The primary responsibility of this position is leading a site Procurement team, building and executing partnering with our global operations and business leaders to providing strategic sourcing expertise to our global procurement teams. This role will focus on identifying and developing strategic alliances with existing suppliers, identifying new suppliers, and acting as a liaison between our sites, business units, scientists, and sourcing teams to drive supplier performance and cultivate redundancy and resiliency across our instrument supply chain. The ability to lead and participate in cross functional project teams to drive positive outcomes is essential.
Our Company and Passion:
Does working on disruptive, integrated, sample-to-solution platforms excite you? Would you work well leading a procurement team passionate about shaking up an industry? Can you work with multiple outside suppliers, finance, product management, R&D and manufacturing teams to build the best solutions for our customers?
Revvity is looking for a detail oriented, high energy, passionate individual who wants to make a difference in the field of innovative, next generation instrument products. Our team has a straight-forward, can-do culture, and we hold each other to lofty standards.
Summary:
The primary responsibility of this position is leading a site Procurement team, building and executing a robust procurement policy, partnering with our global operations and business leaders to providing strategic sourcing expertise to our global procurement teams. This role will focus on identifying and developing strategic alliances with existing suppliers, identifying new suppliers, and acting as a liaison between our sites, business units, scientists, and sourcing teams to drive supplier performance and cultivate redundancy and resiliency across our instrument supply chain. The ability to lead and participate in cross functional project teams to drive positive outcomes is essential.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Procurement Management. Lead, implement, and execute sound buying policies and strategies. Have full command of procurement processes, total cost, inventory management, tracking and execution. Total transparency and accountability.
Cost Savings. Ability to identify Total Cost of Ownership opportunities and execute negotiations, projects, and sourcing activities to deliver continuous cost savings.
Identifying Key Suppliers. Reviewing and analyzing current suppliers and identifying and making recommendations based on technology.
New Product Introduction. Partnering with R&D and manufacturing to support projects from pilot development through full-scale manufacturing in both regulated and non-regulated production facilities and participating in M&A and due diligence projects to advise stakeholders of technical opportunities and risks within the supply chain. Identifies opportunities to leverage supplier capabilities or insource.
Driving Process Improvement Initiatives. In conjunction with business units and global procurement organization, identifying opportunities for supply chain improvements, vertical integration and insourcing that will deeply impact growth, customer satisfaction and quality improvements across the organization.
Data Analysis. Compiles spend data by site, supplier and technology and recommends ways to maximize or optimize spend.
Risk Management. Keeping abreast of the macro and micro environment to translate that to the potential impact on the supply chain. Development of agile risk mitigation strategies to ensure the continuity of efficient supply to sites with the ability to pivot rapidly.
Technical Acumen. Leveraging on engineering expertise to facilitate support from the engineering team and drive the timely resolution of DFM queries.
Safety and Regulations. Developing and maintaining processes and methods that comply with all safety, ISO / regulatory, and company requirements/guidelines, in support of local, state and federal safety standards.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or business
10+ years of experience working with a variety of instrument hardware materials
5+ years of leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications:
5 or more years of experience in an instrument hardware discipline in a biotech organization
Prior expertise with instrument commodities
Strong negotiation skills
MS in Engineering, Supply Chain or a related technical discipline
Proficient in the use of Microsoft office suite including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Knowledge of global instrument hardware suppliers
Contracting / supply agreement experience
Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Ability to manage priorities and stay on top of critical responsibilities
Demonstrates ability to work under pressure and against tight deadlines
Knowledge of SAP and ERP / MRP systems a plus
Ability to travel domestic and internationally
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