Director Global Procurement - Direct Materials
About this opportunity
Build our future together:
As the Director, Global Procurement you will be developing and leading procurement strategies within the managed spend areas. You will work to build the foundation for continued success in Global Procurement by simplifying, accelerating, and clarifying ways of working.
Where:
Location: Raheen, Limerick
Discover your role:
Applying advanced judgement, planning, and independent thought leadership in order to influence positive business program outcomes and drive the procurement team deliverables
Either directly, or through a matrix, manages an organization of procurement professionals responsible for carrying out category management and sourcing projects
Developing and presenting functional strategy and objectives for procurement in alignment with the category business strategy and operational requirements
As part of a business team, influences the strategic direction of how Regeneron employs service providers
Directing a team responsible for activities associated with the development and execution of contracts covering spend under management
Liaising with finance to ensure all sourcing activities align with Regeneron’s financial controls, ensures ongoing engagement with finance throughout a program’s lifecycle for appropriate levels of contract, savings, and budgetary oversight
Providing mentorship, support, and overall leadership to the team to ensure goals are achieved
Advises, consults, and drives the global category management program for spend categories under management
Reviewing major contracts and acts as an expert resource for planning and leading complex negotiations using leader level mastery skills
This role requires:
BS/BA in a relevant area along with 12 years of relevant, progressive experience within procurement, preferably including 9 years directly in sourcing Pharma/Biotech
Senior Manager: BS/BA plus 10 years experience
Associate Director: BS/BA plus 10 years experience
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Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We are committed to building a workplace with an inclusive culture. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.
Where necessary, we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate. The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment, specific role level, and your skills and experience. In some countries, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may apply and influence certain elements of pay or benefits. Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits. For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S., please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/ . For other locations, additional information will be provided during the recruitment process. If you have any questions, please speak with your recruiter.
Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason, many roles are required to be performed on‑site. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about on‑site expectations for your role and location.
As part of the recruitment process, certain background checks may be conducted in accordance with the laws of the country where the position is based. The purpose of such checks is to verify certain information prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work and educational qualifications.
For jobs in Canada: this posting is for an existing position.
Salary Range (annually)
€86,800.00 - €200,400.00
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Procurement role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 6 comparable Director Procurement roles across 3 biopharma companies.
Salary context
5 of 6 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 6 comparable roles
Seniority mix
6 of 6 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 6 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.