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Illumina · 1 day ago

Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing - GIS

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$156K/yr - $233K/yr

15+ years exp

Illumina is a company focused on expanding access to genomic technology to enhance health equity worldwide. The Associate Director of Strategic Sourcing will lead IT categories, develop sourcing strategies, and manage vendor relationships to optimize value and mitigate risks.

BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareMedical

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead the IT categories for Software, Hardware, Infrastructure and all related Services

Develop world-class sourcing strategies built on rigorous facts, data, and analysis to create value across all dimensions (financial, risk, quality, supply, reputation)

Deliver financial, quality, supply, and risk-mitigation goals. Ensure savings reported are credible and compliant with the approved methodology

Provide thought leadership on vendor market capabilities (innovation, efficiency, etc.) and identify clear limits of what suppliers cannot provide

Oversee strategic vendor relationships to maximize value and minimize risks for Illumina, leveraging the Illumina SRM framework

Support fellow Business Partners and country teams in deploying global strategies

Promote consistent use of agreed sourcing tools, frameworks, and methodologies. Act as a proactive partner to the Procurement and Sourcing Center of Excellence in driving alignment

Optimize spend and direct staff in the input to, and implementation of, global/regional sourcing strategies, and design and implement strategies for local categories

Direct staff in the identification and validation of potential value creation opportunities

Act as an ambassador of local Sourcing into global Sourcing and vice versa, and an ambassador of Sourcing into business and vice versa

Sit at the Function Leadership team, and at Global Sourcing and Procurement Leadership team

With the business, build and maintain a co-owned/co-shared mindset for every step of value creation. Actively solicit and obtain executive stakeholder support for sourcing strategies impacting their area

Develop staff to ensure high caliber individuals with thought leadership and development potential. Facilitate career paths of Sourcing staff, ensuring local talent is made visible at both Sourcing and local business’s talent reviews

Ensure diversity of thought and inclusive teamwork

Qualification

IT SourcingSupplier ManagementStrategic ThinkingAnalytical SkillsProject ManagementMulti-taskingMicrosoft OfficeCustomer Focused

Required

Must have international experience managing suppliers and outsourced development partners

Strong experience in IT Sourcing

Strategic thinker: anticipates and develops business opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives

Customer focused, very responsive, and action oriented to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook

Ability to travel up to 25% of the time; both domestic and international

Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions

Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities

Aptitude to multi-task and lead projects / negotiations

Ability to work and interact with all departments within Illumina

Willingness to challenge the status quo with sound rationale

Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access)

A minimum of 15 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree in business, finance, STEM or related field; or 12 years and a master's degree; or a PhD with 8 years' experience; or equivalent experience

Typically has 7+ years of applicable people management experience

Must have 7+ years proven ability in overall Supply Chain process development, project management and execution