Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst

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Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we're working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges.

The Sr Strategic Sourcing Analyst for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for the planning, organizing, and execution of strategic procurement activities for direct purchases across multiple commodities assuring long term supply at world class levels of quality, delivery, and total cost. This person has an internal drive to achieve lowest cost of our products and align our Sourcing Plans with our Corporate Global Commodity Strategies. This role will possess strong negotiating skills, contract management and supplier development background, to achieve strategic plan objectives. They will be a dedicated liaison between Procurement, Engineering and suppliers, will be fluent in supplier capability, and will build supplier relationships to optimize speed to market and cost.

This position is part of the Strategic Procurement Team and will be remote. At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be part of the Strategic Procurement Team and report to the Sr. Manager Strategic Procurement, responsible for VAVE development initiatives, lead integration of appropriate supplier base and provide Sourcing direction on consumables-focused projects.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented role and want to work to build a world-class Supply Chain organization read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Drive targeted sustainable improvement in project and supplier OTD, Working Capital turns, Purchase Part Variance and related KPI's/objectives by leveraging DBS tools, facilitation skills, and the change management process.
• Lead internal business and quality teams with material and process selection for purchases, locating and selecting suppliers for purchases per category strategies, negotiate prices, develop and administer contracts for strategic suppliers.
• Follows material procurement and supplier management policies & procedures through SOP work instructions for supply chain.
• Benchmark and incorporate best practices from other Danaher locations and build business cases to prioritize investments and process improvements that drive continuous improvement.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years' experience OR master's degree with 3+ years of experience or doctoral degree in field (Degrees in procurement, business, engineering, or supply chain related fields preferred)
• Sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with continuous improvement, i.e. Lean, Kaizen, VSM, Six-Sigma, etc.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Having prior experience in similar industry (ideally), with a background in electronics, metals, plastics, or packaging.
• Knowing the market and potential suppliers around the various commodities and identifying alternatives.
• Technical knowledge and ability to facilitate technical discussions with suppliers.

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

The salary range for this role is 85-120K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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