Sourcing Industry Group (SIG)
Senior Category Manager, IT
Sourcing Industry Group (SIG), Deerfield, Illinois, United States, 60063
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
The Senior Category Manager leads IT categories globally with a total spend in excess of $50 million with opportunity for scope expansion, reporting to the Global Director of Technology and Innovation Procurement within Baxter’s Indirect Procurement team.
This position is responsible for procurement excellence and driving the best value for the categories under management, with key focus on cost, quality, and service. This role involves project management across several functions, business units and global sites and collaborating closely with business partners at the senior level to define priorities, establish strategic and tactical objectives, develop a multi-year category roadmap ensuring accurate alignment of requirements and supply base. Additionally, the leader in this role will continuously and proactively investigate new suppliers/technologies as inputs into our value funnel, supporting our organizational goals while helping to improve patient outcomes.
What you’ll be doing
Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to lead category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of product pipeline
Lead the supplier selection, risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects
Ensure that appropriate Supplier Relationship Management programs are in place for strategic and critical suppliers in the concerned categories of spend
Provide regular progress updates to Senior Leadership and to key internal partners
Lead negotiations across critical supply agreements using strong value-based techniques
Monitor, track and report on savings and incremental value of sourcing activities
Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base, regularly reviewing market developments, and mobilizing the appropriate internal network
Be an encouraging leader within the organization on key solutions in the marketplace consistently ensuring that Baxter has line of sight to current trends in cost management
What you’ll bring
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Information Technology or Business Management
Minimum 7 years of category management experience with multinational organizations
Previous experience sourcing Information Technology with an emphasis on Software/SaaS
Proven experience in people, stakeholder and project management
Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups
Very strong analytic and negotiation skills
Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking
Experience in contracting includes but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, SaaS and Software License Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs
Deep understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products
Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment
Sophisticated understanding of pricing models and contracts terms
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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
The Senior Category Manager leads IT categories globally with a total spend in excess of $50 million with opportunity for scope expansion, reporting to the Global Director of Technology and Innovation Procurement within Baxter’s Indirect Procurement team.
This position is responsible for procurement excellence and driving the best value for the categories under management, with key focus on cost, quality, and service. This role involves project management across several functions, business units and global sites and collaborating closely with business partners at the senior level to define priorities, establish strategic and tactical objectives, develop a multi-year category roadmap ensuring accurate alignment of requirements and supply base. Additionally, the leader in this role will continuously and proactively investigate new suppliers/technologies as inputs into our value funnel, supporting our organizational goals while helping to improve patient outcomes.
What you’ll be doing
Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to lead category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/long-term goals to support the ongoing delivery of product pipeline
Lead the supplier selection, risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects
Ensure that appropriate Supplier Relationship Management programs are in place for strategic and critical suppliers in the concerned categories of spend
Provide regular progress updates to Senior Leadership and to key internal partners
Lead negotiations across critical supply agreements using strong value-based techniques
Monitor, track and report on savings and incremental value of sourcing activities
Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base, regularly reviewing market developments, and mobilizing the appropriate internal network
Be an encouraging leader within the organization on key solutions in the marketplace consistently ensuring that Baxter has line of sight to current trends in cost management
What you’ll bring
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Information Technology or Business Management
Minimum 7 years of category management experience with multinational organizations
Previous experience sourcing Information Technology with an emphasis on Software/SaaS
Proven experience in people, stakeholder and project management
Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups
Very strong analytic and negotiation skills
Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking
Experience in contracting includes but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, SaaS and Software License Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs
Deep understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products
Ability to work in a multi-cultural and matrix environment
Sophisticated understanding of pricing models and contracts terms
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