Manager, Procurement & Contracts

PerkinElmer is a global technology company focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment. ViaCord is a PerkinElmer company with facilities in Waltham, MA and Hebron, KY offering private Umbilical Cord Blood and Cord Tissue storage to clients throughout the US. 
 
Purpose:
Reporting to the Director Commercial Effectiveness and Customer Care, this position is responsible for procurement of products and services for all departments across the ViaCord business. This individual will be responsible for managing our supplier chain, securing best in class vendor services and negotiating vendor contracts and rates including service level agreements. The Procurement Manager will play a critical role in supporting supplier and procurement related aspects of ViaCord's service network including but not limited to; laboratory supplies, capital equipment, service providers.
 
Key Responsibilities:
 

• Drive Multi-Vendor cost reductions thru cost analysis, competitive bids, sourcing and implementation.
• Negotiate with vendors for best possible price, delivery and service guarantee; managing risks such as financial viability, company and regulatory compliance, and business continuity.
• Prepares, negotiates, and executes a variety of agreements (e.g. master services agreements, confidentiality agreements, Clinical trial agreements, etc.); reviews contract language and prepares responses to negotiate contract modifications; supports AD in more complex agreements
• Ensure that any vendor performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis to end user satisfaction.
• Analyze and manage metrics to maximize productivity and improve corporate results
• Develop SOPs for purchasing and vendor management to ensure procedures are efficient and up to date.
• Establish and maintain a good purchasing and supply reporting system to allow other departments and upper management to monitor critical information including purchased quantities and prices.
• Maintain vendor relationships through the tracking of vendor performance metrics and lead regular business reviews with critical vendors and key business stakeholders.
• Identify and drive process improvements to increase efficiencies in procurement, KPI reporting and vendor management.
• Develop a vendor rationalization plan and strategy to optimize all vendors, which may include quality, capacity, systems, and responsiveness.
• Develop a vendor rationalization plan and strategy to optimize all vendors, which may include quality, capacity, systems, and responsiveness.
• Identify opportunities across vendors to gain efficiencies.
• Establish and maintain effective partnerships with key stakeholders aimed at identifying, understanding and fulfilling their requirements.

Supervisory Responsibilities

3-4  team members