Director, Procurement Biochemistries

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The Category Team Leader Procurement Director of Biochemicals / Chemicals is responsible for spend performance on $1 billion in direct material spend. Through your leadership skills expert knowledge of procurement and experience in chemicals and biochemicals supply chain the successful candidate will drive improvements in cost quality delivery risk sustainability and supplier relationship management across Danahers operating companies.

This position reports to the Vice President of Global Sourcing & Category Management for direct materials and is part of Danahers corporate procurement team. The role will be fully remote though ideally located near a Danaher operating company site and require travel of up to 40% to Danaher and supplier sites.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Strategic Category Leadership: Proven ability to define and execute global category strategies for chemicals/biochemicals delivering cost reduction quality delivery and riskmitigation outcomes across large complex spend ($1B).
• Supplier Management & Negotiation Excellence: Expertise in evaluating suppliers leading competitive events (RFIs/RFPs/auctions) negotiating agreements driving preferredsupplier adoption and managing supplier performance to meet operating company needs.
• Advanced Analytical & Business Skills: Strong competency in spend analysis market intelligence financial analysis budget/price guidance and tracking/reporting savings against annual objectives.
• CrossFunctional Leadership & Influence: Ability to lead without direct authorityguiding operating company category leaders integrating new acquisitions training teams on sourcing tools/processes and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement & DBS (Lean) Mindset: Demonstrated experience using structured continuousimprovement tools (e.g. Lean Kaizen DBS) to improve cost quality delivery inventory cash and process standardization across a global organization.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Minimum of Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Chemistry Engineering Business or a related technical discipline; an MBA or advanced and related engineering degree is ideal.
• 10 years of functional procurement experience in chemicals biochemicals or specialty chemicals categories including strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.
• 5 years of leadership experience managing category strategies or leading crossfunctional sourcing teams in a global environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in largescale negotiations and contract management including running RFIs RFPs and competitive bidding events (e.g. auctions).
• Proficiency in spend analytics and costreduction methodologies including the use of Lean/DBS or similar continuousimprovement tools to deliver measurable savings quality and delivery improvements.

Travel Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Travel Requirements: Ability to travel up to 30% including domestic and international trips as business needs require.
• Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) Requirements: Must have a valid drivers license with an acceptable motor vehicle record (MVR) if operating a vehicle for business purposes is required.
• Physical / Environment Requirements: Ability to work in a home/office environment with extended periods of computer use. Ability to access manufacturing or laboratory environments including wearing required PPE (e.g. safety glasses lab coat closedtoe shoes). Ability to stand walk or move through production or supplier facilities as required for audits supplier assessments or Kaizen events.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Global sourcing within the life sciences biotech or pharmaceutical sectors specifically involving highpurity biochemicals specialty chemicals or regulated raw materials and have existing senior executive relationships with representative suppliers
• Leading multiOpCo or multiregion sourcing strategies through influence including global consolidation harmonization of category strategies and leveraged negotiations.
• Managing procurement activities in regulated chemical environments including compliance with REACH TSCA PFASelimination programs or other relevant chemicalregulatory frameworks.

Danaher a Danaher operating company offers a broad array of comprehensive competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether its a health care program or paid time off our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Danaher we believe in designing a better more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Danaher can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is 175000 - 190000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

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