Senior Commodity Manager

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today:  time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It’s all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we’re just beginning. Working together, let’s put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

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The Senior Global Commodity Manager is responsible for ensuring quality materials and services, while procuring them at competitive market pricing. The role oversees suppliers to continuously improve quality, delivery and price to support supply chain operations. 

This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Global Procurement and is part of the Global Procurement team located in Indianapolis, IN and will be an on-site role.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead a global category strategy implementation managing suppliers to support Quality, Cost, Cash, Service, Risk
• Support internal customers including up to 7 global manufacturing facilities and R&D/ New Product Introduction
• Lead RFQ and quote analysis, evaluates vendors' capability, quality, reliability and price competitiveness
• Create year over year savings including cost negotiations, value engineering programs, contracting, competitive bidding, should costing
• Manage projects with ability to change direction according to business dynamics

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering related field with 5+ years sourcing experiences in supply chain or Master’s degree with 3+ years experience.
• Experienced individual contributor with understanding of procurement concepts, principles, and practices. Demonstrates experience and results in negotiating with suppliers on master supply agreements, inventory agreements, part costs, etc.
• Experience as a formal or informal project manager. Has worked with team members in global geographies. Makes material contributions to the completion of specific programs and projects with significant scope that materially impact organizational schedules, resources and costs
• Understands a wide application of technical concepts, theories, standards, and practices in the field and is expanding knowledge of related subject areas.  These include but are not limited to global commodity material pricing, category manufacturing process knowledge, general procurement quoting, supplier measurement and strategy development tools. 

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 15% including overnight to global locations as required

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management related roles or projects
• DBS or Lean Manufacturing including Daily Visual Management, Kaizen, Kanban

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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