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About the role
Join a dynamic team as the Procurement Manager for Infusion Systems! This exciting role is dedicated to shaping the future of sourcing for our infusion therapy solutions with a focus on our electro-mechanical infusion pump instruments. As part of our Integrated Supply Chain roadmap we're on a mission to enhance our external manufacturing partnerships and create a robust network of contract manufacturers, making a significant impact on supply continuity and repeatable manufacturing quality of our solutions for acute and ambulatory care settings to serve patients around the world.
As the Procurement Manager, you'll be at the forefront of BD's mission to advance the world of health by ensuring the competitiveness and product availability of our Infusion Systems business platform within BD`s Medical segment. With a steadily growing market opportunity and evolving customer and patient needs, you will play a vital role in enabling our investments in future business growth.
This role is a 24 month Specific Purpose Contract position and offers Hybrid working along with Benefits including Bonus, Healthcare Insurance for you and dependents, Pension, Life Assurance and 24 days Annual leave.
Main responsibilities will include:
Reporting to the Procurement Associate Director EMI EMEA and Infusion Systems (WWIPD), you will support strategic make vs. buy programs from initiation through serial production and represent procurement on the program core teams.Be accountable to the procurement and program leadership teams for timely execution of all procurement related program activities and deliverables as well as for adhering to the 3rd party spend budget and achieving annual material cost reduction targets of the programsCoordinating with various procurement resources such as category managers and buyers and defining the procurement priorities, managing relationships with and performance of global contract manufacturers on ongoing basis, deploying statement-of-work agreements, executing end-to-end material/supplier strategies including new build and spares production, identifying and mitigating program risks and regularly reporting out on program status.Champion the sourcing and localization of tier 2 sub-assembly suppliers and the identification of synergies with the preferred supply base of BD or its contract manufacturers.
About you
As Procurement Manager Infusion Systems you are required to have effective influencing and communication skills in a highly matrixed and multi-cultural organization as well as advanced project management skills, dealing with ambiguity and complexity while remaining adaptable to new objectives.Excellent analytical and problem solving skillsMultiple years of professional experience with contract manufacturing and / or in strategic sourcing in a manufacturing environment and have a solid understanding of related spend categories such as electro-mechanical components, electronics, plastic injection molding and precision machining.
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