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Somerville, NJ, US

STRATEGIC SOURCING SPECIALIST-9218121101

Description

The Ethicon Surgical Care business offers a broad range of products, platforms and technologies-including sutures, surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars and synthetic mesh devices-that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures. Specialties include support for treatment of colorectal and thoracic conditions, women's health conditions, hernias, cancer and obesity. The Ethicon Surgical Care business combines products and services of two market leading legacy companies, both with long histories of medical innovation. Ethicon, Inc. based in Somerville, New Jersey, was founded more than 80 years ago as a pioneer in suture development and manufacturing, helping to transform the safety and electiveness of open surgery. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. was created 20 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, developing innovative devices that have driven the revolutionary shift from open to minimally invasive surgery that continues to lead the industry today.

Ethicon Surgical Care is currently recruiting for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to be located in Somerville, NJ or Cincinnati, OH. The person can also be based at any another MD&D Facility.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Group Category Manager - Non-Sterile Packaging in the MD&D Packaging Category - the Sourcing Specialist will support category development, sourcing of components and supplier relationship management for the Non-Sterile Secondary Packaging category.

A Sourcing Specialist will: assist internal customers with material and process selection for purchases, assist customers in locating and selecting suppliers for purchases per category strategies, negotiate prices, develop and administer contracts for strategic suppliers, develop strategic suppliers, develop and improve large spend category strategies and major business processes such as business continuity and supplier selection to deliver annual improvements in total cost, quality and service, and support sites as needed.

Main duties and responsibilities:

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist will develop an expertise in the business needs and capabilities for major spend categories or key business processes. This individual will keep up with supply market trends, supplier economics, and best practice sourcing. The Specialist will seek to improve capabilities of the supplier base or key business processes. The individual will report performance data for assigned categories or key business processes. The Specialist will communicate, monitor, and aggressively manage compliance with the sourcing strategy or business process. The individual will establish close working relationships with other functions (e.g. engineering, operations, marketing, quality) to ensure full understanding and support of strategic sourcing perspective to key processes. The Specialist will track and manage performance of suppliers and ensure that performance issues are quickly addressed. The individual will identify sources of data for performance metrics, create a process to collect data, and champion the collection efforts. The Specialist will champion annual productivity improvements by leading internal & joint supplier / teams pursuing cost reduction opportunities in alignment with the sourcing strategy (e.g. lowering inventory levels, increasing yields, improving supplier operations, etc.). The individual will contribute to the continuous development of sourcing knowledge base and best practice by identifying and implementing sourcing "pockets of excellence". The Specialist will partner with key stakeholders and partners to address technical issues for components and processes. The individual will ensure training on and compliance with relevant company procedures.

Critical Success Factors or Scope or Responsibilities

Knowledge of:

Purchasing procedures

Supplier manufacturing processes

Production systems

Receiving and inspection procedures

Database management

Quality Systems

Negotiation approaches

Contract law

Statistical methods

GLP's / Personal Attributes

Excellent interpersonal skills required

Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills required

Creative & decisive problem solving skills

Proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result

Customer focus (internal & external)

Adaptable to meet rapidly changing priorities

Sound reasoning.

Strong Credo values

Qualifications


Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in engineering, logistics, business administration, operations or equivalent experience

MBA preferred

CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager) certification preferred

2-4 years of business experience required

1-3 years procurement/sourcing experience preferred

Minimum 1 year category experience desirable

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Primary Location:North America-United States-New Jersey-Somerville
Other Locations:North America-United States-California-Menlo Park, North America-United States-New Jersey-Raritan, North America-United States-Massachusetts-Raynham, North America-United States-California-Milpitas, North America-United States-Florida-Miami Lakes, North America-United States-Ohio-Cincinnati, North America-United States-California-Irvine
Organization: Ethicon Inc. (6045)