Senior Supplier Relationship

Position Summary

An exciting sourcing leadership opportunity with a premier fast‑growing biotech and a global leader in genetic sequencing. This role will shape the supply chain of Illumina’s consumables, thus shaping the efficiency of genetic sequencing technology overall to allow for mass‑scale adoption, maximizing the benefits of genetic information for all. In this role, you are a subject‑matter expert with a deep understanding of the supply market, Illumina products, and requirements.

You will apply your expert knowledge to solve complex supply‑chain problems.

• Lead sustaining sourcing activities for on‑market products and provide functional leadership and direction for sustaining products.
• Lead the sustaining roadmap creation and implementation of category strategies for assigned categories. Evaluate competitive alternatives. Obtain approval for strategies from senior executive stakeholders.
• Lead assurance of supply escalations and supplier risk mitigation management with cross‑function stakeholders/team.
• Lead strategic or promote supplier quarterly business reviews resulting in supplier performance improvements through collaboration with R&D, Operations, and Quality. Proactively work with business partners and sponsors to align key messages with suppliers.
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop capabilities, supply continuity, and capacity. Fully understand suppliers’ business continuity plans, technical risks, financial risks, etc. that may impact Illumina’s business.
• Lead and contribute global product/material cost reduction initiatives via value engineering, cost negotiation, and resourcing efforts.
• Drive alternative supplier/part qualification with cross‑function stakeholders team.
• Advocate for compliance with Illumina policies and procedures.
• Ensure system data is set up correctly for suppliers under areas of responsibility to facilitate efficient Procure to Pay processes.
• Lead and manage continuous improvement initiatives across a broad business area.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to contribute to the development of company objectives and principles.
• Negotiate various types of agreements (supply, scheduling, consignment, statement of work, CDAs, etc.) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while reducing product cost and inventory levels.
• Establish and lead governance processes with suppliers to reduce business risk and support manufacturing site escalations. Ensure appropriate engagement with Quality and Regulatory when implementing supplier/specification change programs.

• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years of experience; or equivalent experience.

• Strategic thinker; anticipates and develops business and regulatory opportunities and priorities for future action while also executing on concrete business objectives. Links plans to organization strategies.
• Broad expertise applied to a range of business areas. Customer focused, able to collaborate and influence others to drive actions to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook. Comfortable challenging status‑quo to improve processes.
• Flair for creating effective, cross‑functional networks involving coordination among groups.
• Strong analytical skills that allow the successful candidate to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions.
• Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with requisite interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional teams.
• Facilitates meetings effectively ensuring that communication styles are appropriate given the differing needs of culturally diverse, global teams.
• Expert in the use of enabling systems (Ariba, SAP, Quickbase) to track progress, identify gaps, and develop plans to address.
• Solid understanding of industry financial / category…