Director of Procurement

As a result of the combination of the BD Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions business with Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), by applying to this role, you will be applying for a position with Waters. Waters is a global leader in life sciences, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, Waters’ innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across biology, chemistry, and physics. Waters collaborates with analytical laboratories around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, assure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combatting growing antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, Waters’ passionate team of approximately 16,000 colleagues partner with customers to turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

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 Job Description This role is being posted to complete a prior recruiting process run by Waters Corporation. A candidate has already been selected for this role, and this job posting is provided solely for transactional purposes. Waters Corporation conducted all recruitment activities, including candidate sourcing, screening, and hiring decisions. The Director of Procurement for the Advanced Diagnostics business will oversee a team of Direct Materials commodity managers, responsible for strategy implementation and supplier relationship development to achieve world-class productivity objectives.  This is a key role in the Global Procurement organization, one that develops, implements, and executes sourcing strategies that deliver best in class performance at an optimized cost.   The candidate will partner closely with sourcing and technical experts in each of Waters’ technologies to ensure alignment on strategy to drive favorable cost, material availability and terms.  The individual will coordinate across the Global Procurement organization to develop and enforce the adherence of global harmonized processes.  The Director, Advanced Diagnostics Procurement has responsibility for driving the organization’s goals within the global annual sourcing productivity targets. Roles & Responsibilities: Reporting to the VP, Global Procurement, this individual will manage team of commodity managers with highly specialized skills in the areas of sourcing, category strategy development, supplier negotiation, and supplier performance management. Through strategy alignment and expert management of internal stakeholders, set conditions to achieve 3-5% year-over-year Procurement productivity improvement.  Develop and own the team’s productivity objectives as part of the global pipeline. Partner with Materials Planning team to escalate and resolve shortfalls in material requirements for production. Utilize expert contract negotiation skills to drive supply and development agreements to yield productive commercial outcomes Using expertise in data and analytics, enhance leverage in the supply base to obtain best cost, delivery, and technology Align to global harmonized policies, processes and systems that ensure high levels of performance, consistency and efficiency across all categories and technologies. Collaborate cross-functionally with development, product introduction, quality and manufacturing in creating and executing strategies