Category Specialist - Supply Chain (Remote - East Coast/Midwest) Med Device exp.

Location of Work Remote, US

Employment Type Full Time Employee

Job Description

Our mission

At Corza Medical, our mission is to champion surgical providers with remarkable service and exceptional products that save time, money, and effort. We are a passionate team guided by our core belief that you should never have to choose between performance, value, and a quality customer experience. We are here to support you every step of the way.

Our brand promise

We deliver a collaborative experience by working directly with the surgical community to ensure you get the exact surgical tools you need at the right time and the right price.

• Remarkable service: A seamless, personal process designed around you and your needs.

• Trusted performance: Our product family is the result of years of experience championing surgeons and listening to their expertise.

• Outstanding value: No matter the surgical specialty, we deliver quality products for all markets.

Our people promise

Excellence is our Specialty and what makes us successful is our people. We are committed to fostering a positive, empowering and growth-oriented environment where all team members are encouraged to share their opinions and ideas. That means you will work alongside an accomplished and highly collaborative team that inspires commitment to our goal in attaining excellence in everything they do.

Job Purpose Summary

• We are seeking a Sourcing Specialist with an entrepreneurial spirit who excels in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment to join our team. The Sourcing Specialist will conduct strategic sourcing actions, contract preparation, and contract execution for assigned categories, cost reduction initiatives, on time delivery, quality, supplier performance, consolidation/ rationalization activities. Ensures supplier relationships are established, implemented, and managed in the most optimal manner.

What you will do

• Leadership for the development and execution of short & long-term commodity strategy.

• Ensure delivery of effective procurement strategies.

• Responsible for cost optimization roadmaps to support overall commodity strategy.

• Optimize the commodity in terms of quality, service, market intelligence, risk, and total cost of products sourced from suppliers.

• Rationalize existing supplier base through stratification, supplier development and supplier consolidation. Leverage opportunities by consolidating spend with key business partners.

• Develop risk reduction strategies for the critical product and vendors.

• As internal manufacturing capabilities and capacity increases, the category manager will evaluate and decide product to be produced within the manufacturing facilities.

• Negotiate operation agreements with suppliers including purchasing, development, supply, etc. Monitor these agreements for compliance.

• Support new and on-going suppliers audit activities to ensure the supply base has robust process controls and capabilities to meet existing and future business needs.

• Working with internal resources, responsible for driving rationalization of the supply base.

• Define and perform supplier performance evaluations.

• Lead business reviews with suppliers.

• Cultivate and procure positive and professional vendor relationships.

• Liaise and support cross-functional teams (Vendors, Warehouse, Sales, Marketing and Finance) to ensure the company meets performance targets.

• Support new projects as assigned.

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Minimum of five years of strategic sourcing, supply chain and commodity management experience.

• Previous experience in medical device (surgical instrumentation preferred).

Expertise: Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to get along with diverse personalities and develop strong business relationships with vendors.

• Strong negotiating skills.

• Excellent written communication skills.

• Problem-solving skills and proactivity.

• Multitasking and prioritizing capabilities.

• Exceptional attention to detail.

• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office applications, including Excel.

What we value

• Customer First - We deliver extraordinary experiences.

• Accountability - We do what we say.

• Integrity - We do what is right.

• Inspired - We love what we do.

• One Global Team -We before me, always.

Join us today and Excel@Corza !

Corza Medical offers a competitive benefits package including medical, 401K, vacation and sick time, paternal leave and other benefits.

Corza Medical is an equal opportunity employer. Corza Medical evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics.