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Why Pfizer
A career at Pfizer offers opportunity, ownership and impact. Around the world, Pfizer colleagues work together to positively impact health for everyone, everywhere. Our colleagues have opportunities to grow and develop, contribute to an ownership culture that values diverse perspectives, and advance our purpose: breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
The opportunity
Behind every Pfizer medicine is a long chain of sourcing decisions: a raw material that meets its specification, a manufacturer that holds capacity through a launch, a laboratory supplier that keeps our labs delivering our portfolio. When one link fails, a patient waits.
You will lead the team that makes those decisions for Research and Development (R&D) and Pfizer Global Supply (PGS). You set category strategy, lead the hardest negotiations and decide how your organization is built, while data, analytics and AI give your people better answers faster and your judgment decides which ones to trust.
What you will own
Strategic sourcing, risk, category and supplier management for PGS direct materials and pharmaceutical sciences, logistics, facilities, large capital and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), lab materials, services and research services.
What you will achieve
- Optimized value delivery and strong supply assurance across every portfolio you lead.
- Support for scientific, manufacturing and supply priorities that the people doing the work can feel.
- Better supplier performance, stronger partnerships and faster decisions built on trusted data.
- A high performing, digitally capable sourcing organization.
How you will do it
- Set category strategies aligned with R&D and PGS priorities, balancing cost, quality, resilience and innovation.
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives and commercial negotiations, and deliver value through supplier optimization and demand management.
- Strengthen enterprise leverage while respecting technical, regulatory and continuity needs.
- Oversee strategic suppliers and supply markets, driving performance, innovation, resilience and risk mitigation.
- Use analytics and AI supported insight to spot risks and opportunities, and apply human judgment before you act.
- Partner with the Policy, Impact, Risk & Compliance (PIRC) team on third party risk management (TPRM), ESG, Supplier Impact and other regulatory requirements.
- Engage business stakeholders and align procurement teams to the needs of the business.
- Lead multiple procurement category teams, and build future ready skills, including responsible use of AI and build contemporary ways of working.
Who you will work with
Inside Pfizer: R&D and PGS leadership, manufacturing, supply chain and product development stakeholders, peer procurement leaders and enabling teams.
Outside Pfizer: Strategic and critical suppliers, CDMO’s, manufacturing, engineering, facility and supply partners, and research and early clinical service providers.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline and at least 15 years of technical sourcing experience with deep category management expertise.
- Master's degree in Science, Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline and at least 13 years of technical sourcing experience with deep category management expertise.
- Typically at least 10 years leading highly skilled professionals and leaders of leaders.
- Typically at least 7 years leading cross functional teams in a large, complex, global environment.
- Experience building senior partnerships and turning strategy into measurable outcomes, with exposure to analytics, digital procurement or AI supported decisions.
Preferred qualifications
- MBA or master's degree in Strategy, Management or a related field.
- Lean Six Sigma, project management, supplier risk or negotiation certification.
- Pharmaceutical, life sciences or other regulated industry experience, and category leadership across R&D or manufacturing and multiple regions.
How we expect you to lead
- Strategic leadership, business partnership, executive influence, commercial acumen, people development, agility and innovation, and digital and AI fluency.
Other Job Details:
- Last day to Apply: November 26th, 2026
- Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $274,000.00 to $456,600.00.* In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 30.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
The annual base salary for this position in Tampa, FL ranges from $246,600.00 to $411,000.00.
This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please email disabilityrecruitment@pfizer.com. This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.
Global Procurement
Why Pfizer
A career at Pfizer offers opportunity, ownership and impact. Around the world, Pfizer colleagues work together to positively impact health for everyone, everywhere. Our colleagues have opportunities to grow and develop, contribute to an ownership culture that values diverse perspectives, and advance our purpose: breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
The opportunity
Behind every Pfizer medicine is a long chain of sourcing decisions: a raw material that meets its specification, a manufacturer that holds capacity through a launch, a laboratory supplier that keeps our labs delivering our portfolio. When one link fails, a patient waits.
You will lead the team that makes those decisions for Research and Development (R&D) and Pfizer Global Supply (PGS). You set category strategy, lead the hardest negotiations and decide how your organization is built, while data, analytics and AI give your people better answers faster and your judgment decides which ones to trust.
What you will own
Strategic sourcing, risk, category and supplier management for PGS direct materials and pharmaceutical sciences, logistics, facilities, large capital and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), lab materials, services and research services.
What you will achieve
- Optimized value delivery and strong supply assurance across every portfolio you lead.
- Support for scientific, manufacturing and supply priorities that the people doing the work can feel.
- Better supplier performance, stronger partnerships and faster decisions built on trusted data.
- A high performing, digitally capable sourcing organization.
How you will do it
- Set category strategies aligned with R&D and PGS priorities, balancing cost, quality, resilience and innovation.
- Lead complex sourcing initiatives and commercial negotiations, and deliver value through supplier optimization and demand management.
- Strengthen enterprise leverage while respecting technical, regulatory and continuity needs.
- Oversee strategic suppliers and supply markets, driving performance, innovation, resilience and risk mitigation.
- Use analytics and AI supported insight to spot risks and opportunities, and apply human judgment before you act.
