Specialist, Indirect Procurement - Services

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your role at Baxter

This position will be responsible for leading and supporting procurement perfection and driving best value for the categories under management, with key focus on cost, quality, and service. This role involves project management across several functions, business units and global sites and collaborating closely with business partners at the senior level to define priorities, establish strategic and tactical objectives, support the development of a multi-year category roadmap ensuring accurate alignment of requirements and supply base. Additionally, the leader in this role will continuously and proactively investigate new suppliers/technologies as inputs into our value funnel, supporting our organizational goals while helping to improve patient outcomes.

Your Team

At Baxter Healthcare, we value partnership and inclusivity. Join a team that is dedicated to developing quality products with the patient in mind. Work alongside hardworking individuals, explore our diverse product portfolio, and benefit from the mentorship of our encouraging leadership team within our multinational organization!

What you'll be doing

• Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to support the implementation of category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of value pipeline.

• Perform in depth spend analysis and market analysis on targeted areas of spend.

• Support your Manager or Sr Manager in the development and execution of annual savings plans.

• Develop RFI/RFPs and lead negotiations for key spend areas to achieve short-term and long-term savings targets.

• Support and if required lead multi-functional teams to successfully drive complex sourcing projects.

• Register the projects pipeline in the appropriate sourcing tools and provide regular reporting as to their status and expected benefits.

• Lead and support the supplier selection, risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects as assigned by the Manager or Sr Manager.

• Communicate in a professional and effective way with collaborators both internally and externally (senior management and multi-functional teams) to ensure the necessary agreement for the sourcing projects.

• Apply appropriate competitive cost and process benchmarks, financial analysis, and risk management techniques to solve complex issues.

• Support in the implementation of the defined sourcing strategy and preferred suppliers.

• Generate regular reports for the category lead concerning the categories of spend under your responsibility.

• Drive effective Supplier Relationship Management with key suppliers and monitor performance.

• Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base, regularly reviewing market developments, and mobilizing the appropriate internal network.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or related areas required.

• Intermediate or advanced English

• Minimum 3 years of category experience. With multinational organizations a plus.

• Proven experience in people, stakeholder, and project management.

• Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups.

• Strong analytic and negotiation skills.

• Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking.

• Experience in contracting includes but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs.

• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment.

• Understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products.

• Understanding of pricing models and contracts terms

What are some of the benefits of working at Baxter?

We offer a competitive total compensation package, with professional development opportunities, where a high importance is placed on work-life balance!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Baxter Healthcare Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Reasonable Accommodation

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