General Summary

The Associate Director of Operational Procurement leads key operational procurement activities that ensure material availability, supply continuity, and efficient business operations. This role requires experience in procurement operations, raw material planning, systems and process knowledge, and team leadership experience. This leader will partner closely with Ops Leadership in Supply Chain, Strategic Procurement, and Logistics, as well as leadership in our Accounts Payable and IT teams to drive continuous process improvements across the procurement organization.

A successful candidate will bring hands-on expertise managing direct and indirect procurement processes and systems, including purchasing, material planning, inventory optimization, shortage mitigation, and supplier enablement. Experience working with SAP, Coupa, MRP, and procure-to-pay systems is highly desired.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Develop and implement processes for meeting finished goods and raw materials forecast requirements, managing inventory levels, and optimizing ordering cycles across direct and indirect categories to ensure material and service availability. *
Support, lead, and develop the Operational Procurement team, provide resources and guidance, ensuring effective task allocation and quality of work, and report on progress and productivity; communicate and resolve escalations as required. *
Design and apply Operational Procurement policies, practices, standards, and procedures, ensuring they are managed, maintained, adhered to, and align with Penumbra values and processes. *
Understand ERP, MRP, P2P, and analytics systems