Category Manager, Indirect Goods & Services, Facilities Services

Integra LifeSciences

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About The Position

Changing lives. Building Careers. Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care. The Senior Category Manager, Indirect Goods & Services, – Facilities Services is responsible for the coordination and development of category plans, strategies, vision, process efficiency, strategic sourcing initiatives and tactics within the Facilities Services category. Overall spending responsibility will be approximately $100M and savings targets will be set annually by the global procurement organization. The Senior Category Manager will interact with key business stakeholders to assist in driving category specific strategies to support those business objectives. Will also be responsible to manage and coordinate the supplier relationship and performance evaluation process for the responsible categories. Under the direction of the Director of Indirect Goods & Services, Global Procurement, this role will create a Facilities Services model. Within this model, the Senior Category Manager will manage the identification, implementation and alignment of sourcing strategies and supplier capabilities for various categories of spend. Develop and manage strategic business relationships and gain a comprehensive understanding of business requirements to ensure stakeholder objectives are in alignment with sourcing strategies. Identify metrics, tools, and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities and efficiencies and work collaboratively with team members to prioritize and drive implementation.

Requirements

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• 5 - 10 years’ experience in procurement management or equivalency.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification is preferred.
• CPSM, PMA and/or APICS Certification is preferred.
• Strong quantitative, cost modeling, and data analysis skills.
• Strong Supplier Relationship Management skills.
• Strong project management and process improvement skills.
• Experience with complex contract negotiations and subcontracting of labor work.
• Excellent negotiation, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP, P2P Suites, and Microsoft Suite (especially Excel).

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Degree Preferred but not required.
• Medical Device or Pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred.
• Integrated Facilities Management experience with both office and manufacturing sites, GMP and Medical Device/Pharma experience preferred.
• Experience in managing supply base and building relationships with external partners.
• High level of proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite Excel, Power Point, Word and Outlook.
• Working knowledge and experience with ERP systems required – preference to those with Oracle ERP and Cognos experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with company and division-wide purchasing/procurement strategies, policies, standards, and practices.
• Effectively document, communicate, and gain support for the strategies from local executive leadership, and global procurement organization.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to management on financial decisions surrounding sourcing issues.
• Prepare supplier recommendations for decision-making, including global procurement and Executive Committee recommendations.
• Develop short-term and long-term category specific strategies that align with the Company goals for reducing costs and meeting financial expectations, while managing supplier relationships.
• Drive consolidation of spend and seek out synergies across all sites where applicable, by forming and leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams.
• Execute category sourcing strategies including development and execution of RFI’s and RFP’s.
• Develop negotiation strategies, gain alignment from stakeholders, lead cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams.
• Manage contracts, contract negotiation, and contractual dispute resolutions.
• Ensure business process efficiency, and process improvement in line with Procurement strategy to empower the business as strategic partners.
• Interact with stakeholders to develop, engage, and lead supplier relationships for extracting the greatest value in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, risk management, sustainability, and innovation.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Commitment to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees.
• Reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans or individuals with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees