Direct Sourcing Lead – APAC

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Direct Sourcing Leader – APAC is responsible for accelerating supplier performance and drive improvements in key areas for Cytiva from Quality, Cost, Delivery and Security perspective for a portfolio of suppliers.

What you will do:

· Develop, communicate and execute Sourcing strategies for a local portfolio of suppliers, ensuring cost efficiency, quality and delivery performance. Drive ongoing supplier optimization and continuous improvement.

· Participate in New Product Introduction projects as well as activities related to quality and fulfilment.

· Perform continuous monitoring and development of suppliers together with Supplier Delivery Leaders and Supplier Quality.

· Act as local escalation point for buyers in case of poor delivery performance from suppliers.

· Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers, and prepares and processes requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of

goods, services and supplies for customer-related business processes or for internal use.

Who you are:

· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Production Technology, Logistics or High school with minimum 7 years work experience from Sourcing or relevant Supply Chain role.

· Work experience from Sourcing or relevant Supply Chain role

· You have the ability to manage and develop supplier relationships

· You connect well with all levels within an organization and your track record show that you deliver on your commitments.

· Analytical mind and data driven

· Willingness to travel

· Preferably you have experience from working with ERP systems, e.g. Oracle

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

· Oracle BIOPROD ERP

· Magic PDM

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.