Category Manager Electronic Systems (m/f/d)

Abiomed is an innovative medical device business with an inspiring mission "Patients First," and a unique guiding company principle " Recovering hearts.

Saving lives." With more than 2,000 employees, Abiomed is one of the fastest growing medical technology businesses in the world with corporate headquarters in Danvers, USA, and locations in Aachen and Berlin, Germany, Tokyo, Japan, and Singapore.

Abiomed is part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

Abiomed is an employer with attractive working conditions and an appreciative corporate culture that focuses on the needs of its employees.

Abiomed inspires and retains exceptional talent through collaboration, passion and continuous development.

Abiomed is recruiting for a:

Category Manager, Electronics Systems (m/f/d)

Department: Supply Chain

Location: Aachen (Germany)

Job Responsibilities:

At Abiomed, we are passionate about recovering hearts and making a difference in the lives of our patients through our innovative products.

Abiomed is one of the highest growing businesses of Johnson & Johnson Med Tech sector.

In this growth trajectory, Global Procurement contributes significantly through overseeing and developing supplier networks.

Electronic Systems is key material category for Abiomed products and is comprised of material groups including motors, cables, wires, printed circuit board assembly, semiconductor.

The Category Manager ES will be responsible for driving spend performance and managing relationships of electronic category suppliers to Abiomed products.

This individual will develop, and /or support sourcing strategies, and supplier strategies under guidance of Category leader.

The incumbent in the role, will plan, direct, and support the delivery against targets for financial performance, supply reliability across quality & service, and compliance adherence.

The purpose of this position is to manage specific sub-categories in the Electronic Systems portfolio for Abiomed.

This responsibility includes the need for strong engagement with internal stakeholders and robust connection with our key external partners.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities :

Sourcing

• Lead or support sourcing initiatives to identify the right supplier partners, Influence decisions, delivering on-going value improvements while driving competitive advantage.

• Develop spend analysis and gather market intelligence in alignment with business goals.

• Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality, innovation, and growth commitments.

• Build and maintain relationships throughout Abiomed that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions.

• Support the development and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community.

• Drive sourcing activities for defined categories to support new products under development.

• Develop and lead cost management initiatives;...