Indirect Procurement Specialist

Medline Industries is seeking an experienced Indirect Procurement Manager to join our Sterile Procedure Tray division. This role will be based out of our Northfield, IL corporate headquarters and will work a hybrid model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all Indirect Purchases for respective site(s) to ensure continuity of supplies and services are uninterrupted while supporting Operations.
• Understand market conditions, business & technical requirements to translate into cost saving opportunities at respective site(s).
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to help drive initiatives for improving supplier quality / service levels while improving supplier cost effectiveness, and reducing overall operation costs for the Kitting Division.
• Align with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, quality or other business partners) to understand requirements to ensure supplier qualification and quality.
• Support building business cases based on internal analytics, a deep understanding of Medline business requirements, industry trends and best practices.
• Participate and support Global sourcing projects. Support and lead negotiations and supplier selections; accountable for contract lifecycle management and compliance.
• Responsible for delivering productivity through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects based on goals and objectives.
• Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• At least 7 years of experience in Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Contract Management or other relevant business area.
• Leadership skills (either directly or indirectly) and proven ability to work in cross-functional team and international environment
• Ability to communicate with different levels and functions in the organization.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers
• Analytical and strategic thinking, problem solving and scenarios generation skills
• Working understanding of supplier market in respective area of focus
• Ability to develop & manage multiple projects.