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Cincinnati, OH, US

Strategic Sourcing Specialist-2433130114

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 preferably be based in Cincinnati, OH. Alternate locations are Juarez, Mexico or El Paso, Texas.

Reporting to a Sourcing Manager in the Base Business SW Cluster - the Sourcing Specialist - Base Business SW Cluster will support category development, sourcing of components and supplier relationship management for the metals, electronics and packaging categories for the SW Cluster.

The Sourcing Specialist will assist 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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop an expertise in the business needs and capabilities for major spend categories or key business processes. Keep up with supply market trends, supplier economics, and best practice sourcing. Ensure training on and compliance with relevant company procedures. Seek to improve capabilities of the supplier base or key business processes. Report performance data for assigned categories or key business processes. Communicate, monitor, and aggressively manage compliance with the sourcing strategy or business process. 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. Track and manage performance of suppliers and ensure that performance issues are quickly addressed. Identify sources of data for performance metrics, create a process to collect data, and champion the collection efforts. 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.).Contribute to the continuous development of sourcing knowledge base and best practice by identifying and implementing sourcing "pockets of excellence".

Partner with key stakeholders and partners to address technical issues for components and processes

Qualifications


A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required. A minimum of 1 years procurement, sourcing or operations experience preferred. A minimum of 1 year of experience in Materials, Supply Chain, Engineering or Supplier Quality experience is required. APICS (American Production & Inventory Control Society) or CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager) certification preferred. Knowledge of the following is preferred: Purchasing procedures, Supplier manufacturing processes, Production systems, Receiving and inspection procedures, database management, Negotiation approaches, Contract law and Statistical methods

The following is also preferred: 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 and Strong Credo values

This position will require up to 25% travel domestically.

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Primary Location:North America-United States-Ohio-Cincinnati
Organization: Ethicon Endo Surgery Inc (6041)