Category Manager - Purchased Finished Goods

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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 Category Manager with Solventum, 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:

Principle Responsibilities:

• Manages and partners with suppliers to develop business relationships that deliver effective operational control to agreed performance levels (service, cost, quality and working capital) via contractual agreements, periodic business reviews and scorecards.

• Identifies, leads & implements solutions to complex and multi-faceted situations regarding dual-sourcing, negotiation, category strategy, supplier management, and external sources of supply.

• Engages with key affiliates within 3M Healthcare SpinCo [Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Business team, Regulatory, etc.] to ensure timely issue resolution and completion of business projects.

• Develops continuous supply chain improvement practices to support the continued focus on delivering improved value and performance levels (e.g. lead time reductions, increasing supply chain agility, capacity availability, cost reductions, risk assessments/risk mitigations, etc).

• Engages and leads (as needed):  RFP/RFQ process, contract negotiations, benchmarking activities, make vs buy reviews/decisions, total cost analysis, supply chain mapping, etc

• Actively supports New Product Introduction initiatives, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and compliance projects.

Your Skills and Expertise 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or related discipline and 5 years’ experience in a third-party supply chain management environment.

• Experience in managing & developing supplier relationships including contract negotiation.

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

• Strong leadership, decision-making, problem-solving and negotiation skills to include, demonstrated success in resolving complex supply chain related issues with multiple stakeholders and win-win outcomes, when possible.

• Experience in Sourcing, especially with managing contract manufacturers.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team leader/member skills at all levels of the organization.

• Working knowledge of Quality Systems (FDA/ISO) within a regulated environment and an ERP/ASCP system (SAP-preferred).

• High understanding of Supply Chain Finance (strong Financial acumen), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), product validation requirements and Regulatory expectations.

• Experience successfully collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on complex projects.

Work location:

• Remote

Travel: May include up to 10% Domestic/international travel

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