Staff Supplier Relationship

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Position Summary

Position Responsibilities
- Lead sustaining sourcing activities for on-market products and provide functional leadership and direction for sustaining products.
- Lead the sustaining roadmap creation and implementation of category strategies for assigned categories. Evaluates competitive alternatives. Obtains approval for strategies from senior executive stakeholders.
- Lead assurance of supply escalations and supplier risk mitigation management with cross function stakeholders/team.
- Lead strategic/promote supplier quarterly business reviews resulting in supplier performance improvements through collaboration with R&D, Operations, and Quality. Proactively works with business partners and sponsors to align key messages with Suppliers.
- Collaborate with suppliers to develop capabilities, supply continuity, and capacity. Full understanding of Supplier’s business continuity plans, technical risks, financial risks, etc. that may impact Illumina’s business.
- Lead and contribute global product/material cost reduction initiatives via value engineering, cost negotiation and resourcing efforts.
- Drive alternative supplier/part qualification with cross function stakeholders/team.
- Advocate for compliance with Illumina policies and procedures.
- Ensure system data is set up correctly for suppliers under areas of responsibility to facilitate efficient ‘Procure to Pay’ processes.
- Lead and manage continuous improvement initiatives across a broad business area.
- Partner with executive stakeholders to contribute to the development of company objectives and principals.
- Negotiate various types of agreements (i.e., supply, scheduling, consignment, statement of work, CDAs, etc.) achieving favorable terms that mitigate business risks and protect Illumina’s IP while reducing product cost and inventory levels.
- Establishes and leads governance processes with Suppliers to reduce business risk and support manufacturing site escalations. Ensures appropriate engagement with Quality and Regulatory when implementing supplier / specification change programs.
- All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional task and responsibilities._

Position Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree with minimum 10 years of related experience in international sourcing and supplier management
- Strategic thinker who can anticipate and develop business and regulatory opportunities and priorities for future action while executing concrete business objectives that are tied to organization strategies
- Solid understanding of the industry financial / category trends and ability to leverage these to improve Illumina’s supply chain
- Aptitude to understand suppliers' key cost drivers, interpret basic financial and balance sheet reporting, and provide recommendations
- Ability to negotiate the best deal for Illumina and influence upwards
- Customer focused, able to collaborate and influence others to drive actions to meet business needs while maintaining a positive, professional outlook
- Comfortable challenging status-quo in order to improve processes
- Strong analytical skills to extract core data from a variety of sources, draw conclusions and insights, and translate those insights into actions
- Ability to deal effectively with pressure, multiple tasks, deadlines, and rapidly changing priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal skills to partner, collaborate and build relationships with business partners, suppliers, and regional/global teams
- Expert use of enabling systems (Ariba, SAP, Quickbase) to track progress, identify gaps, and develop plans to address
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time (both domestic and international travel)