Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.
We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.
The Procurement Specialist will provide global support of the Manufacturing Operations Categories. For this role you will have in-depth technical knowledge of the categories responsible for, as well as stakeholder and supplier management for Indirect Procurement. Responsibilities include proactively leading cost reduction projects, designing and proposing supplier development strategies, negotiations and contracting, making and executing decisions to ensure quality products and services on time according to Vantive’s business needs.
This is a fixed-term contract position for a duration of 12 months.
Duties and responsibilities
- Perform in depth spend analysis and market analysis on targeted areas of spend.
- Support Sr Category Manager in the development and execution of annual saving plans
- Develop RFI/RFP and lead negotiations for key spend areas to achieve short term and long-term savings targets.
- Support and if required lead cross functional teams to successfully drive complex sourcing projects.
- Register the projects pipeline in the appropriate sourcing tools and provide regular reporting as to their status and expected benefits.
- Communicate in a professional and effective way with internal and external stakeholders (senior management and cross functional teams) to ensure the necessary buy-in for the sourcing projects.
- Apply appropriate competitive cost and process benchmarks, financial analysis, and risk management techniques to solve complex issues.
- Support in the implementation of the defined sourcing strategy and preferred suppliers throughout the sites in Europe.
- Generate regular reports for the category lead concerning the categories of spend under your responsibility.
- Drive effective Supplier Relationship Management with key suppliers and monitor performance.
Education and experience required
- University degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or related areas required.
- 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.
- Understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products.
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment.
- Understanding of pricing models and contracts terms
- Strategic, invocative and logical thinking, flexible and able to assess/manage risks
- Ability to create and maintain networks (business and functions)
- Minimum 5 years' experience in category management experience with multinational organizations.
- Experience in MRP, JDE, SAP, Office desirable
Reasonable Accommodation
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Skills Required
- University degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or related field
- Minimum 5 years' category management experience with multinational organizations
- Proven experience in people, stakeholder and project management
- Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across business groups
- Strong analytical and negotiation skills
- Experience in contracting including MSAs, SOWs, Amendments and NDAs
- Understanding of procurement processes, supply markets, suppliers and products
- Understanding of pricing models and contract terms
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural, matrix environment
- Experience with MRP, JDE, SAP and Microsoft Office
What We Do
Vantive is a standalone vital organ therapy company dedicated to extending lives and expanding possibilities for patients and care teams globally. Building on a 70-year legacy in kidney care, Vantive provides innovative therapies, digital solutions, and advanced services for dialysis and critical care. The company operates in over 100 countries, focusing on improving outcomes for millions of patients through its integrated approach to organ support.
