Procurement

• Post up to 5 news articles, features, and other content per day on MassDevice and MDO, including some based on interviews.
• Source and pitch relevant story ideas covering medtech research trends, technological news, and industry news.
• Meet daily social media requirements.
• Adhere to MassDevice and MDO’s high journalistic and quality standards.
• Support MDO (including its print editions and major projects including Women in Medtech and the Medtech Big 100), affiliated sites such as Medical Tubing + Extrusion and Drug Delivery Business News, DeviceTalks live and digital events, and other endeavors within Arrowfly’s Life Sciences organization.
• Assist with webinars and podcasts.
• Fulfill sales managers' requests, such as providing them with industry insights.
• Travel to attend industry trade shows, company meetings and events as needed.

Associate Editor – MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing

• Develop and execute a global sourcing strategy aligned with company growth
• Own the company's procurement function, ensuring the timely and accurate execution of purchase orders
• Identify and cultivate supplier partnerships that drive product innovation
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Quality teams during the NPD process
• Lead negotiation of supplier agreements including pricing structures and payment terms
• Establish supplier scorecards and performance metrics
• Drive cost optimization through strategic supplier selection and value engineering opportunities

Director of Procurement, Sourcing

• Collaborate with Sales teams on key account objectives and identify opportunities to educate customers about plant-based foods, our categories, and our brand
• Build custom analyses using syndicated scan, consumer, and shopper card data, translating those insights into compelling presentations addressing each customer’s unique goals
• Leverage data as a foundational springboard from which all recommendations are built
• Be the functional expert on all syndicated data, including leading the optimization and development of Oatly insights reporting and scorecarding across the NA business unit
• Develop a mastery of Oatly’s category, customer, consumer, and competitive performance that will inform our narrative and recommendations
• Lead with a bias for the facts and demonstrate that Oatly’s category and insights leadership will help drive customer growth and profit
• Question assumptions about major trends, validating or redefining those assumptions into new narratives both internally and externally

Manager, Category Management – Insights

• Provide comprehensive contract management support across multiple licensed categories, regions and LOB
• Review and manage Deal Memo submissions within Salesforce
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for Deal Memo requirements
• Review proposed deals against Health Checks Policy
• Verify contracts before execution
• Maintain data integrity for complex commercial and financial structures
• Identify, troubleshoot, and escalate system anomalies
• Manage UAT testing efforts and provide feedback
• Support renewal dashboard enhancements
• Manage end-to-end IP setup in License Maestro
• Collaborate with the offshore execution team to address Zendesk tickets and implement corrective actions
• Manage and execute ad hoc projects

Manager, Licensing Contract Management – Operations

• Manage all contract requests within an assigned geography to support customers consisting of IDNs, group purchasing organizations, collaboratives, government entities, ASCs, and stand-alone hospitals.
• Draft, review and negotiate terms and conditions in commercial contract documents.
• Triage requests and prioritize workload to deliver contracts aligned with account management and field sales priorities; serve as a strategic partner to account management and field sales.
• Resolve complex issues through customer and internal stakeholder negotiation, including unique contract language requests, obtaining internal approvals, and assisting in dispute resolution.
• Ensure appropriate work assignment and workload balance across the contract management analysts supporting the assigned geography.
• Maintain strong attention to detail while identifying emerging patterns, trends, and insights across offers.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration with internal partners.
• Provide mentorship and training to business partners to continuously improve understanding of contractual requirements and the general legal and compliance environment.
• Support projects to create and update contract templates, clause libraries, SOPs/WIs, and related contracting tools as needed.
• Partner with contract strategy to execute newly developed contract offerings, new product launches, integration of acquisitions into contract strategies, and drive process efficiencies.
• Understand the full set of DePuy Synthes products and offerings, strategies, and business objectives.

Manager, Contract Management – Orthopedics

• Develop and implement effective Category strategies and plans to meet organizational goals.
• Identify, evaluate, and establish relationships with new and existing suppliers, ensuring they align with our quality standards and business objectives.
• Lead negotiations for contracts and pricing, securing favorable terms and conditions while managing risk and ensuring compliance.
• Monitor and analyze procurement spend, implementing cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality.
• Identify innovation in the industry and bring the best innovative suppliers to serve our new product development
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (such as EM Make, R&D, VSL, Engineering, QA, Finance) to ensure alignment and support EP/NV strategy
• Conduct market research and analysis to remain informed of industry trends and supplier performance.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements in all procurement activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Category Manager

