Position Summary
Provide brief and concise statement explaining the main purpose for the existence of this position. Provide a brief summary of the role.
This role is a Regional Category Agile Leader supporting Sales Distributor Services and Marketing Operations for APAC Procurement for the MedTech business. This Category Agile Leader may also support other MedTech Marketing Procurement categories as needed.
This role is accountable for the following primary objectives:
· Partner with key business stakeholders, category leaders and local agile leaders to develop, implement, own, and track category strategies, sourcing engagements, supplier relationship management plans, and category priorities relevant to the MedTech business.
· Lead execution of the regional Sales Distributor Services and Marketing Operations categories and projects, and other categories when required.
The role’s scope of responsibilities include:
· Developing and implementing critical category strategies in joint collaboration alignment with global category leaders to support business objectives. Identifying, developing, and directing the implementation of procurement goals and category strategies based upon deep subject matter expertise, while understanding industry and marketplace dynamics.
· Identifying business requirements and partnering with key business partners, cluster engagement leaders, and category experts to deliver value, improvements, innovations, and savings.
· Developing deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include performance management, co-innovation, and improvement of end-to-end value.
· Determine the MedTech business procurement priorities and partnering with cluster engagement leaders to devise strategies and projects that advance those priorities.
· Collaborate with business leaders to ensure Procurement processes (such as RFx) for regional projects meet the business needs and are adopted within the business.
· Conduct supplier negotiations for owned categories supporting the MedTech business and provide recommendations to MedTech business leaders.
· Establish and deliver against performance targets for the MedTech Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility and ensure target achievement.
Major Duties Responsibilities
In order of importance, briefly describe, in sentence form, the essential functions/major responsibilities of this position (principal duties and responsibilities of the position) as it exists today. Describe the job, not the person in the job. Each item listed below should be an essential function/major responsibility of the position, not a day-to-day activity.
Typically, job descriptions should contain no more than seven or eight major responsibilities ranked in order of highest percentage time to least.
Approximate Percentage of Time
Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities
50%
· Own and lead category sourcing strategy and, supplier management development for APAC
20%
· Lead the execution of owned category strategies and projects
20%
· Key business partner to MedTech business and corresponding leadership teams in owned category strategies development
10%
· Participate in Global/Regional team meetings, provide updates to Global Procurement Leadership and represent APAC on Procurement Team’s performance
100%
Total
Other Duties
Describe important tasks or duties, not mentioned above, that are performed infrequently and are not critical to accomplishing the essential functions of the job
· Ad hoc assignments as determined by corporate priorities
Position Summary
Provide brief and concise statement explaining the main purpose for the existence of this position. Provide a brief summary of the role.
This role is a Regional Category Agile Leader supporting Sales Distributor Services and Marketing Operations for APAC Procurement for the MedTech business. This Category Agile Leader may also support other MedTech Marketing Procurement categories as needed.
This role is accountable for the following primary objectives:
· Partner with key business stakeholders, category leaders and local agile leaders to develop, implement, own, and track category strategies, sourcing engagements, supplier relationship management plans, and category priorities relevant to the MedTech business.
· Lead execution of the regional Sales Distributor Services and Marketing Operations categories and projects, and other categories when required.
The role’s scope of responsibilities include:
· Developing and implementing critical category strategies in joint collaboration alignment with global category leaders to support business objectives. Identifying, developing, and directing the implementation of procurement goals and category strategies based upon deep subject matter expertise, while understanding industry and marketplace dynamics.
· Identifying business requirements and partnering with key business partners, cluster engagement leaders, and category experts to deliver value, improvements, innovations, and savings.
· Developing deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include performance management, co-innovation, and improvement of end-to-end value.
· Determine the MedTech business procurement priorities and partnering with cluster engagement leaders to devise strategies and projects that advance those priorities.
· Collaborate with business leaders to ensure Procurement processes (such as RFx) for regional projects meet the business needs and are adopted within the business.
· Conduct supplier negotiations for owned categories supporting the MedTech business and provide recommendations to MedTech business leaders.
· Establish and deliver against performance targets for the MedTech Procurement organization in the role’s areas of responsibility and ensure target achievement.
Major Duties Responsibilities
In order of importance, briefly describe, in sentence form, the essential functions/major responsibilities of this position (principal duties and responsibilities of the position) as it exists today. Describe the job, not the person in the job. Each item listed below should be an essential function/major responsibility of the position, not a day-to-day activity.
Typically, job descriptions should contain no more than seven or eight major responsibilities ranked in order of highest percentage time to least.
Approximate Percentage of Time
Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities
50%
· Own and lead category sourcing strategy and, supplier management development for APAC
20%
· Lead the execution of owned category strategies and projects
20%
· Key business partner to MedTech business and corresponding leadership teams in owned category strategies development
10%
· Participate in Global/Regional team meetings, provide updates to Global Procurement Leadership and represent APAC on Procurement Team’s performance
100%
Total
Other Duties
Describe important tasks or duties, not mentioned above, that are performed infrequently and are not critical to accomplishing the essential functions of the job
· Ad hoc assignments as determined by corporate priorities
Required Minimum Education: Bachelors Degree is required, MBA or further advanced degree is desirable Other N/A
Required Years of Related Experience: Min 7 years Other N/A
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Uncompromised requirements for the role):
(Include any required computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc.)
