Sr Procurement Manager – Category Leader MRO & Industrial Gases

RXinsider LTD.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RXinsider LTD. is seeking a Sr Procurement Manager – MRO & Industrial Gases in the Pittsburgh, PA area. The role drives execution of global category strategies across North America sites and influences about $80M in spend.

You will lead cross-functional teams across sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives and develop supplier relationships. Responsibilities include crafting multi-year sourcing strategies, performing category management,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Master’s Degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience.
• MRO experience is a must.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries.
• Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results.
• Demonstrated consultative, collaborative and influencing style in performing sourcing activities.
• Experience in life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategy input and implementation for complex and strategic categories.
• Delivers key category performance indicators, including savings, supplier rationalization, etc.
• Develops multi year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goals.
• Uses structured Category Management process to provide input into category strategies.
• Analyzes market intelligence to identify key trends and refines category plans to support business requirements.
• Engages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers and migrate spend from incumbent suppliers.
• Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals.
• Leads supplier based business reviews with selected suppliers to drive strategic priorities and KPIs.
• Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy.
• Influences cross-functional colleagues to align category strategies with divisional priorities.
• Works with external supply partners and leads cross-functional teams to advance supply continuity, quality, cost and performance.
• Selectively may develop supplier partnerships and secure capacity with suppliers.
• Collaborates with Procurement Enablement team to develop predictive analytics.
• Acts as a coach/mentor on category strategy process.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field

Master’s Degree

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

ROLE IS AVAILABLE IN FOLLOWING THERMO FISHER LOCATIONS:

• Morrisville, NC
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Lagunilla, Costa Rica

The Sr Procurement Manager – MRO & Industrial Gases, drives the execution of complex global category strategies necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend across the North Americas Sites. The job will influence about $80M in spend. Collaborates and leads a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies and handles supplier relationships.

Scale Of Responsibilities

• Responsible for strategy input and implementation for complex and strategic categories
• Delivers key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc
• Develops multi year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goals

Technical Responsibilities

• Uses structured Category Management process to provide input into category strategies
• Analyzes market intelligence to identify key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements. Competent in category and supplier segmentation to effectively focus on key suppliers
• Engages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, poor performance suppliers
• Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals
• Leads supplier based business reviews with selected suppliers to drive strategic priorities as well as handle key performance indicators
• Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy

Leadership Responsibilities

• Influences cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure category strategies and activities are aligned with divisional business priorities
• Works with external supply partners and leads cross-functional internal teams to advance key business drivers such as supply continuity, quality, cost and operational performance
• Selectively may work to develop supplier strategic partnerships. Secures capacity with suppliers (e.g. tool/asset management)
• Collaborates with Procurement Enablement team to develop predictive analytics
• Acts as a coach/mentor to colleagues on category strategy process

Education, Experience And Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Master’s Degree is preferred
• Minimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience
• MRO experience is a must
• Experience working in highly regulated industries
• Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results
• Demonstrated consultative, collaborative and influencing style in performing sourcing activities
• Experience in life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred