Responsible Procurement Lead and Project Manager
SolventumThis a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: United States, Minnesota (USA)
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At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.
We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
Solventum is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Responsible Procurement Lead and Project Manager to join our growing sustainability organization and to support ongoing operations for several critical tools and Procurement operational systems. In this role, you will play a critical part in developing and implementing our Purchase Goods and Services supplier engagement and emissions reduction strategy, supporting supplier diversity initiatives and driving our strategy to continuously improve and streamline Procurement standard work.•
Purchased Goods and Services Emissions Inventory:
o Identify and engage with key suppliers across the value chain to gather accurate emissions data
o Develop relationships with high environmental impact suppliers to enable suppliers covering 50% of emissions from purchased goods and services to set science-based targets
o Develop and implement robust data collection and management systems for purchased goods and services emissions data.
o Lead the maturity efforts to move from a supplier engagement and spend based approach to an absolute reduction target with supplier specific emissions.
o Conduct regular data quality checks and ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Emissions Reduction Strategy:
o Develop and implement supplier engagement programs to ensure suppliers are aligned with Solventum’s GHG emission reduction targets.
o Develop and implement a comprehensive purchased goods and services emissions reduction strategy, including setting ambitious reduction targets and identifying key reduction opportunities.
o Stay informed on industry best practices and emerging technologies for purchased goods and services emissions reduction.
o Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and 3rd party providers to include emissions considerations in supplier selection processes.
• Supplier Diversity Strategy:
o Develop and implement supplier diversity programs in support of annual government subcontracting plan requirements, internal reporting needs, and tender request.
• Reporting and Communication:
o Prepare and submit annual purchased goods and services emissions disclosures to the ESG and Supplier Diversity groups
o Develop clear and concise communications and reporting materials to effectively communicate purchased goods and services supplier engagement and emissions as well as Supplier diversity performance and progress to internal stakeholders.
o Contribute to the development of the company's sustainability and supplier diversity reports and other public disclosures.
• Continuous Improvement, Project Management and Application Support:
o Maintain and support Supplier Onboarding, Delegation of Authority and Contract Lifecycle Management platforms based on new and continuous improvement initiatives, integrations and ongoing business needs.
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