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