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Illumina · 4 weeks ago

Sr Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager

US - California - San Diego

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$139K/yr - $208K/yr

12+ years exp

Illumina is expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. The Sr Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager is critical in shaping Illumina's supply chain, improving the efficiency of genetic sequencing technology, and leading strategic sourcing activities to resolve complex supply chain issues.

BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareMedical

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead strategic sourcing activities to ensure business needs are met

Provide functional leadership and direction on technology steering teams

Routinely working on significant and unique issues with uncertainty where analysis of situations or data requires good level of business understanding and analytical capability

Works on projects where outcomes will be dependent on other functions / teams delivering commitments and the incumbent needs to be able to influence delivery of these activities to meet the overall objectives

Leads the strategic roadmap creation and implementation of category strategies for consumables

Negotiates agreements (i.e., development agreement, statements of work, licensing agreement, supply agreements, etc.) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while reducing equipment cost

Strengthen strategic supplier relationships to reduce business risk and support manufacturing site escalations

Collaborate with suppliers to develop capabilities, continuity, and capacity

Leads the execution of continuous improvement initiatives within Global Supply Chain

Partners with executive stakeholders to achieve functional and company goals

Qualification

Strategic sourcingAnalytical skillsNegotiationERP systemsMicrosoft OfficeCustomer focusProject leadership

Required

Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years of experience; or equivalent experience

Preferred

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

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

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

Business acumen; demonstrated ability to understand financial and legal terms

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

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with requisite interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional teams

Experience developing and leading RFx events

Strong negotiator; ability to negotiate the best deal for ILMN and influence upward

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

Familiarity with ERP and procurement systems

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