Category Manager, Precision Plastics
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Danvers
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Abiomed is currently recruiting for a Category Manager,
Precision plastics to be based in Danvers, MA or Aachen, Germany.
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength
in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex
diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are
smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our
expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely
positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare
solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and
profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at
https://www.jnj.com/. Abiomed, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech,
is a leading provider of medical devices that provide circulatory
and respiratory support, with a mission of recovering hearts &
saving lives. Abiomed's "Patients First!" culture drives our
skilled workforce and strong relationships with clinicians. Our
innovative product portfolio and robust pipeline provide us the
incredible opportunity to bring lifesaving technology to more
patients around the world than ever before. Founded in 1981,
Abiomed has a proven track record for growth, integrity and
innovation. I Am Abiomed - I Am Heart Recovery - Patients First!
Job Responsibilities: Abiomed is present in most markets of the
world, representing more than $1 billion of revenue with projected
strong growth and premier market positions. The spend in support of
this business resides in multiple categories and sums up to 300
million$ per year. With highly innovative heart saving products,
Abiomed is one of the highest growing businesses of Johnson &
Johnson. The Category Manager DPM will be responsible for driving
spend performance and managing supplier relationships in defined
scope. DPM category is key material category for Abiomed business
and will mainly focus on categories such as Metals or chemicals and
packaging. We are hiring category managers for each of these
mentioned subcategories. Category Manager DPM will develop, and /or
support sourcing strategies, and supplier strategies under guidance
of Category Leader. The incumbent in the role, will plan, direct,
and support the delivery against targets for financial performance,
supply reliability across quality & service, and compliance
adherence. The purpose of this position is to manage specific
sub-categories in the Direct Precision Material portfolio for
Abiomed, with approximate spend of $20-40M. This responsibility
includes the need for strong engagement with internal stakeholders
and robust connection with our key external partners. Principle
Duties and Responsibilities: Sourcing --- Lead or support sourcing
initiatives to identify the right supplier partners, Influence
decisions, delivering on-going value improvements while driving
competitive advantage. --- Develop spend analysis and gather market
intelligence in alignment with business goals. --- Develop and lead
cost management initiatives; Prepare and execute RFQs for medium to
high complexity sourcing decisions; Conduct negotiations with
suppliers --- Deliver on financial, service, reliability, quality,
innovation, and growth commitments. --- Build and maintain
relationships throughout Abiomed that results in dynamic
interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and
information critical to the development of optimal approaches and
solutions. --- Support the development and drive the Procurement
vision for, with and through the stakeholder community. --- Drive
sourcing activities for defined categories to support new products
under development. Supplier Management --- Develop and manage
supplier partnerships to drive performance delivery, risk
mitigation, and value through supplier enabled innovation. ---
Cultivate and use strategic relationships with key business
partners (e.g., Internal partners, supplier leadership) to shape,
optimize, and diversify the supply base. --- Develop innovative and
sustainable solutions to identify and mitigate risk, drive
long-term, end-to-end value, and achieve unmet business needs.
Identify and pursue opportunities to develop supplier capabilities.
--- Conduct Business Review meetings with suppliers that include
holistic supplier performance management and review. Category
Strategy Development --- Develop and/or support the category
sourcing strategy for the defined portfolio through Business needs
assessment, Market intelligence, Supplier evaluations and sourcing
choices. --- Proactively engage business partners to identify needs
and incorporate those needs into sub-category strategies. --- Build
supply network through developing, identifying suppliers utilizing
deep subject matter expertise based on supply market analysis,
industry intelligence. --- Understand supply market trends,
competitor analysis to deliver proactive sourcing strategies.
Contracting --- Systematically and efficiently manage contract
creation, approval, administration, and compliance to maximize
financial and operational performance while minimizing risk. ---
Ensure that agreements and the manner they are performed meet
business demands of all collaborators and are aligned with the
organization's overall procurement and business strategy. Project
Support --- Represent procurement in End-to-End Supply Chain
initiatives of the manufacturing network, capacity programs,
digital tools/technology adoption, and resiliency. --- Lead /
Support projects in defined spend scope, to deliver procurement
KPIs. --- Escalate issues / inevitable risks that may impact the
Global Procurement organization and/or the Supply Chain
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Brockton , Category Manager, Precision Plastics, Executive , Danvers, Massachusetts
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