Abiomed is currently recruiting for a Category Manager, External Manufacturing to be based in Aachen, Germany.

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.
 
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The Category Manager, EM will be responsible for driving spend performance and managing relationships of External Manufacturers to Abiomed products the second opening will work similarly in a key material category for Abiomed. This individual 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 defined sub-categories in the External Manufacturing 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