Merck KGaA Posted November 4, 2026

Operational Purchasing Team Leader

Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, Philippines FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Your Role:

Supervise direct reports assigned to Operational Purchasing to ensure efficiency and meet a high quality of service according to Service Level Agreements (SLA) set.

Plans and prepares daily operational activities and priorities, contingency plans and work schedules of the Team ensuring coverage in key areas as Purchase Requisitions, and Purchase Order creation.

Manage and resolves escalated customer complaints or queries within the turn-around time agreed.

Monthly review of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) reports to track the Team’s Performance. Execute corrective actions to maintain adherence to KPIs.

Ensures accurate and timely submission of reports and other requirements.

Manage and communicate individual associate performance and areas for improvements. Do regular coaching and mentoring to ensure associate growth and development.

Execute training or arrange training requirements as deemed necessary. Review and update training plan and training materials for new hire to ensure coverage of whole process and country specific requirements.

Manage behavioral issues of Team and recommends appropriate corrective action.

Able to drive process improvements and projects to align with the Organization’s objectives.

Provide operational visibility to management and key stakeholder thru periodic operational performance review.

Collaborate with other internal or external Teams to address operational issues and challenges.

Drive SOP, Policy and Work Instruction completion and regular updates for compliance.

Execute other Procurement tasks and projects that may be assigned.

Who you are: 

Minimum 5 years experience in end to end Purchasing Operations with no less than three (3) years on a supervisory/Team Lead level.

With extensive background in Purchasing Operations concepts.

Bachelor’s/college degree or comparable education and significant experience in Procurement, Finance, Business Administration or other neighboring business-related fields.

Has strong working background with SAP and Ariba systems.

Experience working within a Shared Services environment is required.

With good interpersonal and organizational skills – able to prioritize, can manage multiple tasks and work and adapt rapidly to changing priorities.

Strong strategic and leadership capabilities focusing on people management.

Coaching skills and experience a must.

Is willing to take a challenge and work in a multi-cultural environment

Has sound planning and time management skills

Has experience working on process improvements and quality management

Dedicated and results oriented.

Fluent in English and can communicate well both in oral as well as in written form.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Procurement
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Procurement role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 236 comparable Procurement roles across 41 biopharma companies.

236Comparable roles tracked
214Currently active
41Companies hiring similar roles
36Countries represented

Salary context

38 of 236 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · 2027 Procurement Intern (Undergraduate) · AbbVie $21/hr – $37/hr (≈ $43,680–$76,960/yr)
Peer group range $60,320 – $244,150 (median $165,675)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 236 comparable roles

United States64
Poland21
Philippines18
Spain17
India14
United Kingdom12

+ 30 more countries

Seniority mix

179 of 236 peers have a known seniority level

Manager101
Senior22
Director21
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc13
Associate Director12
Associate7
Executive/VP1
Principal1
Senior Director1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 236 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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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.

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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.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 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.