• Develop and implement effective Category strategies and plans to meet organizational goals.
• Identify, evaluate, and establish relationships with new and existing suppliers, ensuring they align with our quality standards and business objectives.
• Lead negotiations for contracts and pricing, securing favorable terms and conditions while managing risk and ensuring compliance.
• Monitor and analyze procurement spend, implementing cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality.
• Identify innovation in the industry and bring the best innovative suppliers to serve our new product development.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (such as EM Make, R&D, VSL, Engineering, QA, Finance) to ensure alignment and support EP/NV strategy.
• Conduct market research and analysis to remain informed of industry trends and supplier performance.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements in all procurement activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Develop and lead the global commodity strategy for SMR machining and fabrication categories, with primary responsibility for large, complex, and heavy equipment components, including reactor pressure vessels, reactor core internal components, large heat exchangers, and other highly engineered fabricated and machined assemblies
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the global supply market for heavy fabrication and precision machining, including supplier capacity, regional capabilities, technical specialization, quality maturity, nuclear compliance readiness, cost competitiveness, and relevant geopolitical and logistics factors
• Gather, analyze, and communicate market intelligence to inform strategic sourcing decisions, including industry capacity trends, material and conversion cost drivers, supplier financial health, regulatory and trade developments, lead-time risks, and emerging supplier opportunities
• Assess and proactively manage risk across the commodity portfolio, including capacity limitations, supplier concentration, commercial and contractual exposure, geopolitical considerations, cross-border sourcing risk, and supplier quality and delivery performance
• Partner closely with the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to understand current and future demand profiles and integrate demand visibility into long-term sourcing and capacity strategies
• Translate demand forecasts into actionable sourcing strategies that ensure the availability of long-term supplier capacity in support of business growth, project execution requirements, and customer commitments
• Collaborate with project commodity leaders and fulfillment leaders to gather real-time supplier and execution performance data and apply these insights to strengthen broader commodity strategies and strategic decision-making
• Work cross-functionally with sourcing, engineering, quality, legal, finance, manufacturing, project management, and commercial teams to ensure sourcing strategies are aligned with business priorities and are practical for execution
• Partner with project leaders to understand customer-specific technical, commercial, and schedule requirements and adjust strategic sourcing levers accordingly to optimize supply chain outcomes
• Develop sourcing strategies that appropriately balance cost, capacity, quality, technical capability, delivery performance, risk, customer-specific needs, and total landed cost
• Lead the negotiation and execution of complex commercial agreements, including long-term agreements, capacity reservation agreements, supply agreements, cost-out frameworks, co-investment arrangements, and new supplier development agreements
• Structure commercial agreements that secure strategic outcomes, including long-term capacity access, improved cost competitiveness, supply continuity, risk mitigation, supplier capability development, and enhanced customer value
• Identify, assess, and develop new suppliers capable of meeting long-term SMR program requirements, including technical, quality, commercial, and capacity expectations
• Support supplier development initiatives designed to strengthen supplier capability, improve quality systems, enhance delivery performance, and advance commercial readiness
• Drive total landed cost optimization through the evaluation of global sourcing alternatives, logistics considerations, duty and tariff impacts, localization opportunities, and broader cross-border supply chain tradeoffs
• Establish scalable commodity strategies that can be deployed consistently across SMR projects while maintaining the flexibility required to address unique project or customer requirements
• Drive alignment and implementation of approved commodity strategies across project execution teams following strategy definition and agreement execution
• Monitor strategy execution on an ongoing basis and incorporate feedback from project teams, fulfillment leaders, and supplier performance data to ensure alignment and support continuous improvement
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization, without direct reporting authority, to drive alignment around sourcing strategy, supplier selection, commercial frameworks, and long-term business objectives
• Prepare and deliver clear, well-supported recommendations and executive-level communications for internal leadership and external stakeholders

Sourcing Global Commodity Leader – SMR Machining, Fabrication

• Define and execute the regional contract management strategy in alignment with business objectives.
• Proactively identify and mitigate contractual, commercial, and legal risks across the project portfolio.
• Provide authoritative guidance on complex disputes, including multi-party claims, force majeure, and termination scenarios.
• Shape commercial positioning from tender stage through project close-out, ensuring flow down of terms towards suppliers, contractors and partners.
• Lead the identification, negotiation, and resolution of high-value offensive and defensive claims.
• Utilize advanced delay, disruption, and quantum assessment methodologies to build robust claim positions.
• Coordinate with Legal and project teams to manage formal dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration, litigation).
• Mentor and develop the Regional Contract Management Team, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Define performance goals, manage staffing needs, and ensure workload optimization.
• Enforce rigorous application of standard work practices and quality procedures.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., Kaizen) and capture "Lessons Learned" to drive commercial excellence.

