At Hach ( www.hach.com ), we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Hach, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

Hach is proud to be a Water Quality company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

About the Role

The Sr. Manager, NA Strategic Sourcing will manage Hach’s Strategic Sourcing team in Loveland, Colorado. This Strategic Sourcing team is responsible for managing long-term commodity and supplier management strategies for Electronics, Key Technologies, Mechanical (Plastics, Metals, & MRO), and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) commodity categories in North America. The Sr. Manager, NA Strategic Sourcing is responsible for achieving strategic key performance indicators (KPIs) and creating a world-class supply base to support the manufacturing of water quality applications for lab and process instruments for Hach’s wastewater, drinking water, and industrial water customers. The leader in this role is expected to conduct job responsibilities with the highest level of personal, professional, and ethical conduct.

Essential Responsibilities

• Execute strategic and technical leadership with a focus on communication, people development, and a team-centric approach, including intentional and thoughtful investment in developing talent within NA Strategic Sourcing team.

• Improve and execute supply base management strategies, including supplier performance management and supplier risk management.

• Responsibility for owning, achieving, and countermeasuring KPIs for Purchase Price Variance (PPV), Supplier On-time Delivery (OTD), Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) with an understanding on how these KPIs impact Hach’s core value drivers (CVDs).

• Develop and foster a culture of continuous improvement and apply rigorous use of problem-solving techniques to resolve systemic and critical supplier issues quickly and completely.

• Serve as primary liaison between Operations, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, New Product Innovation (NPI), Transportation & Logistics, and Veralto Corporate Procurement.

• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve processes, products and services, with a mindset for continuous improvement.

• Maintain current knowledge regarding global market conditions affecting all commodity categories, supply chain, develop and defend strategy with data, and align commodity strategies to ensure meeting business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain, Master’s degree in business administration or supply chain management preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years in a leadership position with proven success in people management, and possess a keen interest in developing people, teams, and business processes

• Demonstrated experience with lean tools and processes

• Minimum of 10 years of supply chain experience preferred

• Willingness to travel (up to 25%).

• Experienced in Microsoft Office and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $121,000.00 - $171,000.00 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@veralto.com to request accommodation.

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Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.