Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst (Key Technology)

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Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.

The Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for strategic commodity management through supplier relationships, supplier risk mitigation, operating margin expansion, and driving optimal total cost of ownership. They will be responsible for creating relationship strategies, managing suppliers to simplify our supply base and reduce material cost by implementing negotiation strategies while ensuring product availability supporting multiple stakeholders.

You will be a part of the Strategic Procurement team and report to the Manager, Strategic Procurement responsible for leading the Strategic Procurement for multiple commodities, primarily Key Technologies. If you thrive in a multifunctional, leadership, fast -paced role and want to work to build a Procurement world-class organization—read on.

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead supply chain initiatives in a manufacturing operations environment and all aspects of supplier selection and business transitions with overall project management for your assigned commodities.
• Develop commodity strategies for the organization and negotiate contracts/agreements with those suppliers.
• Partner with assigned suppliers, conducting regular business reviews with those having a high impact on the company.
• Analyze and supervise corrective actions when supplier performance fails to meet expectations and address supplier performance or relationship issues that are raised by our manufacturing sites.
• Lead requests for supplier pricing or information (RFP/RFI).

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years’ experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years’ experience, or Doctoral degree with 0+ years’ experience
• 2+ years’ experience in a procurement, strategic sourcing, or a commodity management capacity in a manufacturing environment
• Strong business acumen and ability to build strong business cases to support sourcing decisions.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills and demonstrated use of continuous improvement tools to identify cost savings opportunities
• Experience working with ERP systems

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Complex commodity procurement and strategic relationship management within a highly regulated industry
• FDA regulated experience
• Global procurement experience

The salary range for this role is 85,000 to 110,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law

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