Specialist, Indirect Procurement

hace 2 semanas


San Francisco, Heredia, Costa Rica BAXTER A tiempo completo

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At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world.

You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.


The team member in this role will be responsible for supporting our HR Services, Professional Services and Travel categories globally with a total spend in excess of $50 million, reporting to the Sr.

Manager of HR Services within Baxter's Indirect Procurement team.


This position will be responsible for leading and supporting procurement excellence and driving best value for the categories under management, with key focus on cost, quality, and service.

This role involves project management across several functions, business units and global sites and collaborating closely with business partners at the senior level to define priorities, establish strategic and tactical objectives, support the development of a multi-year category roadmap ensuring accurate alignment of requirements and supply base.

Additionally, the leader in this role will continuously and proactively investigate new suppliers/technologies as inputs into our value funnel, supporting our organizational goals while helping to improve patient outcomes.


What you'll be doing

  • Collaborate with internal partners and use these relationships to support the implementation of category strategies, pipeline items and short/medium/longterm goals to support the ongoing delivery of value pipeline.
  • Perform in depth spend analysis and market analysis on targeted areas of spend.
  • Support your Manager or Sr Manager in the development and execution of annual savings plans.
  • Develop RFI/RFPs and lead negotiations for key spend areas to achieve shortterm and longterm savings targets.
  • Support and if required lead cross functional teams to successfully drive complex sourcing projects.
  • Register the projects pipeline in the appropriate sourcing tools and provide regular reporting as to their status and expected benefits.
  • Lead and support the supplier selection, risk assessment and contract negotiation process for key projects as assigned by the Manager or Sr Manager.
  • Communicate in a professional and effective way with internal and external stakeholders (senior management and cross functional teams) to ensure the necessary buyin for the sourcing projects.
  • Support in the implementation of the defined sourcing strategy and preferred suppliers.
  • Generate regular reports for the category lead concerning the categories of spend under your responsibility.
  • Drive effective Supplier Relationship Management with key suppliers and monitor performance.
  • Stimulate and support innovation by using the supplier base, regularly reviewing market developments, and mobilizing the appropriate internal network.

What you'll bring

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or related areas required.
  • Intermediate or advanced English
  • Minimum 5 years of category procurement experience. With multinational organizations a plus.
  • Proven experience in people, stakeholder, and project management.
  • Ability to coordinate multiple parallel sourcing initiatives across different business groups.
  • Strong analytic and negotiation skills.
  • Business sense and ability to develop critical thinking.
  • Experience in contracting includes but not be limited to Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments and NDAs.
  • Ability to work in a multicultural and matrix environment.
  • Understanding of Procurement standard processes, supply markets, suppliers and products.
  • Understanding of pricing models and contracts terms.

Reasonable Accommodations

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