(Senior) Technical Procurement Project Manager

Position location - Upon agreement between you and your supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office (Lawrence, MA) and working remotely.

Purpose and Scope:

The Senior Technical Procurement Project Manager coordinates directly with the value streams, MTI, the Category teams, and the Regional Sourcing hubs to ensure in-scope, on-budget and on-time delivery of new projects requiring procurement input and support. The TPP manager represents One Procurement in the projects.   The project scope typically falls under 1 of the 3 following areas:

Moves - Change in supplier base or supplier conditions driven by the need to:

• Move production internally from one location to another

• Outsource:  move inhouse production to external supplier

• Insource:  move production from an external supplier to one or more FMC plants

• Transfer:  move in production from one external supplier to another supplier location

• Start of new production line

Adds - Typically related to new product introductions this can fall under two areas:

• Early involvement in the new product design for in house manufacture and supporting the materials and /or supply base to be utilized in the new product (working very closely with the category teams)

• Early involvement in make vs buys decisions and the buying of ‘finished third party goods’ to complement our own portfolio

Changes - often referred to as sustaining engineering.  For launched products support the value streams, regulatory and MSC as they improve the design/functionality with changes and or manage part availability by qualifying alternative sources and / or materials

Principal Duties and responsibilities

• Represents Procurement into project meetings, workshops and steering committees

• Communicate and validate project targets & needs into One Procurement.

• Provide detailed input to Category management for consideration into strategy and supplier portfolio development.

• Ensure category strategy execution into all projects

• Define tasks and work packages for procurement, allocate responsibility and track continuous tasks completion, project progress and target deliveries in a structured and precise way.

• Closely work with the project team to challenge product architecture, parts design and technology selected. Closely work with the category management and supplier/cost engineering teams to scope the supply base impact for consideration in each initiative and agree source to contract approaches

• Closely work with the (senior) sourcing specialists who drive all required RFXs for the projects following strategy and supplier portfolio defined by Category Management,

• Responsible for the adherence to all compliance and other company policies

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Science or Engineering.  Ideally member of professional procurement organization eg: CIPS, ISM etc.  Master’s degree a plus.

Experience and required skills:

• Minimum 8 years in managerial positions within Procurement or Technical Project Management roles

• Be able to quickly grasp the technical and manufacturing nuances of the FMC Product range and related manufacturing techniques, capacities etc. and those that are similar on the open market

• Have an advanced competence in program/project management to define and manage a seamless portfolio of activities including risks and issue management

• Have strong commercial and financial acumen, able to write, interpret and challenge any business plans/cases and engage competently in business case creation and review

• Be a team player as well as leader, knowing when to lean in, to coach and when needing to step in and deliver by showing how tasks are down

• Be agile in their personal ways of working, Nuanced/articulate in managing up with either information flows, considered requests for assistance and/or progress reporting

• Compelling engagement, communication and presentation skills. 

• Excellent organization sills and able to deal comfortably with competing priorities

• Agile and confident dealing with ambiguity, doesn’t need all the facts to proceed or decide

• Outstanding business partnering skills to navigate and solve competing demands and or priorities to assist with creation of joined up workable plans

• Critical thinking and decision-making skills with ability to understand opportunities, create value and solve complex problems.

• Strong advanced negotiation and relationship management skills.

• MS suite including:  PowerPoint, Word, Excel and MS project; solid skills with excel tools such as pivot tables. Business Objects/tableau experience a plus

The rate of pay for this position will depend on the successful candidate’s work location and qualifications, including relevant education, work experience, skills, and competencies.

Annual Rate: $117,000.00 - $180,000.00

Benefit Overview: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave and potential for performance-based bonuses depending on company and individual performance.

Fresenius Medical Care maintains a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors