Senior Manager IT Procurement

For you its all about the people. As a Sr. Manager IT Procurement your impact on patient care is always top of mind. Your desire for challenging mission-driven work and eagerness to meet unforeseen challenges head-on provide robust opportunities to grow your career as a business-focused IT partner. Baxter trusts and appreciates your curious and collaborative problem-solving nature. You enjoy taking ownership of processes that enable the business to work and serve our customers more efficiently.

A global transformation is happening across our IT functionone where we are intentionally and thoughtfully reimagining how we partner with the business. Your expertise is a welcome addition and will be crucial in developing fresh solutions to optimize our technology for all of Baxter. You enjoy seeing the connection between the future and today as we look to simplify our technology landscape. Your past experiences and enthusiasm for innovation will help us streamline systems and initiatives break down IT silos and work in an agile hyper-collaborative model. To drive transformation we will work smarter not harderwhich means you will be able to focus on value-driven outcomes while gaining regular exposure to the business as you grow your career with Baxter.

• Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to create and lead category strategies pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of product pipeline.

• Lead the supplier selection risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects.

• Ensure that appropriate Supplier Relationship Management programs are in place for strategic and critical suppliers in the concerned categories of spend

• Provide regular progress updates to Senior Leadership and to key internal partners

• Lead negotiations across critical complex and strategic supplier agreements using strong value-based techniques

• Monitor track and report on savings and incremental value of sourcing activities

• Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base regularly reviewing market developments and mobilizing the appropriate internal network

• Be an encouraging leader within the organization on key solutions in the marketplace consistently ensuring that Vantive has line of sight to current trends in cost management

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Supply Chain Information Technology or Business Management

• Minimum 8 years of category management experience with multinational organizations

• Previous experience sourcing Information Technology with an emphasis on Software/SaaS

• Proven experience in people stakeholder and project management

• Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups

• Very strong analytic and negotiation skills

• Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking

• Experience in contracting includes but not be limited to Master Service Agreements SaaS and Software License Agreements Statements of Work Amendments and NDAs

• Deep understanding of Procurement standard processes supply markets suppliers and products

• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment

• Sophisticated understanding of pricing and licensing models and contracts terms

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter we are committed to equitable pay for all employees and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is00 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location skills and expertise experience and other relevant factors.This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this our pay philosophy and available benefits please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal its discretion Baxter may decide to adjust suspend or discontinue as business needs change.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.