Our client is a world leading supplier of scientific instrumentation, raegents and consumables, and software services. 

Position Summary:

The Director, Procurement Partner is the leader responsible for developing and driving the Procurement vision with key colleagues in the business unit. You will be a key partner to the divisional operations leader with a focus on strategy, execution and implementation. In this position, you will facilitate the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost. You will also mitigate risk, use technology, improve processes and systems, and reduce overall cost of ownership and acquisition.

Scale of Responsibilities:

• Establish and implement short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies and procedures for the Division aligned with the Group performance metrics
• Deliver on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement
• Coordinate long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implement plans
• Engage and collaborate with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage
• Partner with Supply Chain to create demand plans for supplier partners
• Work closely with Shared Service and Procure to Pay (P2P) process team to ensure efficient end to end delivery models
• Coordinate business projects and programs (e.g. M&A integration, make or buy, vendor transition, CSR), supervise execution and communicate results to senior leaders
• Ensure alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects
• Ensure the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management

Technical Responsibilities:

• Assemble Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements
• Join forces with Supplier Partners, ensuring capacity to meet demand and work with the Category team to close gaps
• Drive and oversee compliance for indirect materials in linkage with the Global team
• Use ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, look after the product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming
• Serve as issue point of contact for Procurement within the Division, work with Category Management to resolve problems
• Consolidate, analyze and report on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Provide division input to category strategies (Global, Group specific) and support implementation of aligned strategies
• Engage with supplier leadership (Vice President, General Managers, President, Functional and Operations Leaders) to tackle business problems and assure alignment with company objectives
• Develop and assess purchasing talent while improving resource productivity and professionalism
• Mentor and evolve staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement
• Implement talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results
• Drive the development and implementation of common processes, standardized practices, use of tools and technologies that can scaled company wide

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a comparable area of study; MBA preferred
• A minimum of 12 years of procurement/sourcing experience
• High level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (engineering, sourcing)
• Strong influencing and ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of colleagues
• Significant eye for business with confirmed team building skills and understanding of operations
• Proven flexibility and readiness to respond to changes in the external environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to confidently present sophisticated information
• Resolved, metrics driven leader with a root cause, permanent fix approach, continuous improvement approach
• Strong procurement and sourcing background
• 5+ years' experience leading and managing procurement teams with a cornerstone on mentoring, coaching and performance management
• Progressively responsible career path in manufacturing operations and procurement with significant practical experience in international settings
• Strong analytical skills and process focus
• Empowering of global constituents to meet business objectives, and possess strong presentation skills at all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and unquestioned integrity and trust