Category Manager – Capital Equipment

1 week ago

Deeside, Flintshire, United Kingdom Convatec Full time

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC).

At Convatec, we’re transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We’re aiming for nothing short of excellence. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a Category Manager – Capital Equipment & MRO and you’ll do the same.

This is a key role within the Global Procurement function driving a high-performance culture and setting the standard for Procurement Excellence. We are looking for a candidate who has an CAPEX background who will bring a strategic and innovative Category Management approach to Convatec as we continue our transformation journey.

Main duties and responsibilities:

You will collaborate with Global Quality & Operations, Technology & Innovation Functions across global sites and support all aspects Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) globally.

• You will own and develop the procurement CAPEX process in collaboration with the Finance and business unit CAPEX Committee

• Facilitate CAPEX committee meetings to ensure effective and efficient review and approval of the CAPEX requests (CARF)

• Closely collaborate with members of the CAPEX committee to review, prioritize, and track the CAPEX projects and deadlines

• Keeps track of CAPEX requests, approvals, prioritization, annual CAPEX budget and expenditure by business unit

• Generates routine reports summarizing status of CAPEX projects budget and expenditure

• Provides support and guidance for CAPEX procurement process while ensuring compliance with organizational procedures are followed

• Develops and deploys tools and processes to improve the CAPEX management and tracking

• Ensure receipt of all equipment inline with

• Develop a CAPEX procurement Category Strategy to transform CAPEX expenditure

• Create and foster strategic partnerships with supplier base

• You will be accountable for delivering the contracts, agreements, and sourcing strategies for the supply of materials/products and/or services that support defined strategies.

• You will be accountable for the Source to Contract (S2C) process, including identification of opportunities, sourcing strategy (e.g. RFP or E-Auction), evaluation, recommendation, and award.

• You will be accountable through Supplier Relationship Management for ensuring that the supplier base supporting your category(s) is continually assessed and developed to meet changing business/customer demands. This will include identifying and driving continuous improvement/innovation initiatives that will generate value through increased supplier performance and/or capabilities.

• You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of suppliers to ensure contracted expectations continue to be improved throughout the contract life cycle and to ensure these suppliers deliver additional value to Convatec.

• You will be responsible for ensuring ESG targets are met for the suppliers that fall within your category(s).

• Depending on complexity of categories being managed, you might be required to line manage Strategic Buyer(s) to ensure timely implementation of category plans.

What you should bring to the role:

• 5 years + working within a Strategic Procurement/Sourcing environment, employing a formal category/sourcing management process (preferably in a similar regulated industry), with MCIPS to level 6.

• A clear understanding of Category Management principles with a demonstrated ability to define a strategy and translate it into actionable plans and manage these plans through to implementation.

• Experience working with e-procurement tools to find, evaluate & select the best vendors to support category plans.

• An autonomous, self-starter with a good understanding of how to map out and build a relevant stakeholder network.

• Able to demonstrate the values and behaviours required to be successful in the role and support the Convatec ‘Forever Caring’ Promise.

• Excellent inter-personal & communication skills with ability to communicate through a variety of formats to an audience of internal stakeholders of differing seniority and with external partners.

• Results and solution oriented, with a focus on meeting required targets and deadlines.

• Possess significant ability for analytical problem-solving and analysis/interpretation of complex problems, incorporating data gathered from a variety of sources/software tools.

• Good understanding of financial principles, resource planning and allocation, to support delivery of a Category Plan to deliver cost management, resilience and continuous improvement.

• Experience of negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters and applying judgement as to what constitutes an acceptable level of contractual risk and supply resilience.

• Able to promote and foster new ideas and strategies among internal and external stakeholders, challenging the status quo with sustainable solution(s).

• Able to influence key stakeholders and professionally challenge requirements to secure best value for the business.

• Able to work with a range of technically and culturally diverse people in a matrix environment, influencing them to achieve goals in a timely manner to help drive business results.

• Need to demonstrate and apply analytical as well as strategic thinking skills, support teamwork, display exceptional judgment, collaboration, and decision-making.

Working Conditions: Hybrid

Travel Requirements

Some travel will be required with this role including to other Convatec manufacturing facilities and to supplier facilities. This could be domestic or international travel location dependent.

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