ProcurementSpecialist

**This is where** your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. ## **Your role at Baxter:** You as purchasing specialist will bring **a **high level of professional procurement skills to establish effective supplier relationships, development of sourcing initiatives, and be involved in procurement process methodologies. The successful candidate will develop relationships and collaborate with collaborators both within and outside the organization. Responsibilities will include ensuring favorable terms and conditions for organization, mitigating risk at every opportunity, and ensure service level agreements are established that drive continuous improvement and cost management. ## **What you will be doing:** * Identify savings and improve financial performance through cost reduction, continuous improvement initiatives, data analysis, and management and implementation of strategic sourcing initiatives. * Improve opportunities through use of preferred vendor list, consortium and group purchasing, apply Vendors of Record and maintain vendor performance. * Support for PO setup/ maintenance, Vendor setup/maintenance, Coupa user support and troubleshooting system issues. * Procurement lead on projects provides direction and decision making for team members. They follow a ran