Manager, Indirect Procurement IT Software

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

This role will be responsible for leading assigned IT categories globally with a total spend in excess of $100 million, reporting to the Global Director of IT within Baxter’s Indirect Procurement team.

This position leads procurement excellence and driving the 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 interpersonal goals while helping to improve patient outcomes.

At Baxter Healthcare Corporation, we strive to be world class in everything we do. As the Commercial Operations Supervisor, you will play a vital role in ensuring flawless operations and driving the success of our commercial team. This is an outstanding opportunity to be part of a dynamic and ambitious organization that is dedicated to providing life-saving healthcare solutions.

• Collaborate with collaborators from various departments within the organization to grasp business objectives, desired product/service specifications, and projected demand.

• Lead category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of product/service 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.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in a related field.

• Minimum 5 years of IT Software category experience.

• Experience managing people, projects, and cross-functional teams.

• 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, pricing models and contracts terms.

• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment.

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