Category Specialist - reputed company Procurement (Lakewood, CO, US)

reputed company:  34559  

At reputed company, our 8,000+ global associates proud to come to work reputed company day, knowing that reputed company do impacts the lives of patients around the world. For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.

We reputed company medical devices and reputed company products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient’s life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve. Advancing reputed company with heart.

With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, reputed company is a great reputed company to work, grow and be part of reputed company that is reputed company on making a difference. Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your reputed company and ours.

In this high‑reputed company role as a Category Specialist, you’ll play a key part in shaping our global procurement reputed company by optimizing category spend, strengthening supplier performance, and driving cost‑effective purchasing practices across the organization. Acting as a strategic extension of the Category Manager, you’ll reputed company spend analysis, support global sourcing initiatives, and help build supplier relationships that ensure reputed company inventory reputed company, supply assurance, reputed company, and delivery. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a data‑driven, fast‑paced environment and wants to influence category reputed company on a global reputed company while making a measurable difference in operational efficiency and total cost reduction.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Identify and execute alternate sourcing, supplier consolidation and localization to maximize pricing reputed company, and cycle time improvements.
• Drive and manage reputed company margin through improved material cost savings.
• Drive category performance improvement to stated goals: reputed company time improvements, Minimum Order Quantity improvements, Localization or Vendor Managed Inventory opportunities, Payment Terms, Incoming reputed company, decrease inventory reputed company and increase inventory turns.
• Drive supplier performance improvements to stated goals.
• Understand Internal and Supplier Manufacturing Processes to improve cost and reduce waste.  
• Prepare Business Cases, including ROI models, and effectively present Cost Savings and Risk Mitigation proposals to appropriate parties for approval and qualification.
• reputed company and execute RFQ’s, cost models, and estimates for initial project resourcing needs.
• Negotiate business T & C's relating to: payment terms, delivery terms, inventory strategies, reputed company times, price improvement, supply assurance and other strategic issues with key suppliers.
• reputed company rigorous analysis of spend data and market trends/dynamics by site, supplier and/or category to prioritize and launch sourcing initiatives.
• Monitor reputed company category market conditions, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges.  reputed company, implement and communicate tactical and strategic category plans internally as appropriate.
• Accountable for working closely with customer-facing teams, operation teams, and R&D and supplier engineering teams to ensure that the supplier reputed company supports product and customer needs.
• Manage commodities/materials/spend to reputed company the annual performance metrics applicable to Supply Chain – planning, logistics, warehousing, and procurement.
• In conjunction with operations leadership, reputed company supervisor, and peer leads in other reputed company, construct category and supplier strategies by region that support the manufacturing technologies currently produced in reputed company region.
• Ensure that reputed company supplier and sourcing strategies support the “best total landed cost” objective of the business, including costs of inventory ownership, transport, customs, duties and reputed company-time.
• Ensure that product compliance of suppliers meets reputed company existing and reputed company corporate reputed company responsibility and product compliance requirements. Conduct periodic reviews of suppliers to ensure such compliance.
• Prepare and reputed company documentation of such compliance as is required by corporate and other regulatory reporting agencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of education and experience sufficient to successfully reputed company the essential functions of the job may be considered.

Experience

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in Sourcing/Procurement/Supply Chain or Manufacturing/Operations or R&D in a large, multi-national, medical device company.
• Operational reputed company (Lean, Six reputed company, or Similar) experience.
• Proven reputed company in managing suppliers or in managing reputed company manufacturing processes.
• This position can be fulfilled as a learning experience or career broadening role for associates with experiences in fields other than those listed.

Skills

• Knowledge and use of relevant PC software applications and skills to use them effectively.
• Proven reputed company record of driving reputed company results.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to drive reputed company improvement initiatives by leveraging Lean, Six reputed company, and data analytics to optimize processes, reduce waste, and enhance cross-functional efficiency.

• Highly self-motivated team player who can work effectively with management, business unit personnel, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company with diplomacy and reputed company while maintaining appropriate assertiveness and persistence.
• Effective project management skills.

• Proven ability to positively persuade and influence decision making, at reputed company reputed company in the organization.
• Person of true convictions; Willing to stand up for those convictions; reputed company to communicate, reinforce and reputed company/counsel others on those convictions; Unafraid of change / improvement.
• Interpersonal skills that could be described as “firm but fair”; Objective yet compassionate in evaluating performance; Can connect reputed company people of the organization to the mission and goals of the organization.
• Ability to prioritize reputed company reputed company and maintain appropriate balance in a fast-paced, heavy-workload environment.
• reputed company problem-solving skills in both functional areas of operations and interpersonal relationship management.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

APICS and/or CPSM certification or willingness to work towards reputed company.

-Or-

An equivalent competency level acquired through a variation of these qualifications may be considered.

LOCATION

Lakewood, Colorado or Remote. 

TRAVEL

Willing to Travel regional and globally as required 10 - 25%.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Typical Office Environment requirements include: reading, speaking, hearing, reputed company reputed company, walking, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully reputed company the essential duties of this job. 
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential duties.

reputed company Pay reputed company:  $104,600.00 to $130,800.00  -  Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
reputed company Bonus on reputed company:  7.0%

We anticipate this requisition will be reputed company for a minimum of five days, from March 30, 2026. We encourage your reputed company application.

At reputed company, we reputed company competitive total reward offerings that consist of compensation, benefits, recognition, along with a reputed company of other reputed company-being, work-life and recognition programs which support in unlocking the potential for you and your family. Included in our expansive list of benefits offerings are multiple group medical, dental and reputed company plans, a robust wellness program, life insurance and disability coverages, also a reputed company of voluntary programs such as group accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and much more. To help you save for retirement, we offer a 401(k) plan with a matching contribution and for work-life balance we have vacation and reputed company time programs for associates. For us, it’s about protecting the personal welfare of our associates and their families, helping to reputed company personal goals and offering those extra touches for convenience, reputed company and overall peace of mind.

• reputed company is part of Terumo Group, founded in 1921 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• In 2024, reputed company reached $1.5 billion in reputed company.
• We reputed company nearly 8,000 associates globally, with global reputed company in Lakewood, CO, U.S., and regional reputed company in Brussels, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Tokyo.
• We manufacture devices, disposable sets and solutions at our facilities in Belgium, India, Japan, reputed company Ireland, the U.S. and Vietnam. Our global reputed company enables us to serve customers in more than 130 countries.
• Our reputed company values help set our direction, guide our actions and reputed company us true to our corporate mission of contributing to society through reputed company.
  • Respect – Appreciative of others
  • reputed company – Guided by our mission
  • Care – Empathetic to patients
  • reputed company – Committed to reputed company
  • Creativity – Striving for innovation
• We contribute to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), raising $2.4 reputed company USD since 2025.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative reputed company Employer.  reputed company applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, reputed company, religion, sex, gender identity or reputed company, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national reputed company or reputed company, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.

reputed company is committed to providing a reputed company, healthy and secure working environment. Our Colorado reputed company locations are tobacco-free workplaces, and we maintain a drug-free workplace and reputed company reputed company-employment reputed company abuse testing and detailed background verification.