Position Summary:
Develops sourcing strategy for all goods and services. Negotiates and manages contracts and relationships with vendors. Implements policies and metrics to ensure that savings goals are realized. Works with technical buyers, engineers and management to identify new product needs. Identifies new sources in order to meet business requirements. Responsible for quality control of vendor products.
Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs and other related duties may be assigned.
Responsibilities:
- Business partnership between strategic sourcing and product development for new product launch projects in consumables.
- Drive NPI project deliverables by collaborating with cross functional teams and influencing stakeholders.
- Lead RFx activities and make/buy analysis aligned with category and manufacturing strategies.
- Negotiates agreements (i.e., development agreement, statements of work, licensing agreement) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while maintaining cost competitiveness.
- Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to develop capabilities, continuity, and capacity. Identify and reduce supply chain risks.
- Support the execution of continuous improvement initiatives within Global Supply Chain.
Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities mayoccur due to business needs.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Strategic thinker; anticipates and develops business opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives.
- Customer focused, able to listen, very responsive, and action oriented to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook.
- Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions.
- Business acumen; demonstrated ability to understand financial and legal terms
- Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with requisite interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional teams.
- Experience with regulated industries.
- Strong negotiator; ability to negotiate the best deal for ILMN and influence upward.
- Familiarity with ERP and procurement systems.
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access).
