Indirect Procurement Category Manager (Houston - Hybrid)

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LivaNova is a global medical technology company built on nearly five decades of experience and a relentless commitment to improving the lives of patients around the world. Our advanced technologies and breakthrough treatments provide meaningful solutions for the benefit of patients, healthcare professionals, and healthcare systems. 

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for actively leading the acquisition of indirect goods and services (both capital and expense) to maximize company profitability and ensure greatest competitive advantage across all company expenditures through a combination of tactical and strategic sourcing initiatives as applicable. This position analyzes, sources, negotiates, reviews contract, and manages supplier performance, while coordinating with stakeholders to meet their requirements. This role will support multiple categories such as but not limited to: primarily Information Technology, Professional Services, Real Estate, HR, Marketing, R&D/ Clinical.

General Responsibilities:

• Maintain lowest cost of ownership for all services and products sourced while ensuring high quality and service.

• Plan, organize, direct, and execute all activities associated with indirect sourcing projects.

• Strategically partner with stakeholders to clarify and meet their business needs.

• Foster supplier relationships that bring maximum value to our customers, shareholders, and employees

• Measure and manage performance of key suppliers on a regular basis.

• Coordinate with internal customers, conduct bid/quote collection strategies and activities, and participate in the budgetary process.

• Identify opportunities for supplier rationalization and leverage across all functional areas.

• Serve as liaison between legal department and internal stakeholders.

• Champion the procurement process throughout the organization; cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, suppliers, affiliates, and professional organizations.

• Negotiate agreements and lead negotiation strategies with business partners.

• Develop improved processes surrounding RFx’s, bid analysis, purchasing strategies, strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, contract processing, etc.

• Track market and industry trends including applicable indices and benchmarking tools.

• Coach and develop other team members to continue professional growth.

• Maintain and communicate Category Strategies as needed within category.

• Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Skills and Experience:

• 5 years indirect sourcing and negotiating experience.

• Strong sourcing, negotiating, project management, forecasting projects.

• Strong working knowledge of procurement processes, procedures, sourcing strategies, negotiation strategies, and best practices.

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) ability to learn proprietary systems.

• Excellent communicator both oral and written, within several business units such as legal, finance, business units and suppliers.

• Strong organizational skills.

• Experienced stakeholder management experience required.

• Creative problem solver and seeks additional opportunities within the organization.

• Process improvement skills and experience

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field from four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience

• CPSM, C.P.M., CPIM, or related certifications a plus

Location, Compensation & Benefits:

• $100-$110K annually + annual bonus (In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the pay posted)

• Health benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision

• Personal and Vacation Time

• Retirement & Savings Plan (401K)                                                     

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Training & Education Assistance

• Bonus Referral Program

• Service Awards

• Employee Recognition Program

• Hybrid - Houston (1-2 days in office per week)

Travel Requirements:

This position may require occasional business travel, up to 10%.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

LivaNova values equality and celebrates diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination.

Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.

Notice to third party agencies:

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Beware of Job Scams:

Please beware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons posing as LivaNova recruiters or employees. The scammers may attempt to solicit confidential, personal information, such as a social security number, or your financial information. LivaNova will never ask for fees prior/during/after the application process, nor will we ask for banking details or personal financial information in return for the assurance of employment. If you are concerned that an offer of employment might be a scam or that the recruiter is not legitimate, please verify by searching for “See Open Jobs” on https://www.livanova.com/en-us/careers, and check that all recruitment emails come from an @livanova.com email address.