GSI Contract Management Leader

• Drive comprehensive project documentation and facilitate communication among cross-functional stakeholders
• Manage the PO process to ensure alignment with project specifications and budgets
• Independently manage the budget lifecycle, including approvals, adjustments, variance analysis, and performance optimization strategies
• Ensure agreements are structured to maximize company value and leverage knowledge of local construction costs
• Lead trade partner performance reviews using Blueprint scorecards; identify improvement areas and build long-term partnerships
• Attend home and prototype walks to understand project field adjustments, HVAC placements, and trade execution
• Independently manage complex blueprint changes, update templates, and contribute to cross-functional product development
• Ensure timely PO releases aligned with construction schedules
• Enter budgets into Homebound’s platform to initiate new projects**Contribute to the development of scopes of work, unit pricing, and supplier/trade contract documentation
• Use Homebound’s proprietary technology to manage workflows and drive efficiency

Construction Purchasing Agent

• Lead the execution, and management of corporate sourcing initiatives for a variety of direct or indirect categories
• Facilitate sourcing & other cost optimization opportunities to generate cost savings and risk mitigation for category spend under management.
• Negotiate complex/competitive programs and own enterprise agreements
• Support Category Sourcing Managers to deliver business goals
• Develop a world-class category management strategy across assigned categories
• Coach and develop a team of category sourcing managers to outperform expectations
• Monitor and Report performance management initiatives to elevate team productivity
• Develop supplier and industry category profiles and strategies for assigned categories
• Ensure assigned categories contract portfolio is current and robust
• Serve as first point of escalation for Category Sourcing Managers
• Participate in QBRs and provide guidance to Category Sourcing Managers on best practices

Senior Manager, Category Sourcing

• Leader in Global Procurement responsible for developing and driving execution of category management strategies
• Manages the development and delivery of value from the supply base to mitigate risk, reduce cost, and reduce working capital
• Engage with mid-level leadership and frequently interact with senior leaders
• Independently lead projects and engage global stakeholders to evaluate cross region opportunities
• Leverage extensive negotiation experience with large, complex negotiations
• Identify, forecast, and execute on cost-out opportunities and working capital improvements
• Build collaborative, long-term key supplier relationships to drive value to the business

Senior Category Manager – Cap Ex Equipment

• Responsible for purchasing all or specific portions of productive and/or non-productive materials, supplies, machinery, tooling, and services.
• Actively participate in the development of commodity strategies
• Lead complex global sourcing and negotiations with key supplier partners
• Execute global/regional material budgets
• Collaborate closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Maintaining sourcing pipeline, benchmarking data, strategy presentations, global direct material budget, and on-time metrics
• Adhere to corporate and departmental purchasing and accounting practices and procedures
• Sourcing and contracting activities that include, but are not limited to: Sourcing strategy, bid list development & management
• Quote analysis and review
• Coordination and alignment of RFQ package components, including Terms & Conditions, SOR compliance, technical documentation and quality alignment
• Lead sourcing recommendations and alignment with cross-functional teams
• Management of sourcing documentation related to RFQ process in adherence to the GM Audit Services requirements
• Lead supplier relationship management initiatives, including “Strategic Supplier Engagement” and nurture relationship with suppliers by acting as a focal point for commercial issue resolution
• Lead or represent the purchasing function in supplier KPI reviews
• Represent purchasing and support mitigation of supply chain disruptions.
• Conduct in-depth contract analysis and perform rate management activities including contract amendments, issuing spot buys, rate analysis and supplier requests.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and identify savings opportunities, advance automation and introduce innovative solutions.
• Support or lead additional required projects as assigned by management.
• Promote GM's behaviors values and makes customer-focused decisions.

