**Position Summary:** This role will provide leadership and management to a team of category management professionals and subject matter experts based across different geographies (globally). Overall responsibility for multiple areas of spend (direct and indirect categories) within the **global portfolio of** **Sterilisation** in Procurement, reporting the VP, Procurement Global Category Management. Responsible for achieving supply chain resiliency strategy development, cost reductions and year-over-year productivity improvements in the total cost of goods and services procured while maintaining or improving product quality and vendor service levels. Liaises with key stakeholders in member organisations and in corporate functions to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans. **What you will do:** Provide leadership of **category strategy activities for** **Sterilisation** for a significant portion of global category spend. Lead overall category direction and ensure effective strategy development and execution for the category portfolio. Develop a succession plan and onboard the talent needed to build a strong organisation. Partner and coordinate with Divisional Procurement, Supplier Quality, Global Engineering, Advanced Operations, Materials Management, Operations, Senior Leadership, Legal, and Compliance. Obtain the best Quality, Service, and Value for products and services through effective bidding, negotiation, and supplier management. Responsibility for leading cross-functional efforts to develop and implement Global Category Plans that include cost reduction initiatives, new product development, supply base and optimisation and rationalisation, quality improvement, risk assessment, contract negotiation, and may include responsibility for cross-divisional, group-wide, and/or global strategies and initiatives. Resident expert in strategic sourcing and procurement practices and serves as a mentor to others. Engagement at all levels within the organisation to drive change engagement and ensure the actions and decisions are aligned to the broader category strategy. Where not aligned, they will engage the right cross-functional teams to generate a communications plan to influence decision-making. Lead the development and implementation of enterprise-wide strategies and goals for assigned commodities in support of overall divisional businessobjectives. Drive year-over-year productivity improvements and cost savings whilemaintainingor enhancing quality, compliance, and service levels. Collaborate with GlobalSterilisationServices, Engineering and Finance to enhance processes and governance frameworks that clearlydemonstratethe long-term strategic and financial value of indirect procurement initiatives Establish andmaintaincontractual and business relationships with the senior management of key suppliers. Champion supplier-enabled innovation insterilisationtechnologies and support sustainability and regulatory compliance goals. Lead critical program initiatives. Formulate and implement processes to build a best-in-class strategic sourcingorganisation. Lead sourcing analysis and selection process andperformcost analyses and make vs buy analyses asrequired. Adviseothers on selection/cost analysis. Align on strategic investments fornew technologiesor capabilities externally at suppliers and internally with R
Senior Manager, Sourcing - Sterilization Arbeitgeber: Stryker
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