Boston Scientific Associate Purchasing Manager 

United States, Minnesota, Maple Grove 

878272877

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Develop and implement direct purchasing strategies and goals to maintain healthy inventory levels and mitigate supply risk while optimizing inventory
• Ensure stable supply chain for the business through effective supplier and inventory management procedures and partnerships
• Align direct purchasing into internal and external SI&OP processes, ensuring effective coordination of supply & capacity planning
• Partner with global sourcing, production, engineering and quality teams to drive improvements and meet business goals
• Collaborate with customers and key partners to align strategies to meet service commitments, capacity, space, project support and resource needs
• Monitor purchasing processes and supply chain opportunities, intervening as required to ensure optimal performance and compliance
• Drive Lean Business Process improvement strategy to deliver safety, quality, service and cost improvements across the purchasing organization
• Establish and monitor performance to annual and long-range budget; monitor and improve financial performance, inventory levels and spend
• Work closely with BSC global purchasing, finance and quality teams to ensure procedures align with BSC standard policies and requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of purchasing experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Related functional and leadership experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization as well as with external vendors

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated capability collaborating within a complex and matrix global distribution and manufacturing environment
• Medical device/technology industry experience
• Demonstrated high degree of integrity, professionalism, and ability to establish credibility High sense of urgency and commitment to execution

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.