- Partner with the Policy, Impact, Risk & Compliance (PIRC) team on third party risk management (TPRM), ESG, Supplier Impact and other regulatory requirements.
- Engage business stakeholders and align procurement teams to the needs of the business.
- Lead multiple procurement category teams, and build future ready skills, including responsible use of AI and build contemporary ways of working.
Who you will work with
Inside Pfizer: R&D and PGS leadership, manufacturing, supply chain and product development stakeholders, peer procurement leaders and enabling teams.
Outside Pfizer: Strategic and critical suppliers, CDMO’s, manufacturing, engineering, facility and supply partners, and research and early clinical service providers.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline and at least 15 years of technical sourcing experience with deep category management expertise.
- Master's degree in Science, Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline and at least 13 years of technical sourcing experience with deep category management expertise.
- Typically at least 10 years leading highly skilled professionals and leaders of leaders.
- Typically at least 7 years leading cross functional teams in a large, complex, global environment.
- Experience building senior partnerships and turning strategy into measurable outcomes, with exposure to analytics, digital procurement or AI supported decisions.
Preferred qualifications
- MBA or master's degree in Strategy, Management or a related field.
- Lean Six Sigma, project management, supplier risk or negotiation certification.
- Pharmaceutical, life sciences or other regulated industry experience, and category leadership across R&D or manufacturing and multiple regions.
How we expect you to lead
- Strategic leadership, business partnership, executive influence, commercial acumen, people development, agility and innovation, and digital and AI fluency.
Other Job Details:
- Last day to Apply: November 26th, 2026
- Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $274,000.00 to $456,600.00.* In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 30.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
The annual base salary for this position in Tampa, FL ranges from $246,600.00 to $411,000.00.
This role is posted in multiple locations. If you are applying for the role in an secondary job posting location where pay transparency regulations apply, your Talent Advisor will share the local pay information with you during the first interview.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please email disabilityrecruitment@pfizer.com. This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in vice president of global procurement jobs.
- 10 or more years of progressive procurement or supply chain leadership experience
- Proven experience managing global supplier networks and multi-region sourcing strategies
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, or a related field
- Expertise in contract negotiation, vendor risk management, and category management
- Experience with enterprise procurement platforms and spend analytics tools
- CPSM, CSCP, or equivalent professional procurement certification preferred
Tips for Your Vice President of Global Procurement Job Search
Quantify cost savings on your resume
Hiring teams for this role expect concrete procurement outcomes. Replace vague statements with specific savings figures, contract value managed, and supplier consolidation results. Executives reviewing your resume want proof you can move the needle at scale, not just manage a team.
Highlight cross-functional leadership experience
VP-level procurement roles demand influence across finance, legal, operations, and executive leadership. Your resume should show examples where you aligned procurement strategy with broader business goals, not just sourcing wins in isolation.
Target companies by procurement maturity stage
A company building its procurement function from scratch needs a different profile than one optimizing a mature operation. Read job descriptions carefully for language like 'build,' 'transform,' or 'optimize' to match your experience to the right organizational moment.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists vice president of global procurement openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a sourcing strategy case for interviews
Expect at least one interview stage where you're asked how you'd approach a category or supplier challenge. Have a structured example ready that covers spend analysis, market benchmarking, negotiation approach, and risk mitigation. Generic answers won't hold up at this seniority.
Negotiate your offer against total scope
When you receive an offer, assess budget authority, team size, technology stack, and reporting structure alongside compensation. VP procurement roles vary widely in actual decision-making power, and misalignment on scope is a common source of early dissatisfaction.
Vice President of Global Procurement Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most vice president of global procurements?
The companies hiring the most vice president of global procurements right now include PTC, Pfizer, and Vantage, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Indiana, and Colorado, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest at large enterprises and multinational corporations undergoing supply chain transformation or cost restructuring initiatives.
How many vice president of global procurement jobs are remote?
About 100% of vice president of global procurement openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the executive-level expectation for on-site leadership presence at many organizations. Sub-functions with more remote flexibility tend to include indirect procurement and strategic sourcing oversight, where supplier relationships are managed digitally across time zones.
How do you become a vice president of global procurement?
Most vice presidents of global procurement build their path through progressive roles in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management, moving from analyst or buyer positions into category management and director-level leadership. Earning a professional certification such as CPSM strengthens your candidacy. Cross-functional experience in finance, operations, or general management accelerates advancement, as does demonstrated success leading large teams and managing significant spend.
Can you get a vice president of global procurement job without direct VP experience?
Yes, candidates who have held director-level procurement roles with significant scope can compete for VP openings, particularly at mid-size companies building out their procurement function. The key is demonstrating that you have led teams, owned category strategy end-to-end, and influenced executive decision-making. Showing measurable cost reduction outcomes and supplier performance results will carry more weight than the exact title you last held.
What does the vice president of global procurement interview process look like?
The interview process for this role typically includes an initial call with HR or a talent partner, followed by a panel interview with the CFO, CPO, or executive leadership team, and often a business case or strategy presentation. Some employers add a final conversation with the CEO or board-level stakeholders. The process can run several weeks and places heavy emphasis on leadership philosophy, strategic thinking, and demonstrated procurement impact.
Where can I find and apply to vice president of global procurement jobs?
You can find and apply to vice president of global procurement jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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