Category Manager

Top Management

*	Lead the function providing procurement expertise to relevant stakeholders in the company, in a collaborative manner.
*	Coordinate with research, CMC and clinical teams to ensure accuracy and competitive pricing of purchased items and their specifications, determine alternate equivalent items when necessary.
*	Oversee and manage full life cycle of vendor relationships including RFPs, selection, onboarding, negotiation, pricing, specifications, prioritization, timing, shipping, discrepancies, etc.
*	Coordinates and follows up with internal stakeholders to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services.
*	Lead the creation, negotiation, and finalization of contractual documents (MSAs, Work Orders, Change Orders) for various departments in a timely manner.Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
*	Drive best value including cost, quality, timing, and delivery for purchased goods and services meeting the business needs.

Senior Manager Procurement

*	Plan and procure materials and services to support build plans, forecasts, and changing demand.
*	Maintain and promote strong relationships with suppliers and any other internal customers.
*	Actively participate in efforts to drive down material costs.
*	Coordinates and follows up with internal stakeholders to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling, and movement of materials and services.
*	Partner with Finance and Accounting teams to ensure purchase requisites are progressing through approvals and that purchase orders are updated in P2P / ERP system.
*	Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
*	Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.

Associate Director Procurement

*	Provides regular updates to the executive team on supplier, CMO, and production risks and works with executive team to reduce those risks
*	Own vendor and contract manufacturer relationships and drive forecasting, planning, ordering, and improvements in cost and efficiency.
*	Develop strategy for strategic sourcing key components
*	Develop and maintain process for maintaining safety stocks of critical components and optimal inventory levels
*	Improve processes for customer ordering and execute on incoming orders
*	Work with operations manager on internal production planning on a weekly basis to ensure sufficient quantity of finished goods
*	Responsible for internal and external forecasting of both raw and finished goods

Senior Manager Procurement AND Supply Chain

*	Plan, schedule, and manage the materials for delivering time-critical components to support assigned projects
*	Create Purchase Orders; maintain accurate open PO lines to define inbound quantities and due dates from vendors
*	Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by aligning supply chain processes with product development project plan milestones
*	Collect and analyze data needed to enable successful New Product Introduction (NPI)
*	Identify critical path to come up with risk mitigation/contingency strategies for potential schedule slips/material shortages

*	Ensure all raw materials are ordered and delivered in accordance with planned production schedules to minimize any disruptions to the supply chain.
*	Manage monthly physical inventory and valuation process and seek on-going improvements to process
*	Manage all Operations associated Purchase Orders which includes managing the cash-flow forecast impact of open Purchase Orders
*	Ensure Bill of Materials is updated on a monthly basis by day 5 of every month. Provide commentary on trends, fluctuations on the bill of materials. Include Bill of Materials forecast as well.
*	Provide on-going Operations financial/metric reporting to management with recommendations on any cost reduction opportunities

Manager Procurement AND Planning

*	Support the pursuit of quality, cost, delivery and service performance objectives enabling bottom line performance and strategic leverage across the designated region.
*	Effectively manage and improve the supplier portfolio, developing relationships to ensure best practice, value and performance.
*	Identify performance indicators and analyze, seek opportunities for delivery and service improvement, and plan and execute improvement actions.
*	Manage resources and ensure physical delivery of material product or purchased services within timeframe and cost required.
*	Manage procurement activities such as goods in, control of all inventories, shipping/receiving, material movement and purchasing.
*	Manage procurement process in relation to vendor qualification process, price negotiation, terms and conditions reviews, purchase order generation, transmittal and tracking.

Supply Chain Manager

*	Coordinating, managing, and maintaining the procurement strategy of the organization.
*	Maintain knowledge of supply base and pre-qualified supply sources to assure market competitiveness.
*	Manage supplier performance for purchased products and assure that all aspects of the purchase to payment process are maintained.
*	Measure and monitor compliance to supplier agreement and results.
*	Develop and deploy key standard purchasing practices and procedures.
*	Optimize capital and operating spend through technology and creative strategies.
*	Drive timely and accurate reporting to senior company management.
*	Work to implement best practices across procurement function in a growing organization by leveraging prior experience with procurement systems and technologies.

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