Procurement Projects Lead

Driven by the passion to improve the quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as the market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation to reach more people, more effectively.

Join our team as a Procurement Projects Lead and take charge of driving impactful technical procurement projects. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategic Procurement Development, we are looking for a proactive and results-oriented individual interested in driving procurement excellence in a global environment through initiatives aimed at optimizing cost, enhancing processes, and ensuring top-notch quality.

**What you will do**:

- Lead and drive technical procurement projects (DTC, alternative sourcing, improvement, etc), from inception to realization with a focus on cost, process, and quality improvement.
- Manage communication and collaboration with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams, including Engineering, R&D, Quality, Marketing, and Supply Chain, to ensure project alignment and timely completion.
- Drive and facilitate design changes through value engineering, efficiency enhancement, and quality improvement, working closely with suppliers and the engineering team for implementation.
- Analyze procurement data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Prepare detailed and concise project reports for management review, including CAPEX investment across the procurement team.
- Support other ad hoc activities.

**What you bring**:

- Experience & Personal Competencies_
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent business studies, with more than 5 years of procurement experience, particularly in Engineering, Procurement, Operations Research, Supply Chain, materials management, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrates a track record of driving technical procurement projects (DTC, alternative sourcing, improvement, etc.) and presenting strategies and results to all levels of a complex matrix organization.
- Showcases significant experience in Value Engineering (identifying improvements to the product, parts and components and driving better cost).
- Able to take ownership and manage large and complex projects across functions, lead cross-functional teams, and facilitate consensus across departments and geographies.
- Possesses high integrity, maturity, and the drive to work independently under pressure while aligning priorities for execution.
- Exhibits strong analytical and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment (i.e. project risk minimization, bring about team improvements).
- Prior experience and knowledge to manage supplier relationships, mitigate risks, address quality issues, and mitigate supply chain disruptions will be beneficial.

**Who we are**:
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
- WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self._