Join our dynamic team as an Assistant Manager, focusing on Strategic Sourcing and Category Management within Surgical Vision Equipment. This role is pivotal in driving functional excellence and enabling innovation for our enterprise technology initiatives.

You will play a key part in supporting the execution of category strategies and annual business planning. Your responsibilities will include in-depth spend analysis, supplier assessments, market intelligence research, and supporting RFx processes, negotiations, and contracting. We value strong collaboration with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure seamless support for equipment sourcing and operational improvement projects. A key focus will be on driving savings, productivity initiatives, and supplier rationalization.

Key responsibilities include supporting category strategy execution and annual business planning. You will conduct spend analysis, supplier assessments, benchmarking, and market intelligence research.

This role involves supporting RFx events, supplier negotiations, contracting, and sourcing initiatives. Monitoring supplier performance across quality, delivery, responsiveness, service, and cost metrics is essential. You will partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain teams.

Additional duties include supporting equipment sourcing for new product introductions, capacity expansion, and operational improvement projects. Driving savings tracking, productivity initiatives, and identifying supplier rationalization opportunities are critical. Maintaining procurement documentation, category dashboards, and management reporting will also be part of your remit.

The ideal candidate will possess 4–6 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or category management operations. Experience within MedTech, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Pharma, or Manufacturing sectors is highly preferred.

Demonstrated expertise in supplier negotiation and contract management is crucial. You should have experience working with global stakeholders, multiple business units, and cross-functional teams (Legal, Finance, Procurement).

Familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP, Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, or Ivalua is required, along with proficiency in analytics tools like Excel, Power BI, or Tableau. Basic familiarity with automation and AI-enabled contract analysis tools is beneficial.

Educationally, any graduation is required. Certifications in Procurement/Sourcing like CIPS or CPSM are considered a plus. Exposure to multi-BU and global operating models is also preferred.