Indirect Procurement Manager - Contract

CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO) is a leading global medical device company focused on improving lives one person at a time. The Company operates through two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a trusted leader in the contact lens industry, improving the vision of millions of people every day. CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s health company dedicated to assisting women, babies and families at the healthcare moments that matter most. Headquartered in San Ramon, CA, CooperCompanies has a workforce of more than 15,000 with products sold in over 130 countries. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com .

Job Summary:

The Procurement Manager provides category expertise, efficiency, and effectiveness of regional to global multi-project management, demonstrates the leadership capabilities, brings an innovation mindset and being an agent of change for the Procurement organization. More specifically, the Procurement Manager is responsible for leveraging their category expertise by working closely with the business stakeholders to identify, define and execute key projects that support defined business goals and objectives. The Procurement Manager will handle multiple complex regional to global projects and lend his/her industry and category expertise with other team members.

CooperVision is a global leader in the contact lens industry, dedicated to helping improve the way people see every day. Achieving that goal takes the collaboration of team members with wide-ranging skills; from scientists and researchers, to manufacturing and operations experts, to sales and marketing professionals.

At CooperVision, our effort to improve lives begins with our employees. We are committed to developing people as a key global differentiator and our most important asset. We empower employees to succeed, rewarding great thinking and hard work with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and with a special focus on wellness. Our commitment to our core values and a diverse, inclusive, employee-centric culture fuel a deeply engaged, high performing organization.

CooperVision employees pride themselves on being proactive, innovative, flexible and friendly. That’s a strong reflection of our corporate culture—and part of the reason CooperVision may be a great workplace for you.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent professional communications (verbal and written) with suppliers, stakeholders, and management.
• Strategic Sourcing
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Management
• Spend Analytics
• Supplier Management
• Contract Compliance
• Strategic Collaboration Management
• Executive Presentation
• Leadership
• Proficiency in spreadsheet software (e.g., Microsoft, Excel), presentation software (i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint), Oracle iProcurement, and spend analytics tools.

Work Environment:

• Standard office work environment

Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree required with a preference for Accounting/Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related; MBA, CPSM, CPM or Supply Management certification a plus.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace .

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $46.54 and $62.06 per hour and may include cost of living adjustments. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.

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Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

• Inspire trust and confidence with executive leadership.
• Engage with management team and stakeholder team members to facilitate strategic initiatives effectively balancing the RFx process and the TCO evaluation of suppliers against the business stakeholder’s requirements and supplier preferences. Recognized as a company expert within his/her field.
• Ability to simultaneously manage 8 complex projects, leading all deliverables, analytics, negotiations, and project management details (as needed). These projects will span from a regional to global scope and will support the company’s key strategic priorities. Additionally, these projects will typically impact multiple functions and involve medium to large sized project teams representing multiple business areas.
• Manage full sourcing process for the most complex projects– inclusive of supply market analysis, leverage spend, establishing business requirements, driving requirements, negotiating SOWs, contract terms, executing and monitoring complex contracts, conducting, and monitoring supplier business reviews.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop annual category management plan that incorporates the stakeholder’s strategy, goals, challenges, constraints, and objectives with a 1 to 3- year time horizon – key outputs included but not limited to spend breakdown, strategic sourcing pipeline, process improvements, supplier rationalizations, targeted supplier business reviews, sourcing levers, etc.
• Ability to maintain accountability, delivering against timelines, building relationships, and becoming a trusted advisor with business stakeholders, executive management, and suppliers.
• Perform significant total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research, conduct the most complex pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
• Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost improvement programs and resolve significant and unique strategic supplier performance issues to ensure business satisfaction.
Contribute to measuring success, including savings, innovation related to process improvements, improved delivery, and simplified processes.

Travel Requirements :

• Approximately 25% of travel

CooperVision is a global leader in the contact lens industry, dedicated to helping improve the way people see every day. Achieving that goal takes the collaboration of team members with wide-ranging skills; from scientists and researchers, to manufacturing and operations experts, to sales and marketing professionals.

At CooperVision, our effort to improve lives begins with our employees. We are committed to developing people as a key global differentiator and our most important asset. We empower employees to succeed, rewarding great thinking and hard work with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and with a special focus on wellness. Our commitment to our core values and a diverse, inclusive, employee-centric culture fuel a deeply engaged, high performing organization.

CooperVision employees pride themselves on being proactive, innovative, flexible and friendly. That’s a strong reflection of our corporate culture—and part of the reason CooperVision may be a great workplace for you.