Global Category Manager – Contracts and Purchased Finished Goods
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Global Category Manager spearheading procurement strategies for third-party manufacturing and Purchased Finished Goods. Driving cost optimization and supplier relationships for ICU Medical's operations.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement category strategies globally, including identifying needs, project planning, collecting internal and external data, performing strategic analysis and identifying opportunities, formulating procurement strategies and developing implementation plans.
- Form, lead, and facilitate cross-functional teams as applicable to execute the procurement process and plans; enable supplier selection and decision process; lead/facilitate contract development, negotiation and execution process, including complex commercial negotiations involving pricing, service levels, risk allocation, liability, and performance incentives.
- Manage strategy alignment, long term security of supply, supplier performance, and establish preferred supply base.
- Ensure optimal supplier pricing, supply responsiveness, quality, and contractual compliance.
- Own the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including negotiation, execution, amendments, renewals, compliance monitoring, and terminations.
- Partner with Legal to structure and negotiate contract terms and lead resolution of disputes, claims, and performance gaps.
- Establish and maintain master agreements, long-term supply agreements, and SOW frameworks that support scalability, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency.
- Develop appropriate risk management strategies which anticipate and address an extensive range of commercial, supply, and contractual risk scenarios to assure supply of ICU Medical’s requirements.
- Maintain industry intelligence on technology trends, sourcing options, and competitive pricing.
- Measure and report on commodity performance objectives, monitor supplier performance, conduct periodic business reviews, and initiate corrective action when necessary, including contract-based KPIs, SLAs, and scorecards.
- Review, negotiate, and maintain Supplier Agreements and supporting documentation.
- Benchmark prices and pricing information to ensure that the company is receiving the most cost-effective, highest quality products.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to support the sourcing process.
- Coordinate with other functions and impacted stakeholders to assure timely implementation and compliance with the agreed sourcing strategies.
- Work on special assignments as they arise.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) required; Master of Science or MBA preferred.
- 8-10 years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience in global or multi-site manufacturing environment.
- Commercial experience in indirect sourcing and/or outsourced services sourcing.
- Commercial experience in an outsourcing environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading contract negotiations and managing complex supplier agreements.
- Experience negotiating commercial contract terms and partnering with Legal business partners.
- Experience negotiating and managing high dollar contracts.
- Management of large spend portfolios sourced on a global scale.
- Experience managing multi-functional, cross-site teams.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-site activities, benchmarking, periodic meetings, and training as needed.
- Proven ability to successfully introduce change in a center-led management model.
- Experience working with large ERP systems; Oracle preferred.
- Project management experience.
Benefits:
- Travel less than 5% of the time
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