Procurement Specialist

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. 

You as purchasing specialist will bring a high level of professional procurement skills to establish effective supplier relationships, development of sourcing initiatives, and be involved in procurement process methodologies. The successful candidate will develop relationships and collaborate with collaborators both within and outside the organization. Responsibilities will include ensuring favorable terms and conditions for organization, mitigating risk at every opportunity, and ensure service level agreements are established that drive continuous improvement and cost management.

• Identify savings and improve financial performance through cost reduction, continuous improvement initiatives, data analysis, and management and implementation of strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Improve opportunities through use of preferred vendor list, consortium and group purchasing, apply Vendors of Record and maintain vendor performance.
• Support for PO setup/ maintenance, Vendor setup/maintenance, Coupa user support and troubleshooting system issues.
• Procurement lead on projects provides direction and decision making for team members. They follow a range of established procurement approaches, guidelines, laws, policies, and market conditions relevant to the purchase. This ensures fair and clear procurement.
• Prepare and drive RFX's (Request for Proposal/ Quotation) with internal customers and supply base. Develop RFX requirements in conjunction with the Business Unit Lead, defining appropriate procurement methods, supporting operational goals/objectives and devising creative solutions to meet the procurement needs of various Departmental clients.
• Supervise procurement activities to identify initiatives, based on spend data, and types of procurement, which meet the criteria to implement a competitive process.
• Communicate and handle relationships involving suppliers and collaborators to help mitigate any issues in a proactive manner.

What will you bring?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• SCMP/ CPP Certification related to Purchasing preferred.
• Proven track record with strategic sourcing activities and understanding of how to work with various confirmed procurement methodologies.
• Strong inclination towards continuous improvement along with the proven track record to perform effective data analysis.
• Must be able to drive contract initiatives with suppliers and internal customers.
• 3-5 years' experience in a Purchasing role.
• English language B2

Required:

• Knowledge of COUPA or any other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, as well as proficiency in making presentations to staff, vendors and internal and external legal counsel.
• Must possess strong contract management, project management, facilitation and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite — Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and negotiation skills.
• Works well independently as well as part of a team with multifaceted strengths of professionals.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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