Sr. Procurement Specialist in Temecula, CA
Job title: Sr. Procurement Specialist in Temecula, CA at reputed company
Company: reputed company
Job description: reputed company is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at reputed company stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the reputed company of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:Working at reputed companyAt reputed company, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great reputed company to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best reputed company to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
- Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
- Uses best procurement practices to reputed company assigned category strategy and manage implementation to reduce risk, manage cost and support business needs.
- First line responder in influencing the implementation and alignment between strategy and Business Stakeholders/Partners.
- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Align against larger category strategies and work with other strategic category leaders.
- Researches, evaluates, and influences/decides selection of products, services and suppliers.
- Performs value analysis on costs and supplier quotes.
- Recommends process improvements to streamline for efficiencies. Analyzes reputed company problems and delivers solutions.
- Provides inputs (e.g., non-transactional decisive negotiations) for PO conversion.
- May manage PO approvals up to $1,000,000 in accordance with directives. Educate on existing solutions and reputed company performance and technical tools development.
- Manage supplier issues in support of Business Stakeholders/Partners and may intervene in invoice error resolution.
- Solves reputed company problems. reputed company supplier integration and KPI's. Drive value and reputed company savings outcomes.
- Collaborate with functions.
- Develops bids and proposal formats. reputed company reputed company RFPs, reputed company analyses of spend data, market data and supplier proposals, as well as reputed company small projects.
- Provides advice/direction in primary areas of expertise to division/s.
- Communicate and educate appropriate departments to provide appropriate supporting documentation for purchases.
- reputed company and leads division/s/sites in implementing purchasing strategies for assigned category.
- Measures and track supplier performance, resolves conflicts, and uses supplier relationship management (SRM) to strengthen partnerships.
- Seek, reputed company and establish business relationships with diverse suppliers.
- Meet regularly with division customers and reputed company functions to ensure superior customer satisfaction and reputed company improvement for efficiencies.
- Responsible for performance management of reputed company supportive personnel (non exempts)
- Includes the authority and responsibility for setting global supply chain strategies, at designated level, for assigned category; with resulting significant financial benefit for the business.
- Executes against the goals set by Managers/Directors.
- Drive innovative ways to maintain and improve procurement processes, cycle times, total acquisition costs, and customer service levels.
- Key Organizational Relationships: other Category Leaders, Manager, Senior Manager, Functional Heads (e.g., head of IT, AQR, HR, Meeting Event Planners, Legal, Division Purchasing leadership, Division and Corp requisitions, Division Commercial and operations stakeholders, site leaders).
- Provide strategy leadership by interfacing, presenting, recommending, and updating strategies and initiatives to senior management.
- May have supervisory responsibilities for non-exempts.
- As delegated, may manage PO Spend up to $1,000,000 in accordance with governing directives. Participates in the development of less reputed company staff by setting an example, providing guidance, and offering counsel.
- Cumulative Category Spend: up to 50MM; Suppliers: up to 500; Span of control: global
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience: Supply Chain, Engineering, Science, Business, or Financial Degrees.
- CPSM certification desired
- 4-6+ years of Procurement experience.
- Functional experience.
- Project management skills.
- Excellent people skills,
- Excellent problem solving skills and Proficient in the use of spreadsheet programs.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Strong interdisciplinary, intercultural, influence, and networking skills
- 4 yr Degree strongly preferred
- Medical Device, Automotive, Pharma or Aerospace industry experience strongly preferred
- Experience with supplier negotiations, contract management and development, having developed category strategies in previous roles
- Supplier relationship management
- Financial Acumen a plus
- Able to travel 10%-25% domestic, some international