Procurement Program Specialist

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Procurement Program Specialist will manage the portfolio of projects supporting the Procurement organization globally. They will support processes internal to the Procurement organization to reduce administration and increase collaboration, with the goal of providing Procurement staff and partners access to the resources, tools, and information needed to be effective supply chain agents. As part of the Supply Chain Shared Services team, the Procurement Program Specialist will also lead development of global standard work, with special focus on process improvement for Procurement and lead training workshops for Procurement program alignment and rollout. These projects will be focused on ownership of programs supporting supplier lifecycle & relationship management, risk, free cash flow, and compliance within the Procurement function across the enterprise and sites. 

What You'll do as a Procurement Program Specialist

• Support the development and review of department strategic objectives and align project portfolio accordingly.
• Assists with on-going standardization and integration related initiatives such as ethical business practices, environmental social government reporting, , and establishing process and purchasing standard work.
• Collaborate with supply chain and business partners on implementation analysis and reporting with Procurement projects.
• Support communication of program metrics, project updates, and process changes within the department and with appropriate stakeholders throughout STERIS.
• Collect analytic data for department metrics and develop custom reporting visual management tools to monitor success and financial impact.
• Develop and manage relationships with internal stakeholders including research and development teams in standardizing processes enabling sourcing support of cross-functional projects.
• Assist in leading the effort in charting the path for future from a Procurement standpoint including supply base analytics, enterprise internal negotiations, risk tracking and mitigation, business continuity planning, and sourcing roadmap development.
• Develop and maintain organization knowledge through the STERIS Business System to share training, tools, standards, best practices to promote business transformation.
• Drive coherent program strategies and reporting involving multiple interrelated sites, product lines, personnel, systems, and functions.
• Collaborate with business partners, owners, and developers to promote agile improvement of high-quality resources across STERIS, including standards, templates, web application features, reference guides, instructor-led training slides, and eLearning training modules.
• Support strategic projects and those focused on improving internal Procurement processes to increase accountability, reduce administrative waste, and share knowledge throughout the organization.
• Monitor various projects to ensure they are on target to meet their objectives and are in line with key constraints.
• Engage with cross functional teams like finance, SIOP, R&D, manufacturing, quality, and project management to ensure goals and priorities are met through influencing and building strong partnerships.
• Support cross-functional Kaizen events with strategic impact (appx. quarterly).
• Provide Procurement program subject matter expertise support for global sites and shared services (appx. weekly).

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

Required

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 3-5 years of procurement/supply chaine experience. 
• 1-3 years of data analytics and reporting experience.
• 1-3 years of experience working in a lean environment, participating in Kaizen events, and other CI/Lean Initiatives. 
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams/projects. 

 

Preferred

• Master's Degree.
• Excellent knowledge working with Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Familiarity with programming languages, including HTML, CSS, Oracle SQL, PL/SQL.

 

Other

• Strong, analytical learning agility.
• Must have ability to work independently and in teams as needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that support your health, well-being, and financial future. 

 

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer: