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*Fresenius Medical Care**
, we are the global leader in kidney care, committed to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, innovative products, services, and care across the entire healthcare journey. Guided by our vision—“Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.”—we work with purpose and compassion, supported by a global team of over 125,000 employees.
*Purpose and Scope**
The Global Category Senior Manager is responsible for developing and executing procurement strategies with 3rd party suppliers in support of Fresenius Medical Care’s One Procurement strategy. Responsible for category management, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, contracting, and ongoing supplier management for assigned category. Coordinates with Procurement Partner(s) and key stakeholders to ensure alignment of procurement strategies.
*Your Responsibilities:** Drive, develop, and implement multi-year category and subcategory plans for the assigned category, including demand aggregation, definition of buying channels, strategic relationship management, and supplier risk management. Maintains knowledge of current trends, supplier capabilities, innovation, and changes within the technology landscape Identify, develop and lead/support opportunities to optimize spend, reduce costs, mitigate supply risks, improve services, bring innovation and assure supply. Leads or supports cross functional supplier selection activities and management of formal strategic sourcing and RFx processes. Performs proposal analysis, including price analyses, “Should Cost” modelling, benchmarking and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Develops negotiation strategy, including targets for costs and key commercial/business terms. Working in conjunction with Legal, drafts and negotiates key legal and commercial terms Evaluates financial stability of suppliers and manages supplier risks as needed. Ac