Director of Procurement

Ainsley Search Group is seeking a Director of Global Procurement for a Global Manufacturer for the Life Science and Pharmaceutical industries located in Winnebago County of IL. This individual will support all Global and NA sites’ procurement of direct and indirect categories. He/she will manage a portfolio of suppliers, lead contract management, negotiation, relationship management with suppliers, continuously sourcing and qualifying new suppliers, drives improvement for purchasing process across all sites, implement process improvement to achieve cost reduction, based on market trend and index pricing to lead effective supplier negotiation to further drive cost saving, process improvement and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the purchasing of direct and indirect categories based on demand, market trend, index pricing, spend performance.
• Provide hands-on supports to purchasing, drives and standardize purchasing process, supplier management across the organization, develop and improvement team performance output.
• Work closely with corporate cross function teams and regional sties to optimize procurement goals based on business demand, capacity, capex projects, etc.
• Set procurement guidelines and standardize procedures for purchase order process, collaborate with supply chain planning, operational planning, and supply chain department to optimize materials flow based on materials availability.
• Based on market price, demand trend, operational projects, capacity, and materials level to determine purchasing strategy, determine what to buy and when to buy based on overall supplier performance, supplier contracts, pricing, and logistics.
• Responsible for annual spent of direct and indirect categories, oversee tactical purchasing process and initiate strategic procurement initiatives to improve procurement process.
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers, manage supplier performance and quality using KPI, metrics, support supplier audits and report to headquarter and senior management concerning supplier performance, maintain and develop supplier relations.
• Manage supplier contracts, execute supplier contracts and qualify new suppliers as needed; review and manage purchasing contracts, lead suppliers audit, negotiation.
• Monitor supplier’s scorecard and drive improvement on performance regarding backorder ratio, lead-time, quality, compliance, fill rate, etc.; implement continuously improvement process to improve supplier performance and hold suppliers accountable for delayed deliveries and quality issues.
• Analyze data regarding suppliers, materials, inventory turns, production and demand versus buys and achieve cost saving goals; conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective action to streamline purchasing process, further achieve cost saving and higher efficiency.
• Drives global purchasing standardization across all regional sites, HQ, and support Global alignment and procurement initiatives on supplier portfolios, purchasing process etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, Supply Chain or related.
• Recent years of experience in Procurement within OEM industry, experience in major capex, electronics, electronics commodities.
• Solid tenure as Hands-on leader, ability to lead and influence cross functional team and direct reports, ability to drive cultural changes and promote collaborate, and hold teams accountable.
• Experience managing suppliers and improve supplier performance and quality, experience with international and domestic business, exposure to defense industry is a plus.
• Solid knowledge in ERP/SAP system.
• Excellent communication skills and a people person.
• Ability to travel up to 15% to 20%, to customers and suppliers globally and domestically

Compensation & Benefit

• Competitive base Compensation
• Lucrative annual bonus
• Hybrid Schedule
• 401K with match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Health, dental and vision
• Long-term/Short-term disability
• Paid life insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health, Dental and Vision
• PTO and paid holidays