadmaps) + ​Becomes a trusted advisor for key suppliers, and senior stakeholders for strategic advice and counsel. **Supplier Management and Selection** + Conducts complex supplier selection activities and management of formal strategic sourcing and RFx processes including supplier identification, supplier due diligence activities and owns supplier life-cycle management. Identifies relevant stakeholders for the sourcing event and manages them as a project team. + Drives and conducts price and contract negotiations with a high degree of autonomy, in alignment with business stakeholders and procurement functions as required. + Works with a high degree of autonomy and takes decisions within assigned area of responsibility. Presents results and recommendations for management decisions to relevant decision boards and stakeholders. + Coaches, supervises and collaborates with sourcing specialists for specified sourcing initiatives and supplier management. + Champions use of eSourcing, Spend Visibility, and R2P tools; leverages and utilizes eAuctions where appropriate. + For assigned areas, resolves diligently quality, supply, or any other issues in close collaboration with the local and regional stakeholders. **Analysis and Documentation** + Performs proposal analysis, including price analyses, “Should Cost” modelling, benchmarking and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). + Generates proposal/ quote comparisons and compiles detailed assessment of cost breakdowns. + Ensures full documentation (RFQs documents, contracts, and data & price maintenance at each sourcing project closure.) **Risk Management and Ethical Standards** + Evaluates financial stability of suppliers and manages supplier risks as needed while considering the local plans, regulations, and specificities. + Demonstrates the highest ethical standards and ensures Fresenius Medical Care procedures are adopted and followed. **Required training and education:** University Degree in Economics, Business Administration or respectively equal educational training incl. relevant work experience **Experience:** + Minimum 5 years professional experience within tactical Procurement + Extensive purchasing experience in an international context, Healthcare sector preferred + Knowledge of industry-specific rules and regulations as well as industry standards + Understands the business environment + Collects, handles, and analyses diverse data types while leveraging digital communication technologies. ​ + Delivers structured and compelling strategies based on data-driven insights, stakeholder needs and business objectives. ​ + Embraces change and new ideas as well as formulates and applies creative responses to problems. + Communicates effectively + Drives negotiations for strong outcomes including optimal financial and operational results. ​ + Collaborates to create and manage contracts aligned with legal standards.​ + Takes an organized approach to managing projects, including defining a clear scope, key deliverables and timeline that is communicated regularly to stakeholders.​ + Demonstrates and applies a holistic Procurement approach based on a deep internal & external analysis jointly with strong stakeholder engagement and a long-term vision and strategy. + Develops and applies a methodology for selecting, negotiating, contracting, and implementing supplier agreement(s) with the aim of reducing the total costs of purchased materials/goods/services while maintaining and improving levels of quality, service, and technology. + MS Office + Fluent English; Other languages a plus + Flexibility for occasional business travelling (10%)