Strategic Sourcing

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain.

We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors.

Our Headquarters are in Barcelona, Spain and our Technology Centers are located in the United States and Europe. Worldwide sales exceeded €2.2 billion in 2024, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Position Summary

Position part of the procurement team focused in improving and re-evaluating the procurement activities, optimizing the organization's supply base and increasing its overall value proposition. Focused on the total cost of ownership, this position also considers product quality, customer needs, organizational goals and market conditions as an essential part of the procurement process. Actions are driven by a rigorous and collaborative approach, based on fact analysis and market intelligence, following the Strategic Sourcing Framework.

Key Accountabilities

Ensure the availability of raw material, both; short and long term, through regular monitorization of critical raw materials and a continuous analysis of risks to define risk mitigation actions.

Regular reporting and analysis of the main purchasing KPIs, such as

• Purchasing variance

• OTIF

• Expired material

• Obsolescence

• Monthly stock report

Main responsible for the price negotiation and the management of materials savings initiatives in line with profit plan and overall business objectives.

Negotiation of supply agreements as needed to support the critical business needs:

• Monitorization and renewal of existing Supply and Quality Agreements

• Ensures Supply and Quality Agreements are positioned appropriately before business is initiated with new vendors

Improve the value-to-price relationship with suppliers following Strategic Sourcing Framework

• Quarterly communication of raw material forecast

• Follow up calls with all the vendors

• Annual visit plan with key vendors

• Attendance to main exhibitions

Supports Supplier Quality department to accomplish the goals defined in supplier quality system

• Annual risk analysis of raw materials and definition of key vendors list

• Analysis of vendors performance

Ensure the maximum quality of the purchased products

• Follow up of technical problems with Supplier Quality, Technical Support, R&Dor Manufacturing departments

Contribute to keep updated the material and supplier database

Strategic activities

• Development and implementation of the Strategic Sourcing strategy

• Develop key performance measures for chosen suppliers and negotiate on multiple variables to award longer-term strategic contracts that result in significant cost reduction and improved service levels

• Monitor current category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities.

• Identification of new suppliers in collaboration with R&D during the development of new products

• Identification of potential risk and definition of mitigation action plans

• Involvement in the total cost analysis for new product developments

Internal Networking/Key relationships

To be determined based on department needs, to include interactions such as:

• Supplier Quality: Control change notification management and vendor's complaints support

• Manufacturing: Support in solving technical issues related to raw material or packaging performance

• R&D: Support in the development of new products and identifying suppliers for new assays

• Supply Chain Department; Including warehouse and planning

• Sales and Marketing: Benchmarking of vendors

• Quality Control

Skills & Capabilities:

The ideal candidate for this position will exhibit the following skills and competencies:

• Management of decisions under pressure.

• Methodical and well-organized person.

• Teamwork

• Time management skills

• Ability to express information clearly and concisely to the staff, ensuring their understanding.

• Ability to apply a systematic approach and constant control, follow-up and verification of the results.

• Ability to collaborate, participate and coordinate actively with working groups

• Good reporting and analysis capabilities

• Reflects values of Werfen in the quality of work and working relationship.