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This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. The leader in this role will be responsible for leading Contingent Labor globally with a total spend in excess of $100 million, reporting to the Global Director of Professional Services within Baxter's Indirect Procurement team. This position will be responsible for leading procurement excellence and driving best value for the category, with key focus on cost, quality, and service. This role involves project management across several functions, business units and global sites and collaborating closely with business partners at the senior level to define priorities, establish strategic and tactical objectives, develop a multi-year category roadmap ensuring accurate alignment of requirements and supply base. Additionally, the leader in this role will continuously and proactively investigate new suppliers/technologies as inputs into our value funnel, supporting our organizational goals while helping to improve patient outcomes.
Job Responsibility:
Act as liaison between the Manager Service Provider (MSP) in applicable countries driving strategy and optimizing the program for both staff augmentation and contingent labor scopes of work
Lead global expansion of MSP and support external countries directly
Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to 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 direct manager, procurement senior leadership and to key internal partners
Lead negotiations across critical supply agreements using 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
Requirements:
Bachelors Degree required
Masters Degree is a plus
Minimum 5 years of category management experience with multinational organizations
Previous experience within strategic procurement of Contingent Labor and Services Procurement strongly preferred
Proven experience in people, stakeholder and project management
Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups
Strong analytic and negotiation skills
Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking
Experience in contracting to include but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs
Intermediate understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products
Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment
Intermediate understanding of pricing models and contracts terms
What we offer:
Medical and dental coverage that start on day one
Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP)
Flexible Spending Accounts
Educational assistance programs
Paid holidays
Paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service