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VARITE INC · 3 days ago

Procurement Manager – Category

West Pittsburg, PA

Contract

Hybrid

Senior Level

$50/hr - $55/hr

5+ years exp

VARITE INC is an American-headquartered life science and clinical research company. The Procurement Manager - Category drives the execution of complex category strategies, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and manages supplier relationships to improve spend categories.

Information Technology & Services

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Manages global category initiatives to deliver key category performance indicators including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk

Leads the execution of a 3 to 5-year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals

Participates in the development of 3-5 year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting preferred suppliers that meet key business category management goals

Monitors market intelligence and key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements

Engages and supports division/site procurement teams and other key colleagues to qualify preferred suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, non-preferred suppliers

Analyze category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals

Actively participates in supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement, including performance standards and continuous improvement goals

Manages strategic contracts across suppliers, products and services within category

Facilitates free-flow of spend intelligence and analysis to internal business leaders in order to enhance their decision making

Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy

Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities

Establishes category plans and priorities globally and ensures alignment with divisional business priorities

Qualification

Procurement experienceContract NegotiationsCategory managementBusiness acumenContinuous improvementSupplier performance analysisCollaborative styleInfluencing without authorityHands-on manufacturing experienceLife sciences experienceInjection molding experience