Manager, Procurement Operations, Americas

About the role

DePuy Synthes is recruiting a Manager, Procurement Operations in Bogotá, Colombia. The role ensures that the Regional Global Services Procurement organization delivers results supporting Global Services, One Procurement and DePuy Synthes' business strategy. It works directly with the business, category leaders and the broader Procurement function, overseeing the strategic sourcing plan from supplier relationships through contract negotiation, authoring, execution and management.

Key responsibilities

• Manage a team of individual contributors and/or supervisors, including performance management, coaching, capability development and succession planning
• Manage workflow, performance, capacity, quality, compliance and escalations, meeting team goals and service levels
• Oversee day-to-day Procurement Operations and Source-to-Contract services, including sourcing events, negotiations, contract drafting, requisition and purchase-order support, supplier onboarding and reporting
• Collaborate with departments to improve profitability and competitiveness, using market intelligence, risk assessments and total-cost projections
• Ensure compliance with regulations, company policies, data privacy, cybersecurity and quality expectations
• Monitor service levels, cycle time, backlog, quality, compliance and productivity, and drive continuous improvement and automation/AI initiatives
• Lead team readiness for process and technology changes through training, UAT and deployment support

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; MBA or another advanced degree preferred
• 6-8 years of procurement, finance or other relevant business experience
• Prior experience leading people in a matrixed service-delivery environment preferred
• Fluency in English, written and oral; another language of the region preferred
• Up to 5% domestic and international travel; Monday to Friday schedule with partial regional coverage

Required skills

• Preferred: sourcing and contracting, Source-to-Settle, shared services or global business services experience
• Preferred: SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, ServiceNow, Coupa, Power BI
• Preferred: life sciences, healthcare or regulated industry experience