Director, Procurement - Life Sciences

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• Develop and execute commodity strategies to deliver YOY direct material productivity including balancing in-region spend with best cost country spend.
• Utilize and expand established best practice (reverse auction, PPV workshops, I2V teardowns, etc).
• Manage supplier relationships and oversee new supplier development to reduce overall supply chain risk.
• Understand contractual obligations to customers and work with the commercial and engineering teams to reduce sole/single sourced vendors.
• Work with New Product Development and I2V teams to utilize preferred suppliers and ensure best cost and quality.
• Lead synergy delivery (per business case) for new acquisitions.

• Identify and execute strategies to deliver net working capital by extending supplier terms
• Partner with operations team to identify and execute on opportunities to reduce inventory
• Expand vendor managed and consignment inventory agreements with suppliers to improve net working capital while preserving/reducing lead time

• Continuously review, develop, and improve talent on the Life Sciences strategic sourcing team
• Adhere to all corporate performance management development processes and timelines

• Ensure compliance with all contractual and governing body (FDA, EU, etc.) regulations impacting supply chain.
• Maintain awareness of future regulations and their potential impact to IR.
• Improve supplier compliance with in-house and third party regulatory best practices
• Assist in completing submissions to third party regulatory agencies as needed.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business or related field
• 8+ years strategic sourcing experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership position
• Demonstrated excellence in supplier/category strategy development, vendor assessment, and negotiation preparation/execution
• Professional communication; both verbal and written are required.
• Ability to travel up to 35%. This travel will be to manufacturing and supplier sites globally, as well as for internal collaborations.

• Ability to drive development and execution of supply chain strategies for the Life Science business to achieve optimal results in the key areas of Quality, Delivery, & Price.

• Review and approve project plans.
• Oversee project execution.
• Balance projects between short and long-term focus.
• Secure alignment with cross-functional partners.

• Demonstrate deep business knowledge of suppliers, industry trends, emerging markets and technology.
• Builds this knowledge into strategies/playbooks.
• Recruits and develops talent aligned with strategies/playbooks.

• Identify/anticipate potential problems.
• Evaluate robustness of corrective action plan
• Oversee plan implementation

• Create collaborative environment with cross-functional partners.
• Demonstrate strong conflict resolution skills.
• Assure regular/appropriate two-way communication flow.
• Build/maintain relationship with industry peers and suppliers
• Player/Coach Approach - ability to roll up sleeves and dig into analysis effectively highlight actionable opportunities

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.