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Senior Director Global Procurement Governance and Program Management
Date: Jun 16, 2025
Location:
Warsaw, Poland, 2031GA
Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals
Job Id: 62459
Who we are
Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.
The opportunity
Join Teva as a Senior Director of Global Procurement Governance and Program Management—a high-impact role where strategy meets execution. Reporting to the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), you will be the driving force behind alignment, operational excellence, and governance leadership across our global procurement function. We’re looking for a visionary leader with deep expertise in procurement, a commanding executive presence, and the ability to orchestrate complex, cross-functional initiatives with precision. If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment and are eager to shape the future of procurement on a global scale, this is your moment to lead and make a lasting impact.
Possible working locations: The Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, UK/IE & Poland
How you’ll spend your day
- Strategic Support & Planning: Act as a strategic thought partner to the CPO and leadership team, supporting the development and execution of the global procurement functional strategy.
- Operational Excellence: Organize and drive functional performance reviews and provide insights, commitment timelines, and operational dashboards across procurement categories, regions, and key initiatives.
- Leadership Coordination: Facilitate leadership meetings, including agenda setting, meeting orchestration, and follow-up on action items to ensure accountability.
- Program Management: Lead selected high-impact, cross-functional initiatives.
- Budget Oversight: Partner with Finance to track departmental budgets, headcount planning, and resource allocations.
- Change Management: Champion change initiatives across the global procurement function and support organizational design and development.
Your experience and qualifications
- Extensive leadership experience in procurement, operations, consulting, or corporate strategy, with a track record of successfully guiding teams, projects, or key initiatives.
- Expertise in procurement governance, sourcing, and supplier management within global environments, with a strategic approach to driving operational excellence.
- Strong ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations, fostering collaboration and alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Exceptional program management and executive-level communication skills, ensuring clarity, influence, and impact at all levels.
- A strategic mindset with proficiency in data analytics and procurement technologies (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa, Tableau), or a keen ability to leverage technology for efficiency and innovation.
- A commitment to integrity, discretion, and professionalism, serving as a trusted leader in shaping a high-performing procurement function.
- Skills:
- Visionary strategist with a results-driven mindset, seamlessly balancing long-term planning with decisive execution.
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Exceptional relationship-builder, fostering collaboration and trust across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced and ambiguous environments, demonstrating agility and resilience in navigating complexity.
- Culturally aware and globally minded, adept at working across geographies and adapting to varied business landscapes.
Reports To
Chief Procurement Officer
Pre-employment verification
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Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment
Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.
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