Director of Procurement, Electonics

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Your Role at Baxter

As Director of Procurement for the Electronics category, you will lead all aspects of a globally distributed team managing $300M to $350M in spend with around 400 suppliers. Reporting to the Global AVP, Procurement, you will oversee strategic sourcing, governance, and spend management on a global scale. In this role, you will drive value creation by optimizing cost, quality and service, while leading a high performing, globally distributed team of procurement professionals.

What you'll be doing

• Lead all aspects of strategic sourcing and spend management, including RFI/RFP execution, cost modeling, industry benchmarking, and global scenario optimization.

• Drive supplier selection and program recommendations using data driven insights, market cost intelligence, and objective scorecard methodologies.

• Develop and execute electronic category strategies aligned to delivering value across cost, quality and service throughout the supply chain.

• Develop and execute negotiation strategies for supplier agreements, ensuring strong contracts, supplier accountability and high service performance.

• Build trusted partnerships with R&D new product development and innovation teams to enable collaboration and value creation.

• Champion a continuous improvement mindset across the team, enhancing cost, quality, and service outcomes while driving measurable P&L impact.

• Model best-in-class procurement practices in supplier selection and relationship management, while developing and mentoring future procurement leaders.

What you'll bring

• Bachelors Degree required, strong preference for Masters Degree. CPM preferred.

• At least 10 years of relevant business experience with strong industry preference of medical device or adjacent electro-mechanical industries (i.e. automotive).

• People management experience in the procurement function with experience leading a global team within a matrixed environment.

• Ability to communicate effectively, influence, and negotiate across the network (commercial, R&D, engineering and manufacturing) building credibility with stakeholders.

• Travel Required (Domestic primarily to suppliers or Kaizen events) - up to 15%

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $176,000 - $242,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commission, and/or long-term incentive. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

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