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- Senior Specialist Procurement - Eggs & Birds Category

Position Purpose

We are looking for a Senior Specialist, Eggs & Birds Category, to join our Integral Supplier Management team within Animal Health division in Our Company Salamanca (Spain) or Our Company Millsboro (US) and support a critical supply chain for Animal Health Manufacturing. This role serves as a key interface between suppliers and internal stakeholders, ensuring effective supplier performance management, operational execution, and continuity of supply. The position contributes to the delivery of category objectives through disciplined governance, cross-functional collaboration, and structured issue resolution.

The role is accountable for developing a strong understanding of the end-to-end egg-based vaccine production process, including key operational dependencies, supplier performance drivers, and outsourcing activities. In addition, the Senior Specialist Procurement will support and lead supplier interactions, negotiations,



and continuous improvement efforts to help optimize quality, cost, and service performance.

Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the egg-based vaccine production process, including process steps, dependencies, and performance drivers.
- Monitor supplier and flock performance against defined metrics, identify deviations, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to implement corrective actions.
- Support and manage outsourcing activities with key suppliers to ensure compliance with quality, service, supply, and cost expectations.
- Lead supplier negotiations and support contract execution in alignment with category strategy and business requirements.
- Participate in the execution and continuous improvement of the supplier governance model, including performance reviews, action tracking, and escalation management.
- Partner with procurement, operations, quality, plannin

📌 Senior Specialist Procurement (Salamanca)
🏢 Merck
📍 Salamanca