Sr Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager

Illumina • San Diego, CA

9d

About The Position

The Sr Staff Strategic Sourcing is critical in shaping Illumina's supply chain, thus improving the efficiency of genetic sequencing technology overall to allow for mass scale adoption, maximizing the benefits of genetic information for all. This position will bring specialized skills and experience to resolve complex supply chain issues in creative and effective ways in the area of Oligos & Beads. They will have the opportunity to lead complex projects, apply their unique knowledge and influence across functions.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years of experience; or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Strategic thinker; anticipates and develops business opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives.
• Customer focused, able to listen, very responsive, and action oriented to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook.
• Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions.
• Business acumen; demonstrated ability to understand financial and legal terms.
• Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with requisite interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional teams.
• Experience developing and leading RFx events.
• Strong negotiator; ability to negotiate the best deal for ILMN and influence upward.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time; both domestic and international.
• Familiarity with ERP and procurement systems.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access).

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing activities to ensure business needs are met.
• Provide functional leadership and direction on technology steering teams.
• Routinely working on significant and unique issues with uncertainty where analysis of situations or data requires good level of business understanding and analytical capability.
• Works on projects where outcomes will be dependent on other functions / teams delivering commitments and the incumbent needs to be able to influence delivery of these activities to meet the overall objectives.
• Leads the strategic roadmap creation and implementation of category strategies for consumables.
• Negotiates agreements (i.e., development agreement, statements of work, licensing agreement, supply agreements, etc.) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while reducing equipment cost.
• Strengthen strategic supplier relationships to reduce business risk and support manufacturing site escalations.
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop capabilities, continuity, and capacity.
• Leads the execution of continuous improvement initiatives within Global Supply Chain.
• Partners with executive stakeholders to achieve functional and company goals.
• Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Benefits

• We offer a wide range of benefits as innovative as our work, including access to genomics sequencing, family planning, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits, and paid time off.
• We are a company deeply rooted in belonging, promoting an inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our mission.
• Built on a strong foundation, Illumina has always prioritized openness, collaboration, and seeking alternative perspectives to propel innovation in genomics.
• We are proud to confirm a zero-net gap in pay, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or race.
• We also have several Employee Resource Groups (ERG) that deliver career development experiences, increase cultural awareness, and offer opportunities to engage in social responsibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees