NPD Sourcing Manager - Oxford

About Convatec · 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, Continen ...

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About Convatec

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 more than 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in around 90 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 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more please visit

About the role:
This is a key role within the Global Procurement function driving a high-performance culture and setting the standard for Procurement Excellence. The role will bring a strategic and innovative procurement approach to Convatec as we continue our transformation journey. The Sourcing Manager will be accountable for end-to-end procurement management for the assigned multiple finished goods and/or raw materials categories. This will sit within specific New Product Development (NPD) projects across any of Convatec's four business units (Ostomy Care, Advanced Wound Care, Continence Care, Infusion Care).
The Sourcing Manager will develop strategic sourcing plans for the assigned product categories that align to the project manufacturing needs (either in-house manufacturing or via an external partner). This will include defining sourcing strategies through key stakeholders and suppliers' interaction that delivers optimal levels of service, quality, cost management, resilience, and continuous improvement. The Sourcing Manager will work very closely with the Procurement Category teams to determine accountabilities and responsibilities at all stages of supplier engagement during the NPD cycle.
The role is focused on supporting New Product Development (NPD) projects from R&D development phase to full market launch. The Sourcing Manager will be representing Global Procurement in the NPD project teams.

Your key duties and responsibilities:

• You will develop fully integrated and customer/business-aligned sourcing strategies/plans for assigned new product development projects.
• You will engage and manage critical relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure that the sourcing strategies are highly aligned to current and future business needs and that the supply base can support the requirement NPD project requirements and the market launch timeline.
• You will be responsible for the implementation of the sourcing strategy to ensure that procurement activities deliver the expected value to the business in terms of cost, quality, service, resilience, and time to market.
• You will be accountable for delivering the supply agreements for the supply of materials/products and/or services that support the sourcing strategies.
• You will be accountable for the Source to Contract (S2C) process, including identification of opportunities, scouting of suppliers (RFIs, RFQs), sourcing strategy, evaluation, recommendation, and award.
• You will be accountable through Supplier Relationship Management for ensuring that the supplier base 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 accountable for delivering a resilience assessment on the assigned finished goods/raw materials assigned and develop appropriate risk mitigation strategies to protect the NPD project time to market and the long-term viability of manufacturing post launch.
• In the role, you will create a network of key customers and executive sponsors across advanced operations, project management, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, R&D, Technology & Innovation, engineering, sales, marketing, and finance.
• The role may be responsible for one or more Strategic Buyers.

Skills & Experience:

• 5 years + working within a Strategic Procurement environment preferably in a similar regulated industry (Medical Devices, Pharma, Healthcare, Automotive, Aerospace), prior experience working with R&D teams in New Product Development projects.
• Demonstrated ability to apply Strategic Procurement concepts in complex projects in manufacturing and/or R&D environment.
• Demonstrated ability to define a procurement/sourcing and resilience strategy, translate it into actionable plans and manage the execution of these plans.
• Experience working with e-procurement tools to find, evaluate & select the best vendors to support NPD project requirements.
• An autonomous, self-starter with a good understanding of how to map out and build a relevant stakeholder network across multiple functions.
• 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 an entrepreneurial spirit and 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, open book costing/should cost modelling, resource planning and allocation, to support execution of a procurement strategy.
• 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 and negotiate with key internal 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 complex matrix environment, influencing them to achieve goals in a timely manner and 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.
• Able to demonstrate the values and behaviours required to be successful in the role and support the Convatec 'Forever Caring' Promise.

Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in related field.
• CIPS to level 6 or equivalent.

Travel Requirements:

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

Working Conditions:

• This position is based in the UK with a remote work set-up.
• Flexibility outside of core working hours may be required at times.

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At Convatec, we're pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. If you're ready to make a real impact, apply today and help us bring our Forever Caring promise to life.

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