Site Procurement Leader

Position Summary: The Site Procurement Leader provides direct accountability and oversight for total purchasing & procurement activities for Plasma Canada ensuring alignment with corporate strategies, policies, and applicable Canadian regulatory requirements. They work closely with Global Procurement and Business Unit leadership in pursuit of sustainable reductions in total cost of ownership of goods and services procured by ensuring that the lowest long term costs and highest quality goods and services are made available to Grifols.                     Position Objective: The Site Procurement Leader is responsible for leading and overseeing purchasing and procurement activities across the Plasma Canada operations, ensuring alignment with global and regional strategies, corporate policies and support strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, cost optimization, contract compliance, and purchasing efficiency to support uninterrupted plasma collection operations across the Canadian donor center network This position works in close partnership with Global Procurement, Plasma Operations, Finance, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Compliance, Facilities, Engineering, and IT teams to identify business needs, establish effective sourcing strategies, manage supplier performance, and ensure the timely acquisition of goods and services. They also oversee procurement processes, purchasing controls, supplier agreements, and spend management to promote operational consistency, mitigate supply chain risks, and maintain compliance with corporate standards and applicable regulations. They will drive continuous improvement in procurement practices, strengthen supplier partnerships, and implement standardized purchasing processes that align with Global Procurement to achieve sustainable cost savings, improve operational efficiency, and ensure the availability of critical supplies, equipment, and services required to support current operations and future growth across the Canadian Donor Center network. Position Responsibilities: Provides key input, reviews and adheres to the procurement policies and procedures that deliver best-in-class performance and are in compliance with all applicable corporate and federal regulatory requirements and standards. Establishes controls and procedures to support the procurement function. Identify and implement cost optimization initiatives, including national supplier agreements, purchasing consolidation, specification standardization, and sustainable cost-saving opportunities.                             Leads sourcing efforts to enhance critical strategic sourcing business processes that includes supplier management and leveraging sourcing best practices and new developments in the industry. Oversees/negotiates multi-year purchasing contracts with major suppliers, blanket purchase orders, and national contracts for company. Develops the supply base, including assessment of capabilities for security of supply, capacities, cost structure, and future plans. Reviews solicitations to ensure comprehensive evaluation criteria are included where appropriate.        Oversees the day to day procurement operations. Schedules and assures timely completion of any transactions and analyses affecting the monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial closings. Drives the standardization of purchasing best practices, processes and procedures. Attracts, retains, and develops department staff.         Coordinate with donor center stakeholders to forecast purchasing needs, prioritize requests, and ensure procurement activities support operational demands and business continuity. Oversee purchase requisitions, purchase ord…

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