· Strong business acumen – the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders
· Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
· Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers
· Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives
· Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (category management, supplier management, spend management, business engagement, contracting)
· Ability to prioritize requests and propose effective alternatives
· Strong project and change management capabilities
· Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you
· High level of credibility with internal customers and the external vendor community
Travel on the Job
Indicate whether this position requires travel.
Yes
Percentage Travel:
10 %
Type of Travel Required:
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People Management Experience:
Indicate whether supervisor/people management experience is required.
No
Required Years of People Management Experience:
NA
Preferred Qualifications
Consider and identify qualifications that are not required to perform the job, but would be very helpful assets to performing the job.
Preferred Minimum Education: Bachelors or Equivalent Other N/A
Preferred Area of Study: BS/BA in an applicable field of study; advanced degree is preferred, MBA a plus
Preferred Related Industry Experience (if applicable): Life Sciences, MedTechnology, FMCG
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
(Include any preferred computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc or abilities that are assets to performing in the role.)
• Ability to present to large audiences
• Proven track record in attracting and developing talent
• Ability to inspire an organization to achieve stretch goals
• Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and executing significant change programs
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions.
• Multi-country and Multi-industry experience with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
Key Working Relationships
Identify the most important working relationships with people inside and outside the company including customers, vendors, associations, etc. Briefly describe the nature of the contacts.
Internal
· MedTech Marketing Commercial team
· Regional Corporate functions such as Finance, Legal, HCC and others
· Regional MedTech Leadership Team
· APAC MedTech Procurement Category, Agile and Country Engagement Leaders
· Global MedTech Procurement Category Leaders
· Global Services Procurement
External
· MedTech industry thought leaders
· Key supplier leaderships
· Peer procurement leaders
Supervisory Responsibilities
List number of employees reporting to this position, both directly and through direct reports.
Direct/Indirect Reports:
· NA
Decision Making Authority - Check all appropriate decision-making authority level for this position.
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Required Minimum Education: Bachelors Degree is required, MBA or further advanced degree is desirable Other N/A
Required Years of Related Experience: Min 7 years Other N/A
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Uncompromised requirements for the role):
(Include any required computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc.)
· Strong business acumen – the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the regional business leaders
· Influencing skills – the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal
· Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level, as well as with peers
· Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives
· Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (category management, supplier management, spend management, business engagement, contracting)
· Ability to prioritize requests and propose effective alternatives
· Strong project and change management capabilities
· Demonstrated learning agility, and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you
· High level of credibility with internal customers and the external vendor community
Travel on the Job
Indicate whether this position requires travel.
Yes
Percentage Travel:
10 %
Type of Travel Required:
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People Management Experience:
Indicate whether supervisor/people management experience is required.
No
Required Years of People Management Experience:
NA
Preferred Qualifications
Consider and identify qualifications that are not required to perform the job, but would be very helpful assets to performing the job.
Preferred Minimum Education: Bachelors or Equivalent Other N/A
Preferred Area of Study: BS/BA in an applicable field of study; advanced degree is preferred, MBA a plus
Preferred Related Industry Experience (if applicable): Life Sciences, MedTechnology, FMCG
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
(Include any preferred computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc or abilities that are assets to performing in the role.)
• Ability to present to large audiences
• Proven track record in attracting and developing talent
• Ability to inspire an organization to achieve stretch goals
• Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and executing significant change programs
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment, while ensuring the organization is able to effectively and efficiently move through transitions.
• Multi-country and Multi-industry experience with experience across geographies of varied sizes and businesses
Key Working Relationships
Identify the most important working relationships with people inside and outside the company including customers, vendors, associations, etc. Briefly describe the nature of the contacts.
Internal
· MedTech Marketing Commercial team
· Regional Corporate functions such as Finance, Legal, HCC and others
· Regional MedTech Leadership Team
· APAC MedTech Procurement Category, Agile and Country Engagement Leaders
· Global MedTech Procurement Category Leaders
· Global Services Procurement
External
· MedTech industry thought leaders
· Key supplier leaderships
· Peer procurement leaders
Supervisory Responsibilities
List number of employees reporting to this position, both directly and through direct reports.
Direct/Indirect Reports:
· NA
Decision Making Authority - Check all appropriate decision-making authority level for this position.
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FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Trains employees
FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Plans work of others
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FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Makes pay and promotional recommendations
FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Makes pay and promotional decisions
FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Resolves employee grievances
FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Makes termination recommendations
FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Makes termination decisions
FORMCHECKBOX FFFFFFFF6500000014000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Recommends budget amounts
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