Category Manager responsible for developing category strategies across global portfolio including R&D and Professional Services. Focus on clinical studies and strategic sourcing initiatives while managing supplier relationships.
About the role
- Project Procurement Lead overseeing supplier relationships, negotiations, and continuous improvement initiatives for ATS Life Sciences. Supporting production challenges in the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors.
Responsibilities
- Track, monitor and maintain purchase order deliveries to drive on-time delivery to schedules
- Communicate with, evaluate, and approve suppliers to ascertain their ability to meet company requirements, goals, and objectives
- Negotiate prices, discounts, and delivery arrangements with suppliers
- Perform on-going reviews of product, service, equipment, and expense usage to identify new opportunities for cost savings
- Effective use of historical and other benchmarking data to ensure competitive pricing
- Manage cost containment, product standardization, supplier consolidation and benchmarking reports, and other supply chain management strategies that maximize value while ensuring that ATS standards are maintained or enhanced
- Act as a key resource for ATS staff by assisting in the research and development of products, service and equipment alternatives, initiation and follow-up of evaluations, requests for quotation and other day to day procurement
- Maintain favorable Terms and Conditions for ATS
- Maintain a focus on vendor capacities to enable low-cost design and facilitate a collaborative working relationship between Designers and Suppliers
- As a key member of new product design teams, advise the project regarding supplier capabilities to achieve lowest cost compliant solutions
- Understand the product from initial design and provide early input regarding ease and cost of supply
- Engage suppliers early in the project life to gain their appropriate input into product solutions
- Support the development of engineering design methodology from a Supply Chain perspective to ensure successful execution through the supply chain
- Maintain a preferred parts list and use it to drive selection of common parts and design features across multiple projects
- Devise and implement a project procurement plan
- Ensure that project parts delivery needs are met in a timely manner through all project phases
- Maintain regular product material cost metrics for each project and achieve project cost requirements
- Identify, lead, and complete up to medium-high complexity Continuous Improvement opportunities (e.g., Just Do It, Problem Solving, and Kaizen) using a variety of Continuous Improvement tools and become ABM Bootcamp certified no later than 18 months in the position (internal training will be provided)
- Lead Daily Visual Management meetings
Requirements
- A post-secondary diploma or degree in materials management or equivalent
- Supply Chain Canada (or equivalent) designation is an asset
- PMP training or certification is an asset
- Manufacturing or Engineering education or experience is an asset
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Purchasing (or equivalent)
- Experience in a custom manufacturing environment is an asset
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office software including Excel - pivot tables & VLOOKUP + Power Point - presentations
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings is an asset
- Proven organizational and negotiation skills
- Excellent oral, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- Demonstrated problem solving and continuous improvement skills
- Demonstrated ability to interact in a team environment
- Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives on a cross functional team
- Demonstrated strong analytical, organizational, exercise sound judgment and work without direct supervision in a team environment
- Utilize proven project management skills
- Highly motivated, customer-focused team player and innovator
Benefits
- Competitive starting salaries
- Overtime pay eligibility
- Paid vacation
- Employee Incentive Bonus program
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits including Lifestyle Spending Account
- 5% RRSP matching program
- Optional Employee Share Purchase Program
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