Purpose Statement

The Site Procurement Lead (Associate Director) is responsible for overseeing and developing end-to-end procurement processes, leading strategic sourcing to contracting activities and ensuring alignment with category strategy for the Tempe, AZ medical device manufacturing site.  This role collaborates with Category Managers to lead supplier selection and management, maintains compliance with procurement policies, and administers continuous improvement initiatives.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop consistent procurement processes, including source-to-contract planning and financial analysis, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions.
• Ensure aligned execution of category strategy within assigned remit, as defined by Category Managers, coordinating to shape strategic vision and inform initiatives targeting value realization.
• Ensures compliance of procurement policy and team activities to business requirements of supplier diversity and sustainability, overseeing day-to-day processes and communicating insights to senior procurement leadership.
• Drive forward the execution of supplier management strategy, including supplier selection, as developed alongside Category Managers, fostering a collaborative and innovative approach to supplier interactions.
• Oversee risk mitigation plans developed in collaboration with Category Managers, providing tactical input on supplier performance and relaying the identification of procurement risks to safeguard the organization’s interest and maintain operational resilience.
• Maintain excellence in all contract execution activities including source to contract and requisition to pay, developing and implementing strategies to identify inefficiencies in process design and execution.
• Guide the execution of continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with the PSC team, overseeing the adoption of new processes and providing feedback and guidance to PMO stakeholders.
• Lead and nurture a team of Specialists, setting ambitious performance targets, providing tailored coaching, and evaluating team performance, site aligned Procurement support for complex local needs (manufacturing and R&D site)
• Partner with Procurement Strategy and Capability leaders and business partners to define skillsets, workforce requirements, capability needs, and long-term organizational staffing goals