Role Description
Lead Precision Animal Health's global procurement program in Kalamazoo. In this high-impact role, you will develop and execute international sourcing strategies, strengthen supplier partnerships, and drive cost and risk outcomes across multiple regions. You'll play a foundational role in shaping how procurement enables our broader mission-building scalable Source-to-Pay (S2P) systems, influencing cross-functional strategy, and delivering measurable business outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic sourcing leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-growing, mission-driven environment.
Responsibilities
· Own end-to-end Source-to-Pay (S2P): contract drafting/execution through requisitions/POs, receipt, invoicing, and on-time payment across regions.
· Build and execute multi-year strategic sourcing strategies across labs, reagents, consumables, equipment, logistics, and services.
· Establish and maintain strong supplier partnerships; lead performance reviews and negotiate complex contracts in collaboration with Legal.
· Drive risk mitigation and compliance, ensuring alignment with legal and quality standards; implement dual-sourcing and safety-stock strategies.
· Lead cost optimization through negotiation, spend analysis, and value-focused sourcing decisions.
· Build and maintain procurement reporting: savings pipeline, P2P cycle time, and compliance metrics; communicate insights to stakeholders.
· Partner cross-functionally with Site Operations Managers, Quality, Business Operations, Finance/Tax, and Legal to align procurement outcomes with business needs.
· Collaborate with external vendors to ensure continuity of supply, strong performance, and scalable processes.
Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, International Business, or related field.
· 7+ years in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management, often with international scope.
· Proven experience establishing courier programs and defining SLAs.
· Hands-on S2P ownership in SAP and Ariba; strong collaboration with AP.
· Strong vendor contracting/negotiation skills and data-driven decision-making; experience with SAP P2P workflows.
Preferred
· Life sciences or manufacturing experience.
Why Join Us
· Build and own a global procurement function with meaningful
About Zoetis
At Zoetis, our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.
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