Procurement Specialist managing supplier performance and cost optimisation at Lyka. Collaborating cross - functionally to enhance procurement in a rapidly growing pet wellness startup.
About the role
- Senior Strategic Sourcing Project Specialist at Medtronic managing supply sourcing projects to enhance global operations. Collaborating with category management teams and stakeholders to drive economic value.
Responsibilities
- Identify, lead, and execute projects that deliver economic value to the global Operations Networks
- Conduct complex analysis of sourcing information for process improvement while maintaining high-quality product and service delivery.
- Partner closely with the center-led category managers to understand and implement key pan-Medtronic strategies.
- Represent and share network and site-specific requirements and strategies with the center-led category management organization.
- Partner closely with key functions that support supply management (e.g., legal, finance, quality/compliance)
- Ensure that manufacturing sites are being adequately supported; this includes but is not limited to consistent engagement with key stakeholders, developing and sharing dashboards with information on key metrics at a defined cadence, conducting site-level diagnostics and leading workshops to identify savings opportunities, managing supplier quality, and ensuring supply continuity.
- Facilitate the supplier capacity assurance process, including providing capacity guidance to suppliers, analyzing, and proposing potential solutions for capacity constraints, and facilitating allocation discussions if required.
- Build strong supplier relationships; serve as primary contact for issue resolution with suppliers.
- Develop robust data gathering and data quality maintenance protocols to ensure spend transparency and support the development of a baseline for sourcing cost reduction efforts.
- Initiate and implement appropriate category strategy change
- Create and establish internal and external benchmark analysis, including gap analysis, and required actions to achieve functional advantage.
- Lead supplier negotiation efforts
- Manage strategic supplier contracts
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and minimum 4 years of strategic sourcing experience in Strategic Sourcing including Supply Chain projects in a multi-divisional corporation
- Experience in indirect sourcing and executing the category strategies
- Strong stakeholders’ management skills to be a recognized Trusted Advisor
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong supplier management skills
- Project management skills
- Track record in achieving cost savings and contract management
- Knowledge of the Procure-to-Pay process
- Additional language skills (verbal & written) are a plus
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Short-term incentive plan
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