Senior Manager, Global Strategic Sourcing

Company Overview:

Headquartered in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, Artivion, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing simple, elegant solutions that address cardiac and vascular surgeons’ most difficult challenges in treating patients with aortic diseases. Artivion’s four major groups of products include: aortic stent grafts, surgical sealants, On-X mechanical heart valves, and implantable cardiac and vascular human tissues. Artivion has over 1,600 employees worldwide with sales representation in over 100 countries. The Company has manufacturing facilities located in Atlanta, Georgia, Austin, Texas and Hechingen, Germany. Additionally, it has sales and distribution offices in various countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. For additional information about Artivion, visit our website, www.artivion.com.

Position Overview:

This role will manage global supply continuity risk mitigation and cost savings initiatives through key stakeholder collaboration and engagement. Conduct competitive sourcing events, execute supply agreements, lead contract negotiations, develop and execute strategic sourcing strategies. Work in conjunction with Supplier Quality and Sustaining Engineering to conduct: 1) on-site supplier audits 2) supplier business reviews, 3) resolution to any material/service non-conformance (NC), 4) pursue supplier remuneration for financial damages due to supplier negligence.

Responsibilities:

• Manage direct/indirect teams and assigned supplier spend.
• Conduct a Supply Base Risk Assessment; use to establish a strategic sourcing plan; execute to plan to mitigate supply continuity risk, ensure high quality materials/services, and effectively manage cost structure.
• The following Sourcing Classifications will engage with the listed departments for idea generation and project execution:

1. 1. Sustaining Products: Operations teams to include Production, Sustaining Engineering, Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering
   2. R&D/NPD: R&D/NPD teams for sourcing requirements for new product/next generation development.
   3. Indirect: IT, Sales/Marketing, Facilities, Sustaining Engineering, Travel

• Lead and identify dual sourcing and cost down projects; coordinate with project team to lead and facilitate project execution. Collaborate with key stakeholders for idea generation (e.g. Sustaining Engineering, Production, Supplier Quality, Material/Service Suppliers, etc.).
• Drive cost reduction initiatives through strategic sourcing, negotiation, and process improvements
• Conduct Competitive Sourcing events to achieve an annual 5% cost down goal as well as the specified annual Cost Avoidance goal.
• Negotiate and Execute Supply Agreements.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks within the supply chain, including supplier-related risks
• Work with Supplier Quality and Sustaining Engineering on NC/SCAR resolution.
• Negotiate remuneration for any financial damages to Artivion’s business resulting from supplier negligence.
• Respond to supplier price increase notifications; negotiate with supplier to mitigate negative cost impact.
• If applicable, maintain SAP master files, to include but are not limited to: 1) vendor master, 2) information records, 3) material master.

Qualifications:

• BA in Business or BS in Material Science or Engineering and a minimum of 10 years of purchasing experience; 6 years direct/indirect strategic sourcing experience along with medical device manufacturing and SAP experience preferred. CPSM certification a plus.