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The Company: Edwards Lifesciences is driven by a passion to help patients. The company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives.

The Position: Responsible for all elements of Indirect Supplier Procurement, Planning and Supplier Management.

How Will You Make An Impact?

• Manage Consumables Program for the site including:

• Managing our Partner Supplier

• Ensuring continuity of supply to agreed metrics

• Managing Inventory targets and plan material requirements

• Conducting monthly meeting review and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)

• Managing cost metrics with Operations and Finance

• Review usage and demand data and manage overall usage model

• Chemical Supplier Management (including all direct (BOM) chemicals), including forecasting usage, placing PO’s with supplier, Supplier monthly meetings and QBRs.

• Generate PO using system (e.g., JDE, Coupa) for all Indirect Commodities

• Creation of reports of key performance indicators and identify opportunities for potential report automation and process improvements

• Establish and maintain inventory targets

• Supporting New Product Introduction for all Indirect requirements, ensure dual sourcing strategy supported for optimal business continuity

• Liaise with the warehouse team for shipping and receiving of material with some level of complexity

• Ensure shipment of materials by applying knowledge of import and export laws and regulations

• Expediting purchase orders as required. Includes expediting material from the receiving dock though receiving inspection, to production stores

• Broad understanding of Indirect Procurement, including RFQ process, sourcing, contracts, price negotiations, managing suppliers, cost reduction initiatives

• Creating and approving POs and Requisitions on ERP system (i.e. Coupa, JDE) and New Supplier Set up

• Review contracts and purchase orders for compliance to policy

• Maintain Contract database (ECLM) including NDAs, ensuring contract storage in compliance with company policy

• Continuous improvement projects

• Other incidental duties assigned by Leadership

What You Will Need?

• 2 years related experience required

• Bachelor's Degree in in related field

• Experience in purchasing, logistics and/or production control

• Experience working in a medical device and/or regulated industry preferred

What Else We Look For?

• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint and Excel

• Experience working with source-to-pay or related systems (e.g., Coupa) preferred

• Experience MRP and ERP (e.g. JDE) preferred

• Direct Procurement and/or Logistics experience preferred but not essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills

• Good problem-solving, organisational, analytical and critical thinking skills

• Solid knowledge and understanding of Edwards policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to purchasing material, logistics, and/or production control

• Solid knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g., Kanban, Min/Max)

• Solid knowledge of market and economic indicators, practices and procurement procedures

• Good problem-solving skills

• Strict attention to detail

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Must be able to work in a team environment

• Adhere to all EHS rules and requirements and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world's leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 15,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it's our life's work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.