You will bring your leadership experience to help shape processes, establish best practices, and strengthen the function as it grows. Success requires a highly collaborative, cross-functional mindset, openness to learning other areas of our business, and the ability to build strong relationships with team members and suppliers in a virtual, nationwide environment. This position reports directly to our Senior Director of Supply Chain and supervises a team of three Supply Chain Analysts.
As our Procurement Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Lead, mentor, and develop the purchasing team, establishing clear priorities, goals, performance expectations, and development plans
- Drive accountability and continuous improvement by managing purchasing priorities, monitoring open orders and critical deliveries, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
- Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships, negotiate pricing, contracts, service agreements, and commercial terms, and monitor supplier performance across quality, delivery, service, responsiveness, and cost
- Partner cross-functionally to strengthen supplier performance and reduce risk, supporting supplier qualifications and corrective actions, resolving supplier issues, and developing diversification and contingency strategies
- Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies, quality system requirements, and applicable FDA, ISO 13485, and other regulatory standards
- Oversee purchasing procedures, approvals, budgets, records, audits, and change management related to suppliers, materials, and services
- Manage inventory and procurement to ensure material availability, support production and product launches, and improve inventory turns and supply chain efficiency
- Track and analyze procurement, inventory, supplier, and spending metrics to identify cost savings, monitor budgets, and manage risk
- Drive continuous improvement across procurement and supply chain through Lean practices, best practices, and technology
To be a successful Procurement Manager, you will need the following:
- Five (5) years of purchasing, procurement, or supply chain experience, including a minimum of two (2) years of established leadership/supervisory responsibilities
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of procurement, sourcing, inventory management, and supplier relationship management
- Applied thorough knowledge of FDA Quality System Regulations (21 CFR Part 820), ISO 13485, and supplier controls in a regulated environment
- Advanced proficiency with ERP systems, Microsoft Excel, and business reporting tools
- Proven negotiation and contract management skills
- Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication, collaboration, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to apply knowledge and expertise to build and improve programs and constructively challenge existing practices
- Ability to manage competing priorities, exercise sound judgement, and take ownership in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Bonus Points if You Have:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field
- Directly related experience in a medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated manufacturing environment
- Proven proficiency in demand planning systems, ideally NetSuite and/or Netstock
