Senior Manager, Sourcing - Sterilization

Stryker; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 133.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Stryker in Germany is seeking an experienced procurement leader to manage a global team focused on Sterilisation category management. You will shape strategy, drive category plans, and ensure value, quality and supplier performance across direct and indirect spends.

You will collaborate with global engineering, finance and R&D, mentor talent, and lead cross-functional initiatives to achieve year-over-year productivity improvements and cost reductions in a regulated medical devices environment.

Qualifikationen

• 8–10 years of sourcing and procurement experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain or related field.
• Experience with sterilisation or regulated environments.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder influence.
• Excellent negotiation and contract management skills.

Aufgaben

• Provide leadership of category strategy activities for Sterilisation across global spend.
• Lead development and execution of global category plans and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Mentor and onboard talent to build a strong procurement organisation.
• Collaborate with Divisional Procurement, Supplier Quality, Global Engineering, and other functions.
• Establish and maintain supplier relationships and drive supplier performance.
• Drive productivity improvements while ensuring quality and compliance.
• Lead cross-divisional initiatives and risk management in procurement.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Change management

Global sourcing

Supplier management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in engineering or supply chain

Tools

ERP systems

Jobbeschreibung

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

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 business objectives.
• Drive year-over-year productivity improvements and cost savings while maintaining or enhancing quality, compliance, and service levels.
• Collaborate with Global Sterilisation Services, Engineering and Finance to enhance processes and governance frameworks that clearly demonstrate the long-term strategic and financial value of indirect procurement initiatives
• Establish and maintain contractual and business relationships with the senior management of key suppliers.
• Champion supplier-enabled innovation in sterilisation technologies and support sustainability and regulatory compliance goals.
• Lead critical program initiatives.
• Formulate and implement processes to build a best-in-class strategic sourcing organisation.
• Lead sourcing analysis and selection process and perform cost analyses and make vs buy analyses as required.
• Advise others on selection/cost analysis.
• Align on strategic investments for new technologies or capabilities externally at suppliers and internally with R&D or Business Development Teams.
• Negotiate, establish, monitor, and enforce supplier contracts and agreements.
• Drive negotiation with large-scale, high-impact suppliers
• Develop strong partnership relationships with key suppliers as well as other disciplines within the businesses.
• Mobilise teams to deploy risk mitigation strategies, including dual sourcing, IP acquisition, market assessments, suppliers' financial assessments, social responsibility, environment, ethics etc.
• Partner with finance to drive total cost of ownership strategies and react to changing market conditions. Obtain and communicate market condition information and technology trends related to commodities and suppliers.
• Utilise market trends to identify and implement appropriate cost controls and business strategy changes.
• Ensure cost standards are established for annual operating budgets.
• Organise and lead scorecard review meetings and executive business reviews.

What you will need:

• 8-10 years of / Sourcing / Procurement Supply chain experience, preferably in medical devices or other highly regulated environments.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, operations or equivalent.
• Prior experience within sterilisation is preferred.
• Strategic thinker – understands the details but can operate at a higher level.
• Strong leadership & interpersonal skills with the ability to engage & influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and talent management skills.
• Experience with world-class strategic sourcing & category management practices
• Strong negotiation skills, negotiating and implementing commercial contracts to include supply and quality agreements (QAA).
• Strong written & verbal communication skills across all levels
• Ability to multi-task and coordinate initiatives with a virtual, global/regional team.
• Persuasive ‘change agent’ capable of challenging conventional wisdom.
• Track record of success in capturing value and driving spend to preferred suppliers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and improve vendor performance.
• Hands-on mentality.
• Ability to align with peers / stakeholders and build and maintain strong networks.
• Must be willing to work in a results-based, fast-paced environment, with minimal supervision.
• Travel: 30-40%

Ireland Pay Ranges:

• Ireland: €80,000 - €133,000 EUR Annual

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker's comprehensive benefits package.

If you'd like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.