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The Sr Manager, IT Procurement is responsible for leading IT Hardware, Network, & Telecom categories globally with a total spend in excess of $100 million, reporting to the Global Procurement Director of Enterprise Technology within Baxter’s Indirect Procurement team. This position will be responsible for leading procurement excellence and driving best value for the categories under management, 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:
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 Senior Leadership and to key internal partners
Lead negotiations across critical supply 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 inspiring leader within the organization on key solutions in the marketplace consistently ensuring that Baxter has line of sight to current trends in cost management
Requirements:
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Information Technology or Business Management
Minimum 7 years of category management experience with multinational organizations
Previous experience sourcing Information Technology with an emphasis on Network, Hardware, & Telecom
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 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), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching
Flexible Spending Accounts
educational assistance programs
paid holidays
paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service