Sr. Manager, Purchasing - Packaging

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 role is instrumental in shaping the future of Americas Packaging at Baxter. This role transcends traditional procurement, focusing on leadership, strategic innovation, and expertise in diverse packaging categories. By developing and implementing sourcing strategies, you will drive initiatives that improve operational efficiency and promote sustainability.

This position requires a strategic thinker who can analyze market trends and foster strong supplier relationships. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to ensure that packaging solutions not only meet business objectives but also support a culture of continuous improvement.

This is where your skills save and sustain lives!

Your team:

We are a collaborative team passionate about acquiring crucial goods and services, we excel in communication, negotiation, problem-solving, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. Our work environment is dynamic, emphasizing open communication, continuous learning, technology integration, and cross-departmental collaboration, all sought at driving value and efficiency within the organization.

What you'll be doing:

Responsible for supplier relationship management and risk assessment while developing and implementing appropriate risk mitigation plans.

Negotiations and contracting are essential for this role, develop robust category strategies that reduce supply base, reduce dependence on single/sole sourced suppliers, deliver continuity of supply, and provide for annual cost reductions. There is opportunity to deliver annual VIP (cost reductions) and PPV objectives at category and plant levels.

Will work jointly, with supplier quality to address supplier quality issues timely. Partnering closely with Baxter’s R&D organization, this individual will work to mitigate risk and continuously develop and improve supplier systems and processes. In addition, you will be responsible for leveraging technology and purchasing power to reduce the overall cost of ownership and acquisition through strategic negotiation and optimization of supplier agreements.

The Senior Category Manager will have overall responsibility for leading a cross-functional, cross-divisional commodity team in developing and implementing strategies and goals for assigned commodities, in support of business objectives for cycle/response time, quality assurance, technology/new product development, risk mitigation, and total cost. Will own strategies that extend through the full supply chain including primary and sub-tier suppliers.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's Degree; MBA desirable. CPM preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of proven experience in Procurement. Experience in a regulated and highly technical environment preferred, such as experience in the Automotive, Aerospace, Food/Consumer Goods, Industrial OEM, and/or Medical Device industries. Direct packaging knowledge preferred.
• Bilingual English-Spanish.
• Ability to travel 25% including global travel
• Strong decision maker surrounding multi-million dollar contracts and agreements and major policies.
• Risk leadership skills required to drive innovative solutions and problem-solving analysis and resolution. Top-tier negotiator with knowledge of cost tools such as material breakdown, benchmarking, value analysis, value engineering, sophisticated RFQ’s and innovative purchasing tools.
• Strong project management skills to drive projects to closure.
• High level technical proficiency. Chemical, plastics engineering, or other plastics related technical training preferred.
• Ability to lead diverse partner interests and expectations.
• In-depth understanding in building category strategies and sophisticated pricing arrangements and supplier profitability. Knowledge of root cause analysis, problem-solving, continuous improvement, corrective and preventative action, product quality assurance systems, and supplier performance development and evaluation is helpful.

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