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Procurement

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Procurement Business Partner - Colombia & Argentina.

This position combines country-level procurement business partnering for Argentina and Colombia with regional category leadership contribution. The role will act as the Procurement Country Business Partner for both markets, serving as the primary procurement lead for country leadership teams and key functional stakeholders.

As Country Business Partner, the role ensures procurement strategies are aligned with country business priorities and translated into sourcing, supplier management, risk management, and value delivery plans that enable commercial execution, support financial stewardship, and strengthen supplier partnerships.

In parallel, the role is expected to contribute as a Regional Category Champion for a defined indirect spend category. While the specific category may be determined after the role is in place, this responsibility is intended to enable stronger collaboration with Global Category Leads, bring regional market insights into category strategies, drive cross-country alignment, and identify value creation opportunities across the region.

Through strong stakeholder engagement, market expertise, and a collaborative leadership approach, this role positions Procurement as a trusted advisor and a strategic enabler of business performance.

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

Roles & Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnering

• Serve as a trusted procurement advisor to country leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring procurement strategies are closely aligned with business objectives and operational priorities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with commercial, finance, and functional leadership to position Procurement as a strategic partner in decision-making.
• Translate business priorities into actionable procurement initiatives that deliver measurable value, including cost optimization, supplier-led innovation, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency.
• Support country business planning by aligning procurement activities with financial targets, operational priorities, and global procurement strategies.
• Champion procurement initiatives across the country, driving adoption of procurement processes, tools, and governance frameworks to ensure consistency compliance, and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Manage supplier relationships and support supplier performance governance, ensuring suppliers deliver against business needs, service expectations, compliance requirements, and value commitments.
• Drive procurement policy adherence, risk management, and compliance with applicable sourcing, contracting, and supplier governance requirements.
• Track and communicate procurement value delivery, including savings, pipeline opportunities, value realization, risk mitigation, and supplier performance improvements.

Category Strategy Contribution

• Contribute the development, execution, and continuous improvement of regional and/or global category strategies through strong collaboration with Global Category Leads and regional procurement peers.
• Act as Regional Category Champion for an assigned indirect spend category, once defined, supporting regional alignment, market insight generation, and execution of category priorities across countries.
• Provide deep insights into regional market dynamics, supplier capabilities, and demand trends to inform strategy development and enhance decision-making.
• Identify and leverage opportunities to scale, foster supplier innovation, and maximize value delivery across countries within the region.
• Ensure strong alignment between country sourcing activities and broader category strategies, maximizing regional impact, efficiency, and consistency.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in procurement, business partnering, category management, or related fields within a complex, global organization.
• Proven track record of leading projects, programs, or resource allocation, with experience either managing small teams or operating as a senior individual contributor driving strategy execution.
• Ability to navigate and influence within matrixed organizations, across functions, geographies, and leadership levels.
• Strong experience managing end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including strategy development, cross-functional execution, and value realization.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making through excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building skills.
• Solid commercial acumen, with the ability to translate market insights and business needs into effective procurement and category strategies.
• Experience in developing and executing category strategies, aligning procurement activities with broader business priorities.
• Strong analytical capabilities, leveraging data and insights to drive decision-making and enable supplier-led innovation.

• Strong change management and implementation skills, supporting the adoption of procurement strategies and business initiatives across diverse organizations.
• Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish is required, along with strong communication and executive presentation skills, as this role involves daily interaction with global stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An analytical mindset focused on performance metrics and value management, encompassing the generation, realization, and recognition of pipeline value.
• Familiarity with indirect procurement categories such as marketing services, consulting, professional services, or commercial operations.
• Experience supporting regional or global category strategies in collaboration with global procurement teams

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

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