Strategic Procurement Manager, Indirect spend

Strategic Procurement Manager, Indirect Spend, Global Procurement

Are you a passionate and results-oriented Strategic Procurement Manager/Category Manager with a strong drive within supplier value creation, sourcing and category management? Are you self-driven, proactive, and experienced in heading multiple indirect spend categories? Then we are offering a unique job opportunity to join Ambu’s Global Procurement organization at our headquarter in Ballerup.

This position is responsible for leading the planning and execution of multiple indirect spend categories to drive savings, value and further efficiencies. You partner with all levels of stakeholders and leadership cross-functionally to build impactful, efficient, and cost-effective business and supplier relationships.

The position reports to the Head of Indirect Spend, Global Procurement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, manage and execute on sourcing, category and supplier management strategies to deliver value, ensuring
  • Analyzing categories, spend patterns, trends, supply market, cost drivers, should-cost, and potential synergies across sites
  • Risk management
  • Prepare and conduct RFI/RFP/RFQ
  • Prepare and conduct negotiations
  • Maintaining and developing strong relations with key suppliers
  • Driving contract and system implementation
  • Overseeing, monitoring, expediting and reporting supplier and contract performance
  • Report and follow-up on results
• Build and sustain effective stakeholder relationships
• Continuous process and category improvements, including identifing synergies across Ambu’s supplier portfolio
• Acts as a strategic partner for the business and ensure high professional standards
• Enforce adherence to Ambu quality processes
• Be disruptive and challenge the status quo while mitigating risk

Basic Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Business or Finance
• 3-5 years of Indirect procurement experience
• Proven in-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices
• Experience with procurement systems (ERP, P2P, Spend analysis, eAuctions, Contract Management etc.)
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Proactive self-starter with an ability of managing, executing and successfully delivering on several projects simultaneously
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative team-oriented mindset
• High drive, motivation and accountability
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written, is essential

About Ambu

Ambu develops, manufactures, and sells medical devices. Millions of patients and healthcare professionals depend on the functionality and performance of Ambu’s products worldwide. Our aspiration is to be the most customer-centric company in our field, to expand our leading position within single use endoscopy, anesthesia, and patient monitoring solutions. We aim to achieve this through our four strategic focus areas: provide innovative solutions for true customer needs, excel in execution across the value chain, take leaps towards a sustainable future, bring people together in one shared culture. Headquartered near Copenhagen in Denmark, Ambu employs approximately 4,500 people in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific.