Sourcing Specialist - Instruments Hardware

Overview:

The primary responsibility of this position is partnering with our global operations and business leaders to providing strategic sourcing expertise to our global procurement teams.  This role will focus on identifying and developing strategic alliances with existing suppliers, identifying new suppliers, and acting as a liaison between our sites, business units, scientists, and sourcing teams to drive supplier performance and cultivate redundancy and resiliency across our instrument supply chain. 

The Sourcing Specialist – Instruments categories will have a primary focus on materials for diagnostic and life science instruments and workflow/instrument solutions.  The successful candidate will possess and demonstrate a deep understanding of spend categories such as metals, glass, photonics, OEM and plastics. Should have strong knowledge of supplier landscape, pricing trends and be able to source and evaluate global suppliers and their capabilities. The position requires an individual to work closely with our internal teams and external suppliers be recognized by their peers as an expert in the field. Thinking outside the box and challenging current processes is expected and encouraged to accelerate new product introduction.

Responsibilities:

• Cost Savings - Ability to identify Total Cost of Ownership opportunities and execute negotiations, projects, and sourcing activities to deliver continuous cost savings.
• Identifying Key Suppliers - Reviewing and analyzing current suppliers and identifying and making recommendations based on technology.
• New Product Introduction - Partnering with R&D and manufacturing to support projects from pilot development through full-scale manufacturing in both regulated and non-regulated production facilities and participating in M&A and due diligence projects to advise stakeholders of technical opportunities and risks within the supply chain.  Identifies opportunities to leverage supplier capabilities or insource.
• Driving Process Improvement Initiatives - In conjunction with business units and global procurement organization, identifying opportunities for supply chain improvements, vertical integration and insourcing that will deeply impact growth, customer satisfaction and quality improvements across the organization. 
• Data Analysis - Compiles spend data by site, supplier and technology and recommends ways to maximize or optimize spend.
• Technical Acumen -  Maintaining a deep understanding of plastics commodities and methods to produce and test these materials.  Knowledge of materials such as automated pipette tips, microplates, filters, and bottles is required.  Injection Molding processes experience. In this role, the successful candidate is expected to be the technical sourcing expert for plastic materials. 
• Safety and Regulations - Developing and maintaining processes and methods that comply with all safety, ISO / regulatory, and company requirements/guidelines, in support of local, state and federal safety standards.
• This is Mumbai based Hybrid role - 3 days mandatory work from office and 2 days remote.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.  

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Materials science or engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 10 or more years of experience working with a variety of instrument hardware materials.
• 5 or more years of experience in an instrument hardware discipline in a biotech organization.
• Prior expertise with instrument commodities.
• Strong negotiation skills

Preferred Qualifications: 

• MS in Engineering, Supply Chain or a related technical discipline
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office suite including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of global instrument hardware suppliers
• Contracting / supply agreement experience
• Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of SAP and ERP / MRP systems a plus
• Ability to travel domestic and internationally.