Senior Global Category Manager - Contract Manufacturing and Sterilization

Senior Global Category Manager

The Senior Global Category Manager is a high-impact, highly visible position that will develop and execute global plans utilizing the strategic sourcing process. This position serves a key strategic role at Haemonetics providing strategy support at all levels of the organization. The Senior Global Category Manager develops, leads, and executes global sourcing initiatives and strategies for assigned categories that deliver value to the business by improving quality, mitigating supply risks, reducing total costs, and focusing on continuous improvement. This high-impact role will lead cross-functional teams & interface with other functions including supply chain, quality, R&D, legal, and finance based on the category to understand needs, taking into account key business objectives and corporate priorities. The role is responsible for performing complex data analysis, analyzing global spend, conducting market research, advancing strategies, and implementing progressive programs that provide the company with a competitive advantage. Key activities include : Supplier identification, supplier due diligence and qualification, executing competitive bids, performing total cost and pricing analysis, monitoring market & industry trends, and reducing supplier complexities. In addition, this role leads supplier relationship management and contract compliance monitoring by partnering with key business stakeholders to develop and track key supplier performance metrics.

This position will manage device contract manufacturing and sterilization services categories.

Essential Duties :

• Work with key business partners and senior leadership to gain a solid understanding of strategic direction and supply requirements, corporate business objectives, and priorities to develop global category-specific supply strategies. Provide market and industry intelligence to help inform and shape strategy.
• Build business relationships and own the partnering relationship with stakeholders of the categories and the supply base.
• Lead supplier selection processes in alignment with business partners and negotiate contracts up to final authorization.
• Initiate, lead, and participate in cross-functional teams in procurement and general projects as well as proactively managing and supporting other team members in their tasks and activities.
• Continuous learning and development of category knowledge and methodologies driving innovation and continuous improvement within the targeted categories.
• Manage contracts and suppliers within the targeted categories through supplier scorecards, periodic business reviews; active monitoring of supplier performance and risk and measuring contract compliance and other key metrics to ensure targets are being met and value is being delivered to the business under the supply agreements.
• Manage internal and external stakeholder engagements for efforts and program implementations, effectively delegating activities and tasks to drive process and schedule to completion. Provide periodic status updates, reports on progress, and expected results to business area leadership.
• Perform category management activities and contract life-cycle management including reviewing / renewing expiring contracts, and updating pricing and commercial terms. Proactively address marketplace changes managing any known or potential business impacts.

Qualifications :

Pay Transparency :

The base pay actually offered to the successful candidate will take into account, without limitation, the candidate's location, education, job-knowledge, skills, and experience in prior relevant roles. Incentives may also be provided as part of Haemonetics' employee compensation. For sales roles, employees will be eligible for sales incentive (i.e., commission) under the applicable plan terms. For non-sales roles, employees will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, the target amount of which varies based on the applicable role, to be governed by the applicable plan terms. Employees may also be eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive plan, with eligibility and target amount dependent on the role. In addition to compensation, the Company offers a competitive suite of benefits to its employees, including without limitation, a 401(k) with up to a 6% employer match and no vesting period, an employee stock purchase plan, "flexible time off" for salaried employees and, for hourly employees, accrual of three to five weeks' vacation annually (based on tenure), accrual of up to 64 hours (annually) of paid sick time, paid and / or floating holidays, parental leave, short- and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and / or health and welfare benefits. Depending on your location, you may be eligible for more detailed information related to the compensation and benefits related to this job posting. If you believe you may be entitled to such information by law, you may contact 1-781-348-7777, Monday through Friday, 7 : 30 a.m. 5 p.m. ET or email AskHR@Haemonetics.com.

The base salary range for this role is : $121,286.66-$163,901.95 / Annual