STERIS · 1 day ago
Supply Chain Manager
St Louis, MO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $140K/yr
6+ years expSTERIS is a company focused on providing innovative solutions in the healthcare sector, and they are seeking a Supply Chain Manager to lead procurement activities. This role involves overseeing inventory control, developing sourcing strategies, and ensuring material availability while fostering relationships across various functions and with suppliers.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device
Responsibilities
Support all site and business HSE policies
Supervise a team of buyers and sourcing specialist, and other associated roles
Drives a culture of accountability and results through routine management and effective performance management
Drive overall sourcing initiatives to minimize risk, reduce costs, and ensure best value continuity of supply. Ensure products and services are supplied on time and with good quality to meet Customer needs
Lead team activities to meet Site goals for spend aggregation, and supplier consolidation, rationalization, and segmentation
Responsible to drive KPI results supporting the Supply Chain Strategy goals
Leverage and manage supplier relationships and performance
Lead and identify continuous improvement activities to increase efficiency and reduce costs of internal procurement processes and systems
Ensure team compliance with STERIS policies and procedures, and government requirements
Ensures alignment and communication with other functional leaders
Ensure the Demand Plan is supported through material and component procurement to support Manufacturing to achieve necessary business demand, customer service, and site cost and productivity goals
Facilitate Problem solving utilizing critical thinking and lean methodologies
Own and drive business and site working capital goals through coordination between procurement, planning and production
Interface with internal and external warehouses and suppliers, to ensure proper logistics to support plant and business initiatives
Support accuracy of inventory counts and physical inventories by implementing and managing, in conjunction with finance and warehousing teams, an inventory control system
Manage the requisition of all direct and indirect materials and services required to support production schedule and meet incoming quality requirements
Participates as a key member of the Plant operations team, serves as the voice of the purchasing team and supports site in making cross-functional operations decisions to meet KPI and long term strategies
Employs data analysis and information technology to improve Division performance
Create development plans for sourcing / procurement team members and ensure talent pipeline is in place for key functions
Analyzes inventories and develops and executes plans to balance Inventory % of Sales and optimize customer service
Establishes and implements standard re-order and delivery procedures
Responsible for levels of item data accuracy (item master) relating to procurement and Suppliers
Responsible for managing the division operational inventory to ensure adequate stocking levels for immediate production items and forecasting for future requirements for premier Customer service
Negotiates long term contracts in coordination with group staff and policies
Responsible for continuous improvements programs with suppliers
Will establish and implement standard/automated re-order procedures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
Six (6) to eight (8) years of experience working in Supply Chain, manufacturing and / or industrial environment
Experience in all aspects of end-to-end Supply Chain including contract negotiations, commodity based materials management, project management and commercial analytics
Excellent knowledge office applications like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and project management tools
Preferred
Regulated business environment experience
First-line supervisory experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment
Excellent communication, problem solving, project management, organizational and negotiation skills
Responds with a sense of urgency to meeting and supporting the needs of each and every Customer, providing innovative and comprehensive solutions. Effectively negotiates, influences and collaborates with others. Seeks a creative, win/win solution
Builds constructive and effective relationships cross-functionally; effectively manages through conflict while maintaining relationships
Effectively handles change, ambiguity and changing priorities staying focused on achieving the key priorities for the business
Effectively manages projects, assessing time, resources, investment, etc. ensuring deadlines and objectives achieved
Keeps current on the industry, the 'Customer,' market and other external factors impacting the role and/or business and benchmarks for improvement of processes and applications
Identifies the strategic issues and translates them into practical ideas and programs
Anticipates future consequences and trends accurately and effectively manages complexity and change
Benefits
Market Competitive Pay.
Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays.
Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits.
Long/Short Term Disability coverage.
401(k) with a company match.
Maternity & Paternity Leave.
Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance.
Tuition Reimbursement and continued educations programs.
Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career.
Company
STERIS
STERIS is a leading provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services, focused primarily on healthcare, pharmaceutical and medical device Customers.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (15)
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2021 (18)
2020 (19)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.28M2010-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $0.28M
1998-12-01IPO
Leadership Team
Daniel Carestio
President and CEO, STERIS
Walter Rosebrough
CEO Emeritus & Senior Advisor
Recent News
2025-11-05
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