Procurement Manager

**_Procurement Manager, 100 %, Zürich (M/F/d)_**

The Procurement Manager/Director is responsible for the procurement of goods and services for Sequana Medical NV and its subsidiaries. The duties include management of each part of the supply chain to ensure consistent delivery of goods and services while identifying possible obstacles that may affect supply or productivity. Furthermore, the Manager Procurement works with the team on complex projects and initiatives, selection and qualification of vendors, evaluation of bids, and negotiates prices and terms for purchased goods and services. This role is for procurement professionals that have the ability to combine developing the function while leading in the execution by example. You will be responsible for the leadership of the purchasing team; including employee promotion and development.

**Key Responsibilities**

**_General Duties and Responsibilities _**
- Manages all purchasing functions and established strategic purchasing processes and procedures
- Establishes strategy and best practices to ensure achievement of overall business objectives
- Works with internal customers to identify and address unmet needs that align with procurement and business/capability goals to deliver long term value
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams implementing sourcing initiatives and strategies
- Works with vendors to establish supplier agreements and contracts
- Studies market prices and trends to assist in suppler negotiation and performance
- Negotiate the best pricing possible and ensure that orders received adhere to supplier agreements and contracts
- Develops, implements, and maintains a supplier relationship and evaluation process to measure effective supplier performance and compliance
- Gathers and analyses data to present solutions for a wide range of business opportunities
- Actively seeks support from other departments to ensure procurement projects/requirements are completed in appropriate timeframes

**_Team Planning_**
- Continuously reviews and maintains team structure and balance across the supplier portfolio and activities.
- Plans the overall activities and leads the Procurement team
- Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibilities
- Create, Review and maintain SOPs and documents that provide plans and guidance for control of procurement processes.
- Develops, documents, trains, and implements sustainable procurement processes across the company to adhere to internal financial controls utilizing change management practices
- Establishes and maintains measurable performance metrics for all levels of procurement activities to include annual run rate and actual cost savings/cost avoidance, supplier performance, supplier quality, contract adherence, etc.
- Ensure a balanced workload across the team members.

**_Team Training and development_**
- Ensure all buyers perform their work in compliance with company policies and within the guidelines of Sequana Medical’s Quality System.
- Cultivate continuous growth and development of employees in within the Procurement team.
- Provide mentoring and coaching for team members.
- Set and review goals and objectives for team members.

**_Team Coordination and communication_**
- Establish and maintain good relationships with all departments, especially production, QA, manufacturing, engineering and Logistics and Distribution.
- A strong communicator in both written and verbal forms to effectively work with customers, managers, and co-workers
- Prepare and present data from various procurement processes and investigations
- Act as procurement representative in project and program level meetings.
- **Key requirements**_
- Strategic thinking skills and ability to evaluate and propose solutions to improve
- A self-starter and detail oriented, comfortable with ambiguity and change, with the ability to support multiple projects and business functions concurrently
- Experience in the development of cost estimation and cost control, reporting, and record/document control is an additional plus
- High level of business acumen and communication and presentation skills throughout varying levels of the organization
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating prices and terms and conditions
- Knowledge of market research, data analysis and purchasing best practices
- A strong analytical mindset and attention to detail with outstanding organizational and follow-up skills
- Relationship/team builder, both internally and externally with suppliers and employees
- Exhibits a high degree of ethics and integrity with full transparency and builds trust
- Resilient, self-motivated and able to work well under pressure
- Cultivates and upholds a culture of interest and participation and demonstrates a collaborative approach to working with others.
- Proactively contributes to the team, optimistic and open to change
- Manages time well, works independently, and prioritizes multiple tasks with