Section Head, Purchasing

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**Section Head, Purchasing**:
**Overview**:
You will be responsible for the planning, coordinating and managing of materials supply to meet on-time delivery and inventory target. Supervise the day-to-day activities of a team of professionals who purchase goods, materials, supplies, and services that meet the organization’s standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.

**Responsibilities**:

- Drive and manage demand gyrations to ensure assurance of supply (AOS) to production and meet on-time delivery (OTD) target.
- Work closely with vendors and vendor owners on material availability; drive vendors to have optimum inventory level to meet sales revenue.
- Work with vendors to meet on-time delivery (OTD) performance target.
- Analyze, drive and implement initiatives to meet weekly key performance indexes (KPI). This includes monthly inventory and inventory turns targets, inventory management at Gemba (IMAG).
- Embrace, drive and practice Kanban diligently (aligned to Danaher’s Materials System practices - DMS).
- Manages Product Phase-in and Phase-out (PIPO) to meet project timeline with mínimal excess and obsolesces (E&O) liability.
- Works with team and stake holders on receiving issues (i.e. shipping documents, and/or supplier-related discrepancies).
- Ensures PO activities are done and followed through; placement of PO, pushing out of PO quantities and delivery expediting with vendors.
- Drives and manages daily Gemba activities.
- Constantly review purchasing processes and implement changes to establish effective workflow.
- Support and drive improvement in Kaizen events.
- Supervises and provide guidance to team.
- Performs any other duties as assigned by the Purchasing Manager.
- Ensure the department operates under the Quality Management System and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements and to address EHS issues raised by associates

**Requirements**:

- Degree or equivalent qualification in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration or other related discipline.
- Minimum 12 years of supply chain or operational experience in manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on knowledge with MM module of SAP/R3
- Experience with High-mix/ Low-Volume environment.

**Personal Trait Profile**:

- Self-motivated and confident in driving vendors to meet objectives
- Good inter-personal communication skills
- Self-starter and resourceful and pro-active.
- Has a positive attitude and could think outside the box

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- Equal pay is a given for us.
- Learn all there is about Kaizen, PSP's and Muda as part of our Danaher Business System (DBS) trainings - if you believe in continuous improvement like us
- We have no room for prejudices and stereotypes. We promote equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion.
- We offer a balance between support and autonomy to achieve your own goals in an international environment

**GET MORE INSIGHT**

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 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 powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Danaher is committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong and all voices are heard. We believe in our associates and the unique perspectives they bring to every challenge, which is why we’ll empower you to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

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 powerful **Danaher Business System** tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and thr