Strategic Buyer

This is a key role within the Global Procurement function, driving a high-performance culture and setting the standard for excellence. We are looking for an ambitious Strategic Buyer, to join Packaging & Sterilisation Category Management Team within Global Procurement with focus on external Sterilisation across the Convatec product portfolio. This would include key interfaces with external suppliers to ensure capacity availability, Manufacturing & Supply Chain to ensure timely forecasting, the Advanced Operations team on New Product Development (NPD) and implementing collaborative cross functional initiative workshops across all methods, modalities and cycles resulting in a cohesive, long term Category Strategy. This role is 100% focused on supporting surety of supply and optimisation across Ostomy Care, Advanced Wound Care, Continence Care and Infusion Care. As a member of this team, you will be expected to develop, outline, and submit initiatives and support projects in accordance with agreed upon deliverables, timings, and budgets.,

• Become the procurement SME in the assigned category: global sterilisation services
• Analyse complex information/data to drive to decisions and or actions
• Prepare and execute large RFI/RFQ to support benchmarking exercises and category strategy development
• Manage service agreements monitoring their correct implementation and execution; support the Senior Category Manager with the preparation for new contract negotiation
• Manage supply availability for assigned capacity to meet existing production and NPD project timeline and deliverables
• Ensure effective communication channels between operational contacts and key suppliers to improve throughput, capacity optimisation and cross validation activities
• Utilise internal resources and supplier data to develop Excel planning tools, lead measures and supplier performance metrics
• Drive cross functional initiative workshops to establish a pipeline of optimisation to mitigate category constraints and supplier under capacity.
• Attend project review meetings and report status where relevant to the Category, identify risks and potential impacts on project timeline with associated mitigation options
• Work closely with the Category Manager/Procurement Director responsible for the supplier/category commercial relationship
• Drive supplier initiatives and business review meetings with assigned suppliers as part of Global Procurement Supplier Relationship management (SRM) programs
• Anticipate risks and supply issues and proactively taking actions to prevent occurrence
• Escalate risks and supply issues and resolve with the appropriate sense of urgency
• Build strong relationships across multiple functions (R&D/T&I, PMO, Advanced Operations, Supply Chain, Global Procurement) and with assigned suppliers, clear written and verbal communications
• Develop in depth understanding of the internal and external capacities and constraints within the assigned Category including Financial aspects of the sterilisation services
  
  5 years + working within a similar buyer role (preferably in a similar regulated industry); prior experience with procurement of sterilisation services preferred but not required.
• Able to demonstrate the values and behaviors required to be successful in the role and support the Convatec 'Forever Caring' Promise.
• Experience in contract implementation and management
• Excellent inter-personal & communication skills.
• Results and solution oriented, with a focus on meeting required targets and deadlines.
• Able to operate independently on own deliverables while working in large cross-functional teams under time pressure
• An understanding of initiatives development or requirements to deliver complex projects
• Possess ability for analytical problem-solving and analysis/interpretation of complex problems, incorporating data gathered from a variety of sources/software tools.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate to a diverse audience, at multiple levels within the company using a variety of formats, presentations, emails, leading meetings, face to face, etc.
• Able to promote and foster new ideas among internal and external stakeholders, challenging the status quo with sustainable solution(s).
• Must be able to work with a range of technically and culturally diverse people, influencing them to achieve goals in a timely manner to help drive business results.
  
  Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound are, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. The ompany is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com
  
  Hybrid working or home based with regular visit to ConvaTec site as required.
Travel Requirements:
• Position may require some (<10%) travel (domestic and international) to External manufacturing suppliers' plants and ConvaTec offices.
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