Senior Global Sourcing Manager – Electronic Modules

• Collaborate with procurement leadership to develop and refine procurement, inventory, and production planning strategies aligned with business objectives
• Lead or co-lead process improvement projects, identifying inefficiencies and implementing solutions to reduce cost, cycle time, or risk
• Analyze supply chain data to generate actionable insights and strategic recommendations for management
• Provide analysis and recommendations to support/guide vendor negotiation and pricing decisions, with final negotiation and sign-off led by your leader
• Contribute to annual planning, demand forecasting, and capacity analysis activities
• Lead contract negotiation with key suppliers on high value materials
• Manage complex supplier relationships, including performance reviews, contract adherence, and escalation resolution with minimal oversight
• Oversee end-to-end order management for high-value or complex accounts, ensuring on-time delivery and fulfillment accuracy
• Lead root cause analysis on supply chain disruptions and drive corrective and preventive actions
• Coordinate across production, finance, and operations to align supply chain execution with business priorities
• Own and administer the MRP process, including maintaining planning parameters such as lead times, safety stock levels, lot sizes, and reorder points
• Analyze and act on MRP-generated planned orders and action items with minimal oversight
• Collaborate with production, quality, logistics, and demand planning teams to ensure MRP inputs - including BOMs and demand forecasts - are accurate and current
• Identify systemic MRP planning gaps and drive improvements to planning logic, master data, and system configuration
• Maintain dashboards and KPI reports to track supply chain performance against company targets
• Identify and drive system enhancements in ERP and MRP platforms to improve planning accuracy and operational efficiency

Procurement Manager

• Develop and apply spend analysis and indirect procurement methodologies to support sourcing opportunities
• Actively support IP group procurement teams and leaders with Coupa related RFx and analytics support
• Manage internal supplier information process, troubleshoot data discrepancies, and interface failure resolution
• Coordinate with suppliers, technical resources, and data experts for resolution
• Establish subject matter expertise within procurement category, Coupa and related tools
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to understand needs and drive alignment across business lines
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative supplier analyses, evaluate spend data, and develop category strategies

Senior Analyst, Indirect Procurement

• Lead initial Agile strategic project across the global organization while supporting the development of an Agile mindset with the Procurement organization
• Establish Agile roadmap, program ideation, and business case/ROI for future Agile programing
• Support Freight & Logistics and MRO Category Managers in developing and executing multi-year sourcing strategies aligned to business and operational priorities
• Translate stakeholder needs into executable sourcing plans, including RFPs, negotiations, renewals, and supplier transitions
• Ensure consistent execution of sourcing strategies across regions through structured governance, tools, and best practices
• Drive speed, rigor, and discipline in sourcing execution—ensuring timely delivery of committed outcomes
• Directly support and enable Strategic Sourcing Managers and Category Managers in executing high-impact initiatives
• Partner with teams to identify, evaluate, and manage key suppliers to ensure service reliability, cost competitiveness, and performance improvement
• Support negotiation strategies and contract development
• Drive supplier performance management, including scorecards, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives

Director, Agile Procurement – Transformation Categories

• Leads, coaches, and develops a team of sourcing and contracting professionals
• Sets clear performance expectations; provides ongoing feedback, mentoring, and career development opportunities
• Builds organizational capability in strategic sourcing, negotiation, analytics, and supplier relationship management (SRM)
• Oversees category management strategies aligned with University priorities, focusing on value creation, total cost of ownership (TCO), risk management, and supplier diversity
• Partners with stakeholders to understand business needs, define requirements, and develop multi-year sourcing strategies
• Identifies and executes opportunities for cost savings, demand management, and process efficiencies
• Leads complex negotiations and contracting efforts to achieve optimal commercial, legal, and operational outcomes
• Establishes and maintains standardized contract templates, terms, and playbooks in partnership with the Office of General Counsel
• Ensures contracts reflect best practices in risk mitigation, compliance, and performance management
• Develops and manages supplier segmentation strategies, including strategic and preferred suppliers
• Implements supplier performance management frameworks with defined KPIs and governance routines
• Drives supplier innovation and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with University goals
• Serves as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the University
• Enhances the procurement organization's reputation through responsiveness, transparency, and value delivery
• Leads change management initiatives to drive adoption of sourcing strategies and procurement best practices
• Leads ongoing improvements to sourcing processes, policies, and systems
• Leverages digital tools (eSourcing, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics) to enable data-driven decision-making
• Ensures data integrity and maintain centralized repositories for contracts and sourcing documentation
• Designs and delivers training programs to improve procurement literacy and adoption of sourcing processes across the University
• Promotes best practices in sourcing, contracting, and supplier management
• Performs additional duties as assigned in support of departmental and institutional objectives.

