Director, Global Sourcing, Electrical - Veralto
Company: Danaher Corporation
Location: Greensboro
Posted on: May 27, 2023
Job Description:
VeraltoOn September 14, 2022, Danaher announced its intention to
separate its Environmental & Applied Solutions segment to create an
independent, publicly traded company.The new company will be called
Veralto and will be comprised of an outstanding collection of
market-leading brands in Danaher's Environmental and Applied
Solutions segment:Hach, ChemTreat, Trojan, OTT HydroMet, and
McCrometer from Danaher's Water Quality Platform and Videojet,
Esko, X-Rite Pantone and Linx from the Product Identification
Platform. The Veralto segment generated revenue of approximately
$4.8 billion in 2022 and has a global team of approximately 16,000
associates.As stewards of the world's most vital resources, Veralto
will help ensure billions of people have safe food, water, and
medicines every day. With a strong Danaher heritage, the Veralto
team will continue to deliver trusted expertise to solve its
customers' most complex workflow challenges.Its culture of
continuous improvement will be codified in the Veralto Enterprise
System, which is derived from the Danaher Business System. Veralto
will be headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and intends to
apply to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol VLTO.Position SummaryAs the Director of Global Sourcing,
Electrical you will drive competitive advantage by defining and
deploying strategies for cost reduction, quality, and delivery
across the corporation's > $350M in spend across electronics,
key technologies, OEM and semiconductor spend categories. The
position will be responsible for leadership and spend performance
across platforms, regions, and operating companies.You will provide
indirect management supervision of operating companies' category
leaders that will result in cost reduction, cost avoidance, risk
management and service/quality improvement to Veralto operating
companies. Activities include gathering and analyzing spend and
price data, identifying opportunities for consolidated negotiations
based on operating company data, evaluating and selecting preferred
suppliers, negotiating and implementing price agreements, managing
and improving supplier performance, leading workshops and Kaizens,
training acquisition associates on Veralto sourcing tools &
processes; and, analyzing, reporting, and monitoring project
savings against policy deployment goals. You would also be
responsible for supporting integration projects associated with new
acquisitions.This position will be located at Veraltos' corporate
headquarters in Waltham, MA.Essential Duties and
Responsibilities
- Use Danaher Business System tools and processes to drive
continuous improvements in quality, delivery, cost, inventory,
cash, and risk reduction. Furthermore, drive strategic and tactical
solutions by providing decision support data/materials (market
data, financial analysis) with a vision of total cost
management.
- Lead integration of new acquisitions, incorporating global and
regional commodity strategies with company procurement leaders.
Train acquisition associates on sourcing tools, best practices, and
standard processes
- Lead funnel creation events, deliver cross-business savings and
drive/monitor business-specific savings projects. Prepare and
execute corporate-wide bid packages utilizing RFIs, RFPs, and
reverse auctions while evaluating marketplace trends and providing
price and budget guidance to operating companies for targeted spend
categories
- Lead the selection of preferred suppliers in targeted spend
categories and manage their performance to ensure they consistently
meet operating companies' requirements. Increase the spend with
P&Q and drive global contract agreements. In addition,
establish supplier performance data requirements and report monthly
performance data to users in operating companies while developing
supplier relationships and contracts leveraging Veralto volume and
growth.
- Continuous improvement mentality to analyze, translate,
determine root causes, develop action plans, and implement plan of
action as necessary with strong analytical, negotiation and
presentation skills required. Your ability to write reports,
business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to
effectively present information, influence, and persuade internal
and external stakeholders. Your Experience
- Undergraduate degree in relevant area such as supply chain,
business management, operations, or finance with 10-15+ years of
leadership experience delivering year-over-year improvements in
respective spend categories
- Ability to work independently and with comfortably in ambiguous
situations, knowing how to resolve conflicts and having a proven
track record of achieving results.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in communicating concepts and
recommendations and gaining acceptance and commitment across
organizational and functional lines. Experience managing direct and
indirect reports in a decentralized and highly matrixed
environment.
- Strong proficiency in use of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
PowerBI and other analytical tools.
- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills with
experience presenting to executive teams. Travel
- Approximately 30% travel is required At Veralto we believe in
designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the
benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible
roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter
the work arrangement.Additional information about the work
arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the
flexibility and challenge that working for Veralto can provide.When
you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization,
where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our
customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard,
and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all
with the support of powerfulDanaher Business
System(https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system)tools
and the stability of a tested organization.Danaher Corporation and
all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless
of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital
status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender
identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value
diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both
visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout
the markets we serve.Our associates, customers and shareholders
contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these
diverse attributes.The EEO posters are
availablehere(https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) .We will
ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable
accommodation to participate in the job application or interview
process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other
benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at
applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation. If you've
ever wondered what's within you, there's no better time to find
out.
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