DaVita International delivers comprehensive kidney and dialysis care to over 50,000 patients in 12 countries covering Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Our parent company, DaVita Inc. is one of the largest health care providers in the United States.
Over the last decade, we set out to be the world's greatest dialysis company, and over the next decade, we are poised to build the greatest healthcare community the world has ever seen. As Senior Manager, Procurement and Technical Services, you will report to DaVita International’s Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer and hold global responsibility for procurement and biomedical technical services.
Procurement
End to end responsibility for global procurement, comprising c. $Define global procurement strategy for machines and medical supplies, considering long-term needs of the business across all geographies.
Manage multi-market negotiations and long-term relationships with global suppliers.
Drive continuous evolution of all procurement and supplier management processes across the Company and work with functional stakeholders (Legal, Compliance) to ensure alignment with internal and external/regulatory policies.
For procurement that is handled locally, act as a strategic partner to local procurement leads as they manage local vendors.
Line management of a senior analyst.
In the dialysis industry, biomedical technical services (Biomed) must be in lockstep with procurement decisions, and as such you will have end-to-end responsibility for global Biomed.
This responsibility comprises safety and cost management of the fleet of dialysis machines, water treatment systems, and associated maintenance teams.
Key strategic projects that you will oversee in this role are efforts to in-source maintenance teams and the roll-out of a new global asset management tool.
You should expect periodic international travel (up to 10%).
5-7 years of experience in a strategic procurement role
~ Experience working in healthcare or life sciences preferred (in particular dialysis)
~ Financial acumen, ability to coach analysts on model creation
~ Strong project planning skills, process improvement skills, ability to manage projects to meet specific deadlines
~ Ability to work independently, shift focus, adapt to changing priorities, maintains patience in high-pressure situations
Commitment to personal and professional growth. Ability and willingness to seek and receive feedback constructively as development opportunities
Live, uphold and model DaVita’s core values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfilment and Fun with the ability to demonstrate those positively and proactively in daily performance and communication
competitive market rate salary
~ Employer pension contributions
~ Medical Insurance & Dental Cover
~ days holiday (33 including bank holidays)
~ comprehensive benefit package including Life Assurance, Income Protection & Employee Assistant Programme
~ community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter
~ All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or any other impermissible criteria under law.