Senior Key Technology Commodity Manager

Danaher • Putnam, MD

1d • $140 - $155

About The Position

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation.
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The Senior Key Technology Commodity Manager is responsible for creating, disseminating, and delivering Category Strategy that should map out the capability, performance, risk, and desired future state of the Key Tech commodity improving performance through PPV projects, VAVE (Value Analysis Value Engineering), Transport & Logistics savings, deliver robust MSA\s/LTA’s to migrate from spot buy to strategic relationship, and robust SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) programs. This individual will have management responsibilities over the Global SRM(s). This associate will own the Plan for Every Supplier (P4ES) and support linkage with Plan for Every Part (P4EP) owned by the Materials Management function.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, or relevant experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Supplier Relationship Management or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years experience in leadership role.
• Deep commodity knowledge of Key Technology (chemicals, resins, membranes) preferred
• Global Sourcing experience for a global multinational manufacturing company
• Proven negotiation skills, with demonstrated performance results
• Experience in SAP is preferred, and experience utilizing electronic sourcing tools (eRFQ, eBid, eAuction, etc.)
• Domestic/International travel will be required 50%

Nice To Haves

• Building, maintaining, and fostering relationships with suppliers.
• Ability to interpret product Bill of Materials (BOM's) and Drawings. Commercial experience, including contractual documentation, within a dynamic environment
• Continuous improvement in manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Cost Management (40%): Management of PPV funnel, project management and project execution, setting and delivering yearly PPV and VAVE savings
• Management of Supplier Relationship Managers (25%): Supplier Meetings/Visits, SBR’s, Materials Team collaboration, LTA’s/MSA’s negotiation/contract administration, Supplier OTD improvements, Support site/Pall Inventory Target management, Supplier Evaluation and Risk Assessment (SERA), and sustainability.
• Category Strategy (25%): Creation and execution of assigned commodity strategy
• Customer (Internal & External) Relationship Management (10%): Ops/R&D/Engineering/Quality/Sales/Product Management collaboration, external customer support as necessary

Benefits

• Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
• We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level