Global Director of Advanced Diagnostics Sourcing

Overview The Director of Procurement for the Advanced Diagnostics business will oversee a team of Direct Materials commodity managers, responsible for strategy implementation and supplier relationship development to achieve world-class productivity objectives. This is a key role in the Global Procurement organization, one that develops, implements, and executes sourcing strategies that deliver best in class performance at an optimized cost. The candidate will partner closely with sourcing and technical experts in each of Waters’ technologies to ensure alignment on strategy to drive favorable cost, material availability and terms. The individual will coordinate across the Global Procurement organization to develop and enforce the adherence of global harmonized processes. The Director, Advanced Diagnostics Procurement has responsibility for driving the organization’s goals within the global annual sourcing productivity targets. Typical tasks of the position include, but are not limited to Reporting to the VP, Global Procurement, this individual will manage team of commodity managers with highly specialized skills in the areas of sourcing, category strategy development, supplier negotiation, and supplier performance management. Through strategy alignment and expert management of internal stakeholders, set conditions to achieve 3-5% year-over-year Procurement productivity improvement. Develop and own the team’s productivity objectives as part of the global pipeline. Partner with Materials Planning team to elevate and resolve shortfalls in material requirements for production. Utilize expert contract negotiation skills to drive supply and development agreements to yield productive commercial outcomes. Using expertise in data and analytics, enhance leverage in the supply base to obtain best cost, delivery, and technology. Align to global harmonized policies, processes and systems that ensure high levels of performance, consistency and efficiency across all categories and technologies. Collaborate cross-functionally with development, product introduction, quality and manufacturing in creating and executing strategies for enabling new product introduction, reducing material costs, improving quality and ensuring security of supply. Travel: Domestic and International travel is required. The successful candidate will have a combination of knowledge, skills, and experience that would include the following Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering or related field. MBA is preferred. A minimum of 12 years management experience within a Procurement and/or Strategic Sourcing organization with responsibility for international and domestic supply chains. Expert commercial skills; demonstrated expertise in negotiating complex, global supplier and development agreements. Demonstrated track record of managing teams delivering high impact, complex initiatives. Demonstrated ability to complete quantitative and qualitative analysis and financial models. Excellent influencing, planning, problem solving, communication and organizational skills. Relevant market knowledge of Waters or similar products and businesses. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products and our customers. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. #J-18808-Ljbffr