Global Head of Project Procurement and Process Excellence

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions.  With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Global Head of Project Procurement and Process Excellence plays a pivotal role in ensuring that procurement activities within projects are executed efficiently, timely, and in alignment with strategic goals. Acting as a strategic interface between R&D, Operations, Product Management, Quality, and Commodity Management, this role ensures that key sourcing deliverables in projects—such as supplier readiness, cost optimization, and timely material availability—are met.

This role leads continuous improvement initiatives across global procurement processes to enhance operational excellence and ensure regulatory compliance throughout all procurement activities. This role requires close collaboration and alignment with DBS representatives to ensure that all process enhancements and system developments are fully consistent with DBS principles and strategic direction.

This position reports to the Director, Global Direct Sourcing and will be an on-site role in Singapore.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead, develop, and inspire the Project Procurement team, fostering a high-performance culture aligned with Danaher core values and continuous improvement principles

• Represent Global Direct Sourcing as a member of the Singapore Site Leadership Team, ensuring alignment between local business priorities and global sourcing strategies.

• Oversee and coordinate the integrated Supply Chain Management Shared Service Team, driving operational excellence, process standardization, and cross-functional collaboration

• Lead and govern the project portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives, strategic priorities, commodity strategies, and supplier roadmaps while optimizing resources and priorities.

• Drive project execution excellence through standardized project management practices, regulatory compliance, cost optimization, risk management, and transparent stakeholder communication.

• Drive the design, standardization, and continuous improvement of end-to-end procurement processes to ensure operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and efficiency through automation, governance, and data integrity.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field

• Over 10 years of expertise in procurement, sourcing, and supply chain within manufacturing environments, including 5+ years in leadership roles

• Demonstrated success in advanced project management and driving strategic initiatives

• Proven track record of implementing continuous process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs

• Fluent in English

Travel requirements:

• Willingness to travel internationally (up to 35%).

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Industry experience in medical devices or high-precision instruments in a high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing environment

• SAP, e-procurement tools, and Microsoft Office Suite and Power BI.

• Stakeholder management in a matrixed, multinational organization.

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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