Procurement Lead - Indirect Procurement

The Procurement Lead – Indirect Procurement is responsible for sourcing and managing non-material spend categories including MRO, capital equipment, engineering and facility services, laboratory supplies and instruments, IT, professional services, logistics and site operating services. The role owns the end-to-end indirect procurement cycle: demand clarification with technical stakeholders, competitive sourcing, negotiation, contracting and transaction execution within the ERP system (SAP). Unlike direct procurement, indirect spend is fragmented, specification-ambiguous and stakeholder-driven. The role therefore requires strong analytical judgment, structured problem solving and the ability to convert unclear or incomplete requirements into a defensible sourcing decision. The incumbent is expected to operate both strategically and tactically, while continuously improving the underlying process.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain category profiles for assigned indirect spend; Develop and execute annual sourcing plans and a tracked savings pipeline; Reduce tail spend and supplier fragmentation through rationalization, preferred-supplier programs and catalog / blanket order structures; Support capital project and new business costing with sourced, benchmarked indirect cost inputs; Run competitive RFI / RFQ / RFP events and recommend award with documented rationale; Negotiate price, payment terms, service levels, warranty and total cost of ownership; Coordinate with Legal, Quality, EHS and IT on contracts, MSAs, service agreements and compliance documentation; Evaluate, qualify and onboard new suppliers; Perform spend analytics, price-variance analysis, should-cost and total cost of ownership modeling, and market benchmarking; Extract and structure SAP purchasing data and maintain recurring dashboards and reporting; Process purchase requisitions to purchase orders in SAP; Own PO-GRN-invoice three-way match resolution and workflow exception clearance; Expedite critical orders and communicate revised commitments proactively; Maintain complete and audit-ready purchasing documentation; Apply functional understanding of trade compliance, including Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes and Incoterms; Identify and eliminate process defects across the requisition-to-pay cycle; Improve requisition quality at source through stakeholder guidance, templates and specification standards; Standardize and automate recurring reporting using Excel and available digital tools; Support master data accuracy and governance for indirect materials and services; Resolve conflict and ambiguity across specification, lead time, price, scope creep and supplier performance disputes; Manage urgent, unplanned and single-source situations under time pressure; Escalate supply, cost and compliance risks with a proposed mitigation; Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Maintenance, QC, QA, Operations, IT, Facilities, EHS and Finance; Evaluate suppliers on delivery timeliness, quality, responsiveness, service level and adherence to contractual terms; Conduct periodic business reviews with key suppliers and drive corrective action with underperformers

Requirements

Shall adhere to all regulatory requirements, including Health Canada, EPA, and related safety, health and environmental procedures, policies and practices; Consistent support and practice of all Piramal's mission and values; Identify and protect original technical information as part of company property; Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily