Category Manager

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❄️ Minnesota, Texas – Remote

❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $125.6k - $172.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🛒 Procurement

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Solventum

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10,000+ employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📚 Education

🧘 Wellness

Healthcare Insurance • Education • Wellness

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

• Responsible for the commercial, strategic and tactical operational management of electronics components and/or electronic contract manufacturing suppliers to ensure Solventum product availability by developing and maintaining a competitive supply base for Solventum • Manages and partners with suppliers to develop business relationships that deliver effective operational control to agreed performance levels (service/performance, cost, quality and working capital) via contractual agreements, periodic business reviews and scorecards • Identifies, leads & implements solutions to complex and multi-faceted situations including contract negotiations, category strategies, supplier management, internal/external sources of supply and dual-sourcing decisions • Engages with key affiliates within Solventum [Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Business team, Regulatory, etc.] to ensure timely issue resolution and completion of strategic business projects • Develops continuous supply chain improvement practices to support the focus on delivering improved value and performance levels (e.g. lead time reductions, increasing supply chain agility, capacity availability, cost reductions, risk assessments/risk mitigations, etc) • Engages and leads (as needed): RFP/RFQ process, contract negotiations, benchmarking activities, make vs buy reviews/decisions, should cost analysis, total cost analysis, supply chain mapping and New Product Introduction initiatives.

🎯 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

🏖️ Benefits

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