Senior Director, Sourcing & Contracting

• Lead, develop, and scale the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Operations teams, building functional maturity in strategic negotiation, supplier management, cost modeling, risk management and cross-functional execution.
• Build organizational capability by clarifying roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and cross-functional ways of working. Develop team talent through coaching, performance management and change management.
• Work with leadership to establish clear KPIs and accountability mechanisms to drive performance. Support with executive communications on supply risk and sourcing strategies.
• Partner with cross functional leaders in QA, Trade, Ops, Innovation, and Sustainability to align sourcing and procurement priorities with company growth, margin, operational and risk management objectives.
• Work with supervisor to develop strategic plan for the department as the company scales to ensure consistent priorities between procurement and sourcing.
• Own the sourcing and procurement performance agenda, including cost savings & avoidance, inflation mitigation, supplier leverage, working capital improvement, risk reduction, supply assurance, and supplier-enabled innovation.
• Partner with FP&A on margin forecasting, inflation assumptions, commodity outlooks, annual operation plan, EBITDA optimization, and working capital targets.
• Develop and execute category and multi-year strategies aligned to growth, margin targets, EBITDA optimization, sustainability goals, innovation priorities, and supply continuity objectives.
• Build differentiated sourcing models that create competitive advantage, including direct sourcing, grower relationships, regional sourcing networks, strategic partnerships, exclusive supply arrangements, and more.
• Evaluate upstream and long term supply opportunities, including grower-direct models, dedicated acreage, tolling arrangements, co-investment opportunities and make-versus-buy decisions that improve control, transparency, cost, quality and assurance.
• Diversify the supply base to reduce climate, geographic, and crop risk exposure.
• Maintain visibility and accountability for addressable spend across assigned direct, indirect, and operational categories, prioritizing sourcing strategies based on business impact, risk, margin opportunity, sustainability impact, and long-term strategic importance.
• Partner with Sustainability to advance transparency, organic resiliency, responsible sourcing, social and environmental improvements, while protecting continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, quality, and operational flexibility.
• Review and approve major supplier agreements and strategic contracts.
• Ensure disciplined negotiation processes and commercial rigor across categories.
• Oversee supplier segmentation, performance management and scorecards and quarterly business reviews to drive accountability and continuity of supply.
• Develop and continuously improve scalable procurement processes and governance frameworks. Including: policies, workflows, effective MRP utilization, demand and supply alignment, PO accuracy, spend control, and compliance with negotiated agreements.
• Oversee purchasing teams managing the full PO lifecycle execution, purchasing controls, issue resolution, service-level performance, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure alignment between procurement, demand planning, and S&OP.
• Track and manage key performance indicators including cost savings, cost avoidance, OTIF, inventory turns, quality performance, and supplier compliance.
• Monitor inventory health, shelf-life exposure, excess and obsolete risks to mitigate waste in the supply chain.
• Partner with cross-functional leadership to proactively manage supplier performance and corrective actions.
• Develop sourcing & procurement plans integrated with demand planning, supply planning, innovation timelines, commercialization needs, and annual operation plan assumptions, ensuring strategies support business needs and growth.
• Lead long-range planning for critical materials and suppliers, including capacity planning, supply availability, crop outlooks, supplier readiness, and risk mitigation needs.
• Leverage market intelligence, commodity outlooks, sustainability data, and cost modeling to guide category strategies and business recommendations.

Director of Strategic Sourcing – Procurement

• Responsible for leading accounting services engagements for small to medium sized businesses
• Assisting in the development of initial assessments, project plans, vendor selections
• Financial modeling, RFP creation, contract negotiations and post selection administrative actions
• Supports Manager in the planning and development of project deliverables
• Coordinates and oversees various phases of engagement
• Completes detail review of work papers and client deliverable
• Interacts directly with senior client and service provider executives
• Studies and evaluates clients' internal controls
• Resolves accounting problems as they arise

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Associate Editor – MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing

Director of Procurement, Sourcing

Manager, Category Management – Insights

Manager, Licensing Contract Management – Operations

Manager, Contract Management – Orthopedics

Category Manager

Manager, Contract Management – Orthopedics

Category Manager

Sourcing Global Commodity Leader – SMR Machining, Fabrication

GSI Contract Management Leader

Construction Purchasing Agent

Senior Manager, Category Sourcing

Senior Category Manager – Cap Ex Equipment

Senior Global Sourcing Manager – Electronic Modules

Procurement Manager

Senior Analyst, Indirect Procurement

Director, Agile Procurement – Transformation Categories

Senior Director, Sourcing & Contracting

Director of Strategic Sourcing – Procurement

Outsourcing Supervisor