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ROLE SUMMARY

The Director of Procurement is responsible for establishing and managing all aspects of strategic and operational procurement activity.  This includes oversight of category management for production materials and contract manufacturing (“direct”) expenditures, capital expenditures, and non-production material goods, supplies and services (“Indirects”); management of operational procurement / purchasing activity; supplier management; related external expenditure analytics; annual budget and standard cost establishment for purchased materials, goods and services; supporting capital expenditures and projects; and management of procurement policy, procedure and related practices.  

The objective of this role is to continuously improve through innovative solutions the value, quality and service received by Kindeva from its procurement practices and external provider base.  In addition to effective sourcing and demand management practices, supplier relationship management, and risk management, this role requires significant data analysis, industry benchmarking, and knowledge management of relevant industry and market cost trends, to ensure proactive and relevant strategies are delivered in a timely manner aligned with current and future business requirements. It is charged with developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers to ensure that stakeholder requirements are met, and supplier performance is measured and maintained at the appropriate service levels. The role works to assure continued supply of reliable quality materials, goods and services, and optimize our cash, cost value position with external providers as part of Kindeva’s integrated supply chain, while maintaining compliance. 

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide leadership and manage all aspects of strategic and operational procurement activity, including: 
• Sourcing, vendor selection and contracting process 
• Category management for production materials and contract manufacturing (“direct”) expenditures, capital expenditures, and non-production material goods, supplies and services (“Indirects”) 
• Operational procurement / requisition processing / purchasing activity 
• Supplier development, performance management and improvement 
• Lead and manage sourcing/vendor and category management strategies and plans; oversee development of spend-area category strategies. 
• Establish annual budget and standard costs for purchased materials, goods and services, and related capital expenditures (e.g. tooling). 
• Develop, manage, and assure compliance to procurement policies, procedures, and related practices.   
• Understand and incorporate insights from external spend data analytics, relevant external supply and market considerations, category intelligence, and business requirements to enable the development of aligned procurement strategies with relevant stakeholders; and translate strategic plans into short term actions. 
• Oversee and at times lead contract negotiations with current and prospective supplier vendors to secure the best overall terms, conditions, and value, with support as required from Legal department. 
• Manage, develop, and improve supplier relationships to drive reliable performance, increasing value and innovation, including but not limited to: 
• Assuring proper governance with suppliers to effectively manage and improve business; includes assuring appropriate means for communication, escalation, and decision-making. 
• Establishing and managing supplier-based performance towards agreed outcomes, measures and metrics 
• Leads resolution of any escalation of issues with vendors 
• Exercise strong Business Partnering skills by building effective stakeholder relationships. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders at the Leadership Team level to ensure business needs are being addressed. 
• Partner with other cross-functional leaders to implement effective processes and identify organizational improvement opportunities. 
• Act as escalation point and subject matter expert for both internal and external parties.  Establish and manage the governance processes with key suppliers and outsourced partners for categories in scope.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

·     Bachelor’s Degree required.   

·     7-10 years relevant experience in procurement category management, supplier management, operational procurement 

·     Demonstrated knowledge of procurement systems, processes, and procedures.  

·     Qualitative and quantitative analytical skills 

·     Influencing, persuasion and negotiation skills and techniques.  

·     Proven experience administering problem solving methodology. 

·     Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal interactions skills

·     Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office tools; ability to navigate and utilize MS Excel, Work, PowerPoint and Office with high degree of proficiency; ability to utilize other network resources to find information, seek solutions and address questions. 

Procurement Competencies 

·     Category and Sourcing Strategy Development: Exemplary understanding and capability to use category/sourcing process in all spend /category/supplier circumstances. 

·     Continuous Improvement, Supplier Relationship Management & Supplier Development: Excels at the initiation, development, and ongoing management of a comprehensive range of supplier relationship profiles; Is a role model in managing deployment across an extensive range of supplier engagements to ensure the achievement of highly beneficial outcomes for all parties.  

·     Project Management: Deploys a broad spectrum of behaviors and strategies across multi-disciplinary stakeholder groups.  Can surpass the achievement of targeted outcomes across an extensive range of project types. Demonstrated proficiency in managing complex, cross-functional activities, facilitating cross-functional teams; and managing multiple projects. 

·     Contract Development, Negotiation and Management: Advanced capability regarding the development, negotiation, and management of Statements of Work (SOWs), supply and service contracts, and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) 

Preferred Qualifications/Skills 

·     Master’s Degree Desirable. 

·     Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; talks about possibilities; creates mileposts to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision sharable by everyone; can inspire and motivate. 

·     Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers. 

·     Demonstrates resourcefulness with proven ability to anticipate needs and priorities, and ability to execute high quality work on or ahead of schedule and keep high level stakeholder satisfaction. Completes variety of routine and non-routine assignments with ease. 

·     Takes initiative to involve others in completing projects and process improvements, as needed; takes ownership of work product. Independently uses own judgment to determine work methods and procedures appropriate to a variety of complex situations.  

·     Effective time management: ability to prioritize work with minimal oversight; self-starter and self -motivated, independent, pro-active. 

·     High level of agility and ability to manage many demands and changes to priorities and timelines. Exceptional organization, interpersonal and communication skills.

Kindeva (KDD)/Meridian Medical Technologies (MMT) is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. MMT also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.

KDD/MMT requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, MMT will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.