Senior Director - Supplier Excellence (Solventum)

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a(n) Supplier Excellence - Senior Director you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Drive and lead implementation of Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) across Solventum  (Procurement, Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and External Supplier Base) to achieve measurable and increasing net cost reductions of existing products and materials for Solventum.

• Partner with suppliers to evaluate alternative materials, components, and manufacturing processes that offer cost savings without compromising product quality or performance. This includes supplier audits together with supplier quality and procurement.

• Drive significant supplier base reduction and consolidation by managing the change management process of moving materials from non-strategic to strategic suppliers, while improving costs for the same. Ensure complete validation and qualification by working with quality, manufacturing and other stakeholders.

• Responsible for recommending and deploying dual/multi sources of supply to ensure continuity of supply of key products. Managing the change management process throughout implementation. Ensure complete validation and qualification by working with quality, manufacturing and other stakeholders.

• Leverages strong project and change management skills to drive continuous improvements for the categories. Introduces innovative strategies for Supplier excellence.

• Drive continuous improvement efforts by implementing lean methodologies, process optimizations to achieve cost reduction targets.

• Coaches, mentors, and develops supplier excellence team (direct reports) and extended stakeholder team talent, including sharing best practices. Ensures team is hitting savings targets and driving business results. Develops a diverse, high performing supplier excellence team and associated organization.

Your Skills and Expertise 
 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain/engineering or business-related field, technical degree

• 10 Years of Managerial experience overseeing large teams.

• 10+ Years of Procurement/Engineering/Manufacturing Leadership Experience

• Extensive experience in supplier transfer ​

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Masters degree Supply chain/Engineering or business-related field from an accredited institution

• 5 years' experience with VAVE tools and processes

• Experience implementing significant improvements or establishing procurement industry best practices across functional areas.

• Strong track record of driving operational improvements (e.g. cost savings) to support the business