Senior Global Commodity Manager
Boston, MA - USA
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At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics one of Danahers 15 operating companies our work saves livesand were all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
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As a global leader in clinical diagnostics Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratorys role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing and are used in hospitals reference and research laboratories and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough to rapid and reliable sample analysis to more rigorous decision makingwe are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency clinical confidence adaptive collaboration and accelerated intelligence.
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The Senior Global Commodity Manager is responsible for developing and executing the global sourcing and category strategies for the Biochemicals commodity and associated sub commodities across Beckman Coulter Diagnostics spend responsibility for this role is approximately $234m per year. This role drives cost quality service innovation sustainability risk management and supply chain continuity outcomes by partnering cross-functionally with Operations Quality R&D Planning and Supplier Quality to optimize the end-to-end Biochemical supply base in support of business growth and operational excellence.
This position is part of the Global Strategic Procurement team. This role offers remote working to ensure a resilient competitive and compliant global biochemicals supply base that supports product availability worldwide.
In this role you will have the opportunity to:
- Strategic Category Leadership: Develop define and execute global category strategies for chemicals/biochemicals delivering cost reduction quality delivery sustainability goals and supply riskmitigation.
- Supplier Management & Negotiation Excellence
evaluate suppliers lead competitive events (RFIs/RFPs/auctions) negotiate agreements drive preferredsupplier adoption and manage supplier performance to meet Beckman Coulters needs. - Advanced Analytical & Business Skills: develop spend analysis market intelligence project repository maintenance financial analysis budget/price guidance track /report savings against annual objectives.
- CrossFunctional Leadership & Influence: lead without direct authorityguide other functions and collaborate strongly with our R&D / NPI teams to provide strategic direction on supplier selection.
- Continuous Improvement & DBS (Lean) Mindset: Adopt and use structured continuousimprovement tools (e.g. Lean Kaizen DBS) to improve cost quality delivery inventory cash across Beckman Coulter.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Education: Bachelors degree MBA or Masters degree in Supply Chain Management Chemistry Biochemistry Engineering Business or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
- Experience: 12 years of procurement/sourcing experience in chemicals biochemicals or biologics including strategic sourcing and supplier management. Experience of sourcing FDA regulated products preferred 5 years managing biochemical reagent categories (e.g. antibodies antigens enzymes beads) or operating in a technical role supporting sourcing.
- Technical Expertise: Working knowledge of biological reagents used in immunoassays (or other FDA regulated products) and their impact on product performance stability and manufacturing scalability experience partnering with R&D and Operations to resolve reagent and supplier issues.
- Supplier & Sourcing Leadership:
Demonstrated expertise in negotiations contract management and sourcing events such as RFI/RFP spend benchmarking E Tools such as E Auction with ability to evaluate suppliers on technical capability quality and total cost using TCO modelling. Being highly collaborative with such functions as New Product Introduction R&D Supplier Development and Quality to build roadmaps and Sourcing Strategies for the Biochem Category and Subcategories.
Travel Requirements: Ability to travel up to 20% including domestic and international trips as business needs require.
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 having existing senior executive relationships with representative suppliers.
- Working collaboratively across large organizations including spend pooling joint operating company negotiations collaboration on risk mitigation strategies.
- Managing procurement activities in regulated chemical environments including compliance with REACH TSCA PFASelimination programs or other relevant chemicalregulatory frameworks.
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 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 Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better more sustainable workforce. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.
The annual salary range for this role is $165K - $185K. 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 job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer a 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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