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Job Description
The Procurement Manager will shape the procurement strategy and drive supplier performance in an industry that helps improve people's vision and quality of life. This position offers significant opportunities to drive measurable cost savings, strengthen supply continuity, and influence business performance through strategic sourcing, supplier partnerships, and operational improvement initiatives. The role provides broad exposure across operations, finance, supply chain, laboratory leadership, and global procurement teams, making it an excellent opportunity for a procurement professional seeking both impact and growth.
This role is ideal for a procurement professional who wants to see the direct impact of their work. The successful candidate will have opportunities to deliver measurable cost savings, improve supplier performance and business continuity, collaborate with leaders across the organization, and contribute to a mission focused on helping people see better and live better.
Primary Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for materials, equipment, services, and indirect spend categories.
- Lead RFQ/RFP processes, supplier selection, bid evaluations, and contract negotiations.
- Identify and lead high-impact cost savings, supplier optimization, and value creation initiatives that directly influence business performance.
- Identify and execute near-term opportunities for cost reduction, supplier consolidation, contract optimization, and supply continuity improvements.
Supplier Management
- Build strategic supplier relationships that improve service, innovation, quality, and long-term business value.
- Monitor, enforce, and continuously improve supplier performance through KPIs, scorecards, business reviews, and corrective action plans.
- Identify, qualify, and manage suppliers to ensure competitiveness and continuity of supply.
Contract Management
- Negotiate pricing, service levels, payment terms, and commercial agreements.
- Maintain contract compliance and renewal schedules.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, and business leaders on contract review, risk management, and implementation.
Operational Support
- Ensure uninterrupted supply of critical materials and services supporting operations.
- Partner with business leaders to understand current and future requirements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across operations, finance, supply chain, quality, laboratory leadership, and shared services to support business objectives and organizational growth.
- Support capital equipment purchases and strategic business projects.
Financial & Performance Management
- Deliver annual savings and procurement performance objectives.
- Track and report procurement KPIs, supplier performance, savings, and risk indicators.
- Support initiatives focused on profitability, efficiency, and operational excellence.
Procurement Process & Governance
- Drive procurement process improvements, system enhancements, reporting, and best-practice adoption.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
Global Procurement & Supply Chain Coordination
- Partner with Global Procurement and Supply Chain teams to align local sourcing activities with enterprise strategies.
- Ensure globally negotiated supplier agreements, pricing, and procurement policies are implemented across North American operations.
- Gain exposure to international sourcing strategies, supplier networks, and enterprise-wide procurement initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Procurement, Finance, Operations, or related field.
- 5-10+ years of procurement, sourcing, purchasing, or supply chain experience.
- Experience negotiating supplier contracts and managing commercial relationships.
- Strong analytical, financial, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in a global, multi-site, manufacturing, laboratory, or operational environment preferred.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics preferred.
- CPSM, CPM, CSCP, APICS, or similar certification preferred.
Leadership Attributes
- Strategic Mindset Sees future opportunities and industry trends and translates them into effective procurement and sourcing strategies.
- Business Insight Applies knowledge of the business, market, and competitive environment to drive organizational success.
- Financial Acumen Uses financial data and commercial knowledge to make sound purchasing, sourcing, and investment decisions.
- Drives Results Consistently achieves ambitious goals and delivers measurable outcomes through focused execution.
- Decision Quality Makes timely, well-informed decisions even when facing uncertainty or incomplete information.
- Manages Complexity Effectively analyzes complex information and identifies practical solutions to business challenges.
- Collaborates Builds strong partnerships across functions and works effectively with others to achieve shared objectives.
- Balances Stakeholders Considers and manages the needs of multiple stakeholders while achieving business and procurement objectives.
About Us
HOYA Group: Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA Corporation is a global technology and med-tech company and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA’s divisions and business units research and develop products utilized in the healthcare and information technology fields. In the healthcare field, we provide medical device products such as eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, contact and intraocular lenses, orthopedic implants, surgical/therapeutic devices and medical device reprocessing and disinfection solutions. In the information technology field, we provide products such as optical lenses, photomasks and blanks used in the manufacturing process for semiconductor and LCD/OLED devices, text-to-speech, human resources and other software solutions and critical components for the mass memory and cloud storage industries. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of 37,000 people.
HOYA Vision Care: As a global leader in optical technology, HOYA Vision Care is dedicated to providing innovative vision care solutions for every stage of a patient’s life. A steadfast partner to Eye Care Professionals around the world, it stands at the forefront of optical excellence. With a global presence, consisting of 43 laboratories and a growing team of 20,000 employees, HOYA Vision Care delivers innovative lenses and other vision care solutions to millions of people in 110 countries.
We focus on a better tomorrow, today. You can become part of our story. HOYA Vision Care is the place where you can act according to your strengths and evolve according to your aspirations. It’s a place where you can shape the way you work, guided by our CLEAR Values, and empowered by generations of expertise. You can get involved in our sustainability initiatives and choose to become a One Vision ambassador. You can give back the gift of sight to people all over the world by deciding to work with us.
We welcome people who challenge us to become better, who share our sense of purpose and who embrace growth so that our vision and mission align. We invite you to find out more, and together we can continue to provide vision for a lifetime.
Driven by a passion for partnership as well as innovation, HOYA has been a partner to Eye Care Professionals for over 75 years, enabling them to give people the greatest gift, the gift of vision. We provide Eye Care Professionals with the lenses, consultation solutions and other services that help them to develop their practice while changing the way people see the world. We see them as visionaries, and everything we do is for them. Founded in Japan in 1941, today, HOYA has a presence in over 80 countries across the globe.
