Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager - Country Business Partner

Amgen Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotechnology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager to develop category strategies and drive supply continuity. This role involves collaborating with leadership teams and overseeing supplier partnerships to achieve business goals. Ideal candidates will possess strong sourcing and procurement experience in a global context and have a degree. You will champion initiatives that align procurement performance with business objectives, ensuring value delivery within the organization.

Qualifications

• Sourcing and procurement experience in a global, profit-driven environment.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders as a trusted advisor.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to business and leadership teams.
• Drive a three-year savings and value pipeline.
• Lead sourcing strategies and supplier partnerships.

Skills

Sourcing and procurement experience

Strong change management skills

Ability to partner with senior leaders

Experience in leading cross-functional initiatives

Education

Degree educated

Job description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager – Country Business Partner

In this vital role, you will drive Category Strategies and Source-to-Contract solutions to deliver quality, cost savings, and supply continuity while meeting P&L objectives across the United Kingdom and Ireland. You will lead strategic partnerships, enable enterprise-wide initiatives, and position Global Procurement as a key value driver through collaboration, innovation, and change leadership.

You will report directly to the Director for Global Strategic Sourcing in the ELMAC region (Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Canada).

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to business and leadership teams, shaping and influencing the sourcing agenda.
• Drive a three-year savings and value pipeline aligned with category strategies and financial targets.
• Lead sourcing strategies, RfX processes, and supplier partnerships in collaboration with Amgen Capability Center Portugal (ACCP) sourcing team, category leads and other stakeholders.
• Oversee third-party spend and ensure compliant access to goods and services.
• Partner with Finance and cross-functional teams to capture, track, and realize value.
• Leverage market intelligence and supplier innovation to support business objectives.
• Champion supplier relationship management and continuous improvement for critical supplier.
• Ensure alignment and execution of procurement initiatives that connect category strategies with business needs.
• Drive implementation of category initiatives to align procurement performance with business objectives.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced professional, are these qualifications and skills:

• Degree educated
• Sourcing and procurement experience in a global and profit driven environment across indirect spend categories.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders as a trusted advisor.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and making strategic category decisions and representing major vertical categories at top-level decision-making forums.
• Strong change management skills to drive adoption of complex procurement strategies.
• Ability to translate business priorities into actionable category strategies.