Global Category Lead, Logistics (Sr Director)

Position Location Details – Upon agreement between you and your Supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office and working remotely.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Responsible for managing the execution of strategic and innovative activities related to the procurement of all ancillary products and services required for hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and renal drugs.

Responsible for overseeing contract negotiations for the procurement of supplies, services for cross-divisional Fresenius Medical Care spend, and aligning category strategies with demand owners and stakeholders.

Primarily responsible for tactical and category-specific strategic procurement processes for the respective category across FMC.

The Sr.

Director manages the Category directors as well as category-specific supplier portfolios in line with the overall procurement strategy.

This position has strong liaison relationships and may have reporting line responsibilities with other FMC divisions.

This position works with management to develop fully integrated global procurement programs, determining scope and objectives, ensuring administrative compliance, and interpreting broad best in class industry standard strategies and philosophies.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Provides strategic leadership of short- and long-term goals through the use of thoughtful techniques in the communication of the company's mission and core values as a means to implement positive change and or create organizational structure within the assigned business unit(s).


* Manages and optimizes the business unit and or category spend according to the goals set by SVP Procurement / CPO (and or Procurement leadership) and VP Procurement.

Defines spend optimization strategies and potentials (i.e., standardization, design-to-cost, bundling, supplier concentration), initiates, supports, and drives decisions.

Assures the implementation of defined optimization strategies in coordination with the Procurement leadership and Stakeholder Council; reports according to specified ˜reporting lines.'


* Establishes and leads teams that strategically manage spending by utilizing a proven sourcing process that engages stakeholders, aligns business objectives, and ensure supply continuity.

Leverage supplier capabilities across FMC to meet the near and long-term needs of the business.

Ensure robust supplier selection, diligent management of supplier performance issues, and innovative thinking on supplier capability.


* Benchmarks category (Purchasing conditions, processes) and continuously optimizes procurement processes/ systems and commodity (sub-category) portfolio.

Elaborates and deepens the know-how about products, markets, and suppliers inside the category; provides this to the procurement community, and supports scouting for innovations.

Monitors the global supplier market for her/his category esp.

in terms of global...