Supplier Relations Specialist

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?  
Within Danaher the work our diagnostic businesses do 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. 

The Supplier Relations Specialist is responsible for build and sustain supplier payment management, drive contracting best practices and ensure accurate documentation and communication of supplier-related activities.

The Supplier Relations Specialist serves as a key liaison between the Clinical Center of Excellence (CCOE), cross-OpCo teams, and external clinical suppliers to support supplier-related processes and clinical study execution. This role coordinates supplier setup, contracting support, payment coordination, and performance documentation while ensuring supplier information, documentation, and ongoing support processes are maintained to enable timely, high-quality clinical study execution. 

This position is part of the Business Enablement & Logistics Team under Danaher Clinical Center of Excellence organization and will be remotely located in the US. At Danaher Diagnostics, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Serve as a liaison between CCOE, cross-OpCo teams, and external clinical suppliers to coordinate supplier setup, raise purchase orders, payments, performance documentation, and ongoing process support. 
• Support contract workflow activities, including routing, tracking, documentation, stakeholder follow-up, and coordination across CCOE, OpCo teams, Legal, Procurement, and external suppliers. 
• Partner with internal stakeholders and global teams to maintain clear communication, documentation, and alignment across supplier-related activities, applying Danaher Business System tools and standard work to support process consistency and continuous improvement. 
• Collaborate globally with EU and US teams to ensure timely delivery and support across the CCOE and cross-Opco teams. 
• Ensure regulatory adherence by maintaining knowledge of GCP, global standards, and SOPs for clinical studies. 

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• Holds a bachelor’s degree in scientific, finance, biological or medical science field with +5 years of experience in a regulated environment or another relevant degree with 8+ years of same experience 
• Strong negotiator of contracts with a track record of successful contract negotiations 
• Thorough experience with budgeting with relevant stakeholders from the clinical environment and demonstrated a strong understanding of supplier management ​
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, for example, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. 
• Strong proactive team player with a collaborative approach with interest in build and maintain supplier processes 

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

• Medical device, Pharmaceutical Industries, Finance or other highly regulated industries.  

Danaher Diagnostics, a Danaher company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com. 

Within Danaher Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working within Danaher Diagnostics can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $95K-$105K . This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer 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.

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.

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