Purchaser for medical supplies and services at AGAPLESION, a leading healthcare group in Germany. Involves supplier negotiations, order management, and project support.
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Hybrid Associate Director – Strategic Procurement
Posted 10 hours ago
About the role
- Associate Director of Strategic Procurement leading strategic sourcing plans for university-wide initiatives. Engaging key stakeholders to meet departmental procurement needs and manage supplier relationships.
Responsibilities
- Leads the development and maintains strategic sourcing plans that coordinates the sourcing and contract management activities within assigned categories to deliver targeted benefits.
- Provides the development, and negotiation of supplier agreements in support of university-wide sourcing and procurement initiatives.
- Develops and maintains relationships with departments for purposes of gathering, analyzing and conveying information to support category management and strategic sourcing efforts.
- Plans and conducts strategic sourcing process on defined opportunities, engaging key stakeholders in the process to meet departmental procurement needs.
- Maintains deep category expertise through understanding and application of industry developments, marketplace trends, emerging technology, new techniques, leading practices, and shared experiences.
- Manages key supplier relationships and conducts periodic business reviews to drive savings through innovation and resolve issues and disputes.
- Measures and reports benefits delivered through strategic sourcing and ongoing contract management activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management
- 3-5 years in procurement, supply chain management, and contract language review and development
- Data collection and analysis
- Business intelligence and analytics
- Category strategy execution
- Issue resolution/problem solving
- Microsoft Office products
- ERP System knowledge and experience
- eProcurement application experience including procurement workflow, eSourcing, eInvoice, etc.
- Experience working in an academic/higher education organization, or in a cyclical service delivery environment is a plus
- Workday ERP System knowledge and experience
Benefits
- Benefit Eligible
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