Indirect Category Manager

Overview

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

At Pall Corporation, 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. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Pall is a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, serving diverse, global customer needs across applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health.

Pall offers a place to thrive with a history of discovery, determination, and innovation. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

Indirect Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing the category strategy for IT, Fleet, and Travel globally for Pall. This role supports the Sourcing and Procurement of Information Technology (IT) including software, hardware, network infrastructure, and telecommunications services. The role also supports Fleet & Travel, including management of currently contracted Fleet & Travel management service providers, developing and sustaining a new process for streamlined administration of Fleet & Travel, coaching local stakeholders on how to administer the process, and serving as an escalation point for stakeholder troubleshooting and/or vendor performance issues.

This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Global Indirect Sourcing and is part of the Strategic Sourcing team under the Global Integrated Supply Chain organization. The role will be based in Portsmouth, United Kingdom and will be an on-site role.

• Lead strategy development for in-scope categories
• Partner with global stakeholders to implement and execute category strategies
• Identify cost savings and working capital improvement opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with IT, HR, Finance, and others throughout project identification & execution
• Solve problems and champion continuous process improvements for in-scope categories and throughout the business

• 3+ years of Indirect or Direct Sourcing & Procurement experience in a global manufacturing environment – Indirect strongly preferred
• 3+ years of Category Management experience with IT, Fleet, and Travel
• 3+ years of Contracting experience including drafting, redlining, and negotiating with Vendors
• 3+ years of Supplier Relationship Management
• 3+ years of Data Analytics experience in a Supply Chain related capacity, e.g. performing spend analysis for in-scope category management

• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically & internationally, subject to business requirements

• SAP 4
  
  HANA or similar ERP system within Supply Chain related role(s)
• Supply Chain transformation initiative(s)
• Change Management, especially with internal cross-functional stakeholders and leadership

Pall Corporation, 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.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note:

No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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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