NPI Procurement Manager

Responsibilities

• Execute NPI sourcing strategies aligned with category strategies, cost targets, and overall business objectives.
• Drive early procurement engagement to influence design-to-cost, supplier selection, and proactive risk mitigation.
• Ensure end-to-end sourcing plan execution, securing timely inputs and deliverables from R&D, Category teams, and suppliers.
• Coordinate and support supplier selection activities led by Category Managers, ensuring competitiveness, technical capability, and strategic alignment.
• Bridge prototype-to-production sourcing by collaborating with Global Procurement to address technology gaps, supplier capabilities, and industrialization readiness.
• Enforce procurement best practices, including multi-sourcing, preferred supplier utilization, contract coverage, and compliance with purchasing policies and controls.
• Ensure alignment with supplier onboarding and master data requirements, including accurate and timely setup in systems (e.g., DS Master Data parameters).
• Proactively identify sourcing risks and operational issues, driving the resolution of supplier-related challenges during New Product Development (NPD).
• Communicate effectively and elevate critical issues in a timely manner, maintaining accountability for sourcing deliverables and project outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for value creation and process improvement, proposing actionable solutions and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.
• Contribute to category strategy development by incorporating NPD insights into long-term sourcing strategies and action plans.
• Operate within governance frameworks, ensuring full compliance with procurement processes, tools, and internal controls.
• Drive personal and functional excellence by setting annual performance and development goals aligned with business priorities.

• Master's degree preferred, or Bachelor's degree with significant relevant work experience.
• Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or Supply Chain Management preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or at least 5 years of project management experience.
• Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM/APICS) certification is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of procurement or other relevant experience within a global supply chain environment.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience.
• Experience supporting Procurement activities within the New Product Development (NPD) process.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, manage stakeholder expectations, and resolve conflicts.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and international teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collect and interpret data and draw sound conclusions.
• Fluent written and spoken English and German.
• Availability to work flexibly across multiple time zones.
• Experience with BOM Master Data parameters and BOM Master Data setup (nice to have)
• Experience in the medical device or dental industry (nice to have)

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without unlawful discrimination or regard for race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual or gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable local law.

Eligibility: All successful applicants must be eligible to work in the country the position is based.