Sourcing Specialist Enabling Function Procurement

**Sourcing Specialist | Enabling Function | Procurement | São Paulo | SP**

At Bayer, we work hard to make this company a better place for our employees - and the world a better place for everyone. “Health for all, hunger for none.” That's our vision at Bayer.

Bayer is a global company with core competencies in the areas of life sciences, health care and agriculture. As an innovation company, we set trends in research-intensive areas. Bayer's products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their life quality.

**Position**: Sourcing Specialist | Enabling Function | Procurement | São Paulo | SP**

**GET TO KNOW OUR AREA**:
Bayer Procurement shapes the future, by influencing the global trends in many Categories.

Together, we connect Internal and external Networks and create Competitive advantages for our Businesses.

We are a networked global community of procurement experts and problem solvers who truly support and help each other be our Best.

**YOUR MISSION WILL BE TO**:

- Supports strategy execution & implementation of global category Strategy;
- Implements categories strategies and initiatives for his/her materials and services, ensuring alignment, compliance with Procurement guideline, as well as other internal/external process standards and delivery of required business performance in his/her region or sub-category / project;
- Understands business needs & engages with regional and local stakeholders to meet their priorities and requirements and therefore, builds effective, trustful, personal and virtual relationships with key regional/country/project stakeholders;
- Establishes effective, trustful, personal relationships with key business stakeholders to set joint target agreements, aligns sourcing projects (if applicable also across-categories) and be the contact point for all procurement related topics for his/her business stakeholder community;
- Manages supply agreements & contracts;
- Monitors and controls contractual agreements and clauses over entire lifecycle and minimizes exposure to contractual risks in external relationships through usage of terms and conditions aligned with legal function;
- Provides project or country-specific market intelligence to mitigate supply risk, gain competitive advantage and make better business decisions;
- Continuously conducts detailed supplier and supply market analysis at project or country level looking at facts and indicating market trends in supply base and technology;
- Manages supplier relationships and implements supplier management principles in supply base, builds relationships and improves supplier performance, Incorporates company's responsibility and commitment to sustainable business practices into category supplier relationships and ensures compliance through reports, audits and improvement plans.

**ARE YOU READY FOR THE POSITION?**
- Required completed graduation in Engineering, Economics, Business Management or Accounting;
- Required High proficiency level (advanced) in English;
- Stakeholder engagement skills combined with influencing & engagement skills across cultures, hierarchies and across functions;
- Solid background and ideally intitial expertise in Procurement, procurement processes and methodologies (e.g.category management,supplier management and sourcing);
- Able to work in a global and virtual working environment;
- Regional market insights and category expertise;
- Change management and project management;
- Financial acumen;
- Analytical decision making;
- Communicates procurement mandate to stakeholders.

**What´s in it for you?**

At Bayer we have established our benefits in three essential pillars, which integrate and converge to promote the life quality and well-being of our employees.
- Health Care Plan
- Dental Plan
- Medicines Subsidy
- GymPass
- “Conte Comigo” - Psychological, chemical dependence, legal and financial assistance
- “Bem Nascer” - Health monitoring during pregnancy, no coparticipation in the health care plan, workshop for pregnant women (employees or partner of employees), extended maternity and paternity leave, daycare assistance, Bepantol baby, etc.
- Private Pension Plan
- Life Insurance
- CoopBayer - Cooperative that aims at the financial education and giving credit for employees
- Holidays bridge and holidays regular schedule, occurs all year round, including eve of National Holidays
- Vacations flexibility (within the provisions of the Brazilian legislation)
- **Bayer Country Club - Country Club facilities: Leisure area, game room, swimming pool, gym, party room and football pitch)
- Working from Home policy
- Flex Time and Short Friday
- There may be some difference in the benefits package according to position and location

**It depends on employee association

Bayer continues to hire for all positions, the interviews and the onboarding process are being conducted virtually due to COVID-19. We have taken all the safety measures to take care of our employees and w