Sr Staff Strategic Sourcing Specialist

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At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

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Position Summary:

The Sr Staff Strategic Sourcing Specialist is critical in shaping Illumina’s supply chain, thus improving the efficiency of genetic sequencing technology overall to allow for mass scale adoption, maximizing the benefits of genetic information for all. 

This position will bring specialized skills and experience to resolve complex supply chain issues in creative and effective ways in the area of Information Technology. They will have the opportunity to lead complex projects, apply their unique knowledge and influence across functions. 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design, implementation and ongoing improvement of Lead strategic sourcing activities in support of Information Technology to ensure business needs are met.

• Provide functional leadership and direction on Information Technology teams.

• Routinely working on significant and unique issues with uncertainty where analysis of situations or data requires good level of business understanding and analytical capability.

• Works on projects where outcomes will be dependent on other functions / teams delivering commitments and the incumbent needs to be able to influence delivery of these activities to meet the overall objectives.

• Leads the strategic roadmap creation and implementation of category strategies for Information Technology

• Negotiates agreements (i.e., development agreement, statements of work, licensing agreement, supply agreements, etc.) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while reducing equipment cost. .

• Strengthen strategic supplier relationships to reduce business risk and support manufacturing site escalations.

• Collaborate with suppliers to develop capabilities, continuity, and capacity. 

• Leads the execution of continuous improvement initiatives within Global Supply Chain.

• Partners with executive stakeholders to achieve functional and company goals.

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Requirements:

• Strategic thinker; anticipates and develops business opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives.

• Customer focused, able to listen, very responsive, and action oriented to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook.

• Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions.

• Business acumen; demonstrated ability to understand financial and legal terms

• Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with requisite interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional teams.

• Experience developing and leading RFx events.

• Strong negotiator; ability to negotiate the best deal for ILMN and influence upward. Experience with Microsoft, SAP, & Salesforce preferred.

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

• Familiarity with ERP and procurement systems.

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access).

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Experience/Education:

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent experience

• MBA preferred

Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.