Director, Sourcing and Procurement

Join National Dentex - a leading healthcare organization specializing in the dental industry. We offer a full spectrum of specialized products, services, and technologies to address any dental restoration need.

Currently, we have 50+ labs throughout the country.

We are hiring a key position within our organization at NDX National Dentex for a Director, Sourcing and Procurement. This is a Hybrid position in office 2-3x a week.

The regular hours for this position are from 8 : 00 AM to 5 : 00 PM , Monday through Friday, and subject to change from time to time.

This is a full-time position featuring employee benefits including : health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance;

paid holiday, vacation, and sick time; 401K with company contribution; and tuition reimbursement!

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions of the Position :

• Develop and negotiate value-driven supplier partnerships and programs that maximize total value.
• Develop and execute programs to generate EBITDA and cash through enhanced negotiation and stocking strategies.
• Evaluate and develop procurement strategies to maximize efficiencies and minimize cost
• Negotiate supplier contracts for all aspects of the organization assist other departments with contract negotiations
• Lead high priority sourcing projects for the organization
• Prioritize and lead continuous improvement process initiatives within Strategic Sourcing
• Partner with stakeholders, executive leaders and department heads to understand business needs. Establish requirements, scope and criteria for procurement projects.
• Manage the RFP process including creating, issuing, and selection of proper proposals to support business growth and cost initiatives.
• Use vendor management best practices to conduct negotiation, contracting, onboarding and renewal of vendors. Conduct regular vendor performance evaluations for top vendors and supplier risk assessments.
• Collect, analyze and interpret procurement data including cost analysis reporting, benchmarking spend, and return on investment for capital purchases.
• Coordinate sourcing workshops to drive commodity strategies and consolidate spend to NDX preferred suppliers.
• Create a supplier strategy and process to execute within the organization
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities Required :

• Superior analytical skills for the preparation of product demand forecasts, financial profitability of product and inventory management issues
• Superior process improvement skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong business partnering and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to build and manage successful teams
• Organized, flexible and easily adaptable to changing conditions
• Ability to develop and successfully execute strategy
• Ability to work well in high pressure situations in order to meet deadlines
• Ability to deliver solutions on time and on budget, while generating superior results
• Ability to combine expertise in material flow management with outstanding knowledge of information and financial aspects of the business.
• Ability to effectively operate in a fast-moving business environment.
• Possess knowledge of supply chain activities, including transformation of raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer.

Minimum Education and Experience Required :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or related field of study (Master’s degree preferred)
• 10+ Years of related experience and / or training
• Supply Chain Management Professional Certification preferred

Hazardous Materials or Equipment Used :

All office Equipment

Physical Requirements :

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and / or reach
30+ days ago