Category Manager

🔥 12 hours ago

❄️ Minnesota, Texas – Remote

❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $125.6k - $172.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🛒 Procurement

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Solventum

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Healthcare • Logistics • Consulting

Solventum is a healthcare-focused company renowned for its innovative solutions aimed at improving medical and oral care outcomes. The company offers a variety of medical technologies, including advanced wound care, surgical solutions, and sterilization products. Solventum also provides advanced oral care solutions, health information and technology services, and purification and filtration products for biopharmaceutical applications. Furthermore, Solventum places a strong emphasis on sustainability and education, providing resources and training for healthcare professionals globally. Their commitment to innovation and better healthcare has made them a leader in the healthcare industry, dedicated to enhancing patient safety and healthcare efficiencies.

📋 Description

• Manage the commercial, strategic, and tactical operations of electronics components and/or electronic contract manufacturing suppliers • Develop and maintain a competitive supply base to ensure Solventum product availability • Manage supplier relationships and performance through contractual agreements, business reviews, and scorecards • Lead and implement solutions involving contract negotiations, category strategies, supplier management, sources of supply, and dual-sourcing decisions • Partner with Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Business, and Regulatory affiliates to resolve issues and complete strategic projects • Develop continuous supply chain improvement practices, including lead-time reductions, supply chain agility, capacity availability, cost reductions, risk assessments, and mitigations • Lead RFP/RFQ processes, contract negotiations, benchmarking, make-versus-buy reviews, should-cost analysis, total-cost analysis, supply-chain mapping, and New Product Introduction initiatives • Comply with corporate policies, procedures, and security standards

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher AND seven (7) years of experience in electronic components and/or electronics finished goods contract manufacturing • Experience managing and developing supplier relationships • Experience negotiating supplier or manufacturing contracts • Experience working with electronics contract manufacturing, including components such as PCBAs, displays, pumps/motors, power supplies, or cables • Experience resolving complex supply chain issues involving multiple stakeholders, including applying decision-making, problem-solving, and negotiation approaches • Experience communicating and collaborating effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels of an organization • Experience applying knowledge of Supply Chain Finance, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), product validation requirements, or regulatory expectations • Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on complex projects • Experience managing projects, including coordinating timelines, resources, risks, and deliverables across cross-functional teams • Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision • Health Savings Accounts • Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Disability Benefits • Life Insurance • Voluntary Benefits • Paid Absences • Retirement Benefits • Variable incentive pay, if eligible