Provides cross-functional team leadership within assigned category(ies); leads cross-functional category team meetings
Collaborates with manager and cross-functional peers to create long-term supplier strategies and roadmaps. Engages with internal stakeholders to develop and influence category strategy that aligns with long-term business objectives.
Co-leads direct procurement supplier selection process with collaboration from Supplier Engineering and guidance from manager. Leverages knowledge of strategic sourcing practices to identify a core supply base able to offer lowest total cost of ownership and high-quality product while identifying value improvement opportunities.
Collaborates with manager to align production supplier requirements and sourcing strategies with those of new product development (NPI) for designated suppliers/categories to ensure uninterrupted material availability, alignment of risk, and cost goals with long term vision for the category / business
Prioritizes category team projects in collaboration with manager and ensures team goals and objectives are achieved
Leverages knowledge of commodity trends to propose strategies and educate stakeholders
Develops and presents category strategy review
Supplier Performance Management
Leads supplier scorecarding and supplier business reviews for assigned suppliers
Proactively collaborates with supply base and procurement team to understand and communicate demand changes and minimize excess inventory or material shortages
Leads continuous improvement efforts needed with suppliers
Escalates issues with supplier executive leadership with support and guidance of manager
Risk and Capacity Management
Develops mitigation plans and programs for assigned suppliers and critical sub-tier suppliers; collaborates with manager and cross-functional peers to drive implementation
Leads capacity assessments for assigned suppliers and critical sub-tier suppliers; anticipates long-term risks and installs proactive mitigations
May serve as project manager for key supplier capacity or risk mitigation initiatives
Leverages problem solving skills and develops counter-measures to implement long-term solutions to identified problems
Contract and Cost Management
Establishes contractual agreements with suppliers and amendments to existing agreements
Negotiates long-term volume pricing, risk mitigation, and capacity agreements with key suppliers to support Intuitive’s volume growth
Reviews, administers, and manages long-term purchase order and delivery commitments to designated suppliers as necessary to support production and/or sales requirements within the business
Leads identification and implementation of cost reduction ideas to achieve year-over-year cost goals within assigned category(ies)
Operational Management
Supports plant purchasing by leading negotiations with suppliers to adopt and implement lean sourcing principles to enable 100% material availability and optimization of on-hand inventory levels
Embraces continuous improvement techniques to drive toward attainment of key purchasing metrics (supplier on-time delivery, quality, risk management, inventory velocity, and cost reduction)
May lead change management/change order implementation for complex projects
Supports master data integrity for suppliers and parts
