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Summary:The primary purpose of this position is to lead spend category management initiatives across a related portfolio of indirect spend categories for Intuitive. This role is a people leader role and includes managing 1 or more direct reports. The Category Leader, Operations is responsible for leading activities across all aspects of Intuitive’s MRO, R&D, Lab, and Logistics spend categories. This includes developing processes and procedures to ensure compliance of regulated procurement while upholding supplier quality requirements. This role is expected to develop strategies to reduce total cost of ownership, increase preferred suppliers, address demand management, and increase governance and compliance for spend categories in scope while striving for continuous improvements. Function:Drive internal adoption and ensure compliance of established procurement policies, quality management requirements, strategic sourcing, supplier identification, proposal analysis, SOW clarification, contract negotiations and supplier managementDevelop category strategies to achieve cost reduction targets while driving for a high quality and highly flexible supply-baseAssist in driving key procurement initiatives to support the ongoing transformation and continuous improvement of systems and processes in the procurement organization along with other projects as directed by management Roles and Responsibilities:Resource ManagementDirect supervision of team member(s)Train and support operations sourcing manager(s) on standard work to maintain consistency in quality and quantity of work outputProject pipeline planning and balance of operations category workloadSelect, train, and develop skill level of subordinate personnelLead operations category management activities and initiatives to meet target metrics and desired outcomesManagement of overall team performance including annual reviews Supplier ManagementEstablish and ensure strategic suppliers meet compliance criteria and key performance objectivesDevelop processes to increase efficiencies of regulated operations procurementManage approved supplier list within the operations spend categoryLead development of supplier strategies to meet Company performance and growthIdentify and communicate key supplier risk areas and support business plans to mitigate identified supplier risksDrive preferred supplier opportunities and consolidate supply base where appropriate Stakeholder Relationships ManagementDevelop and maintain relationships with operations leadershipDrive improvement initiatives in collaboration with operations stakeholders and other cross functional teamsAddress operations stakeholder requirements and concernsRegularly engage in operations stakeholders planning discussions to ensure alignment between operations, company, and indirect procurement goal Cost & Contracts ManagementCreate and maintain spend management strategies for the operations spend categories as well as associated subcategoriesDevelop annual project pipeline and engage in operations stakeholder project planning discussions to understand required support from Indirect ProcurementDeliver on annual cost reduction targets and meet % of annual spend actively managed by procurement targetsEnsure contract and bid policy compliance and identify areas of opportunities
