Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, NuSil and Distribution
Company: Avantor
Location: Houston
Posted on: April 22, 2024
Job Description:
The Opportunity:Avantor is looking for an experienced Sourcing
Manager - Direct Materials to be responsible for developing
sourcing strategies, completing sourcing initiatives, and handling
sourcing activities in the Americas in their specific category.The
Sourcing Manager will be responsible for raw materials, chemicals,
and packaging commoditieWhat we're looking for
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or
related field.
- Experience: 4+-5 years in production planning required.
- Experience using SAP for planning/material movement.
- Chemical/or pharmaceutical experience preferred.
- Experience in a regulated environment such as cGMP, ISO, or FDA
preferred.
- Experience should show increasing responsibilities and higher
impact projects.
- Experience in planning in an asset- or raw material-constrained
environment required.
- Understanding of the financial impact of variances, purchase
prices and inventory investment.
- Excellent digital literacy: ability to learn new systems
quickly and maneuver the internet and internal intranet sites with
ease.
- Experience with matrixed global project responsibility
preferred.
- Strong drive for results.
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel,
Word, and PowerPoint.Who you are
- Strategic mentality and ability to complete hands-on.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Can-do mindset, creative, solution-focused, and willing to take
action.
- Ability and track record of leading complex
sourcing/procurement projects.
- Proactive spend control, spend analysis and strategy execution
skills.
- Fact and analysis-based decision-maker.
- Validated contracting and contract management skills.
- Strong interpersonal relationship management skills
- Highly organized, well structured, self-managed, clear priority
management skills.
- Ability to successfully work in an ambiguous environment.
- Confirmed strong negotiation skills.How you will create an
impact
- Accountable for roughly $40-80M spend per year.
- Works with Director, Direct Sourcing to develop and present
sourcing strategies to reduce category cost and mitigate supply
risk.
- Uses market intelligence and analyses to find opportunities and
risks, including but not limited to spend analysis, commodity
pricing forecasts, contract coverage analysis, etc.
- Collaborates with product management, commercial and operations
teams that direct sourcing supports to ensure alignment on sourcing
strategies, and that relevant market intelligence is shared.
- Develops and maintains a rolling 36-month sourcing strategy and
project roadmap, identifying savings estimates, estimated timing of
savings, and execution plans Drives execution of category sourcing
strategies (e.g., RFI/RFQ, supplier qualification, auction rounds,
negotiation), coordinating with Technical Managers, Quality,
Product Managers, and others as required.
- Maintains relationships with key vendors, and helps address
vendor related issues (e.g., pricing issues, performance issues,
etc.)
- Monitors category spend to ensure sourcing savings are captured
and do not erode over time.
- Conducts regular project execution reviews with the Director
and VP, Direct Strategic Sourcing, and the respective
business/functional leaders.
- Responds to raw material category sourcing requests in a timely
and efficient manner.
- Negotiates contracts in line with corporate DOA
guidelines.
- Supports the budget process by providing expectations for
material price outlooks.
- Commercial responsibility for a subset of material commodities,
which could include: solvents, reagents, bio-buffers, denaturants,
excipients, amino acids, salts, surfactant, and resins/polymers to
name a few.Disclaimer:The above statements are intended to describe
the general nature and level of work being performed by employees
assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be
construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and
skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is
proud to be an equal opportunity employer.Why Avantor?Dare to go
further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates
whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome
challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.The work we
do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient
treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the
chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical
devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first
time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you
to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career
at Avantor.We are committed to helping you on this journey through
our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes
learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At
Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your
contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply
today!EEO Statement:We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action
employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in
hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation,
race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental
disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by federal, state/province, or local law.If you need a
reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process,
please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.comand let
us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case
basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for
reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email
address.For more information about equal employment opportunity
protections, please view the Equal Employment Opportunity is THE
LAW Poster, EEO is the Law Poster Supplement, and Pay Transparency
Non-Discrimination Provision.3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:By
submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and
contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing
to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee
on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and
conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will
take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on
its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.
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