Strategic Sourcing Buyer - Indirect Procurement

About Us

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring.

Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC).

To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com.

Intro

Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. It’s changing the careers of our people too – creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. We’re a business that never stands still.

Our APAC GBS supports a hybrid working approach. You will be supporting markets in multiple time zones and some flexibility around working hours will be needed.

About Role

This is a key role within the Global Procurement function driving a high-performance culture and setting the standard for excellence. We are looking for an ambitious Strategic Buyer, to join our Sourcing Hub to help drive Category Strategy through plan implementation as part of our transformation journey.

The Strategic Buyer will be responsible for the production and delivery of strategic sourcing projects and cost reducing process / supplier improvement projects, and the Source to Contract process working closely with Category Managers and project stakeholders.

As a member of this team, you will be expected to develop, outline, and execute projects in accordance with agreed upon deliverables, timings, and budgets.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Responsible for the Source to Contract (S2C) process, including sourcing strategy execution (e.g. RFP/E-Auction), evaluation, recommendation, supplier selection and award

• Work with relevant Category Manager(s) to develop and execute a fully integrated, business-aligned category plan for assigned category area(s)

• Liaise with key stakeholders and suppliers to develop global sourcing strategies, aligned to the category strategy, to drive savings and value for the company

• Develop contracts, agreements, and sourcing strategies for the supply of materials/products and services

• Conduct or support negotiations

• Gather, analyze, and interpret data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy, and drive decision-making using data analysis to present results and business cases to management

• Support supplier segmentation, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and quarterly supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers

• Support our stakeholders and local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues

• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives through increase supplier performance and/or capabilities

• Manage internal and external relationships with suppliers and other cross-functional teams

• Propose and implement improvements & innovations within the assigned spend area(s)

Required Skills & Experience:

• 2-3 years working within a Strategic Procurement/Sourcing environment, with knowledge of category/sourcing management process (preferably in a similar regulated industry), MCIPS to level 4 is desirable

• Experience of strategic sourcing/running tenders

• An understanding of Category Management principles with knowledge of how to define a strategy and experience of how to translate it into actionable plans and manage these plans through to implementation

• Experience working with e-procurement tools to find, evaluate & select the best vendors to drive savings, increase value & manage risk

• Able to demonstrate the values and behaviors required to be successful in the role and support the ConvaTec ‘Forever Caring’ Promise

• Analytical problem-solver, incorporating data gathered from various sources/software tools

• Strong stakeholder management - Able to communicate to a diverse audience, within the company

• Negotiate with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters and assess contractual risk and supply resilience

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Equal opportunities

Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives

Convatec is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Convatec employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Convatec. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

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