Senior Manager, Purchasing(Associate Director Level)(Hea Job/ 136)

Senior Manager, Purchasing(Associate Director Level)The Purchasing organization at Company is responsible for purchasing activities, supporting functional groups such as Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, R&D, Finance, Marketing, Legal and HR. The Purchasing Senior Manager will lead and inspire the team of Buyers responsible for ensuring timely deliveries for internal customers. The Purchasing Senior Manager will also partner with peers and management to ensure the effective transition from current practices to new business models as we migrate to new systems, tools, process and guidelines.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

· Manages the Purchasing team of Buyers.· Uses SAP / Ariba to fulfill job requirements e.g. Approves requisitions in Ariba and or SAP as required.

· Ensures system data is set up correctly for suppliers / products under area of responsibility to facilitate efficient Procure to Pay processes.

· Able to adapt and evolve processes (compliantly) for self and others to improve efficiency and effectiveness.· Manages and contributes to site level cost reduction initiatives via value engineering, cost negotiation and resourcing efforts.

· Works with Supplier Relationship managers to ensure key cost messages are aligned with Sourcing strategy.· Knows the suppliers’ organization (philosophy, culture, business goals), and how it relates to ILMN.

· Educates the supplier on the mechanics of doing business with ILMN.

· Understands key suppliers spend, price trends and opportunity, business criticality, cost drivers.

· Understands when general conclusions can be drawn from data and when gaps/ inaccuracies need to be addressed in order to make robust decisions / conclusions.

· Understands financial impacts on decisions made in area of responsibility e.g. lead time changes, safety stock changes, yield changes.

· Understands Quality categorization of parts under area of responsibility and where regulatory advice should be sought for changes.

· Presents and professional and ethical image both internally and externally to suppliers, meets commitments and treats people with respect.

· Uses own initiative to ensure projects and activities are kept to timescale when faced with unexpected difficulties.· Guides team member performance to effectively deliver project / activities.

· Support or leads cross functional project teams to deliver business goals.

· Builds and maintains cross functional relationships identified in stakeholder maps.

· Effectively uses network of relationships to influence others or solve problems.

· Listens effectively and summarizes discussions to ensure good understanding.

· Reflect fairness and openness in decision making.

· Develops personal and team action plans to apply feedback and learning.

· Identifies opportunities for improvement and implements solutions.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities.

Requirements:

· Proven ability to guide team or process. Has skillset which is applied in a cross functional setting, broadening sphere of influence with developing people management skills and capabilities.

· Willingness to receive assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies. Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s).

· Has experience of working on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends. Acts as advisor to subordinate(s) to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems. Develops and administers schedules, performance requirements; may have budget responsibilities.

· Can apply management expertise to set direction and resolve problems in own discipline.

· Will identify and resolve technical, operational and organizational problems

· Proven ability to frequently interact with subordinate supervisors, customers, and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or customers and the company. Often must lead a cooperative effort among members of a project team.

· Manage the coordination of the activities of a section or department with responsibility for results, including costs, methods and staffing.

· Ability to travel up to 20% of the time; both domestic and international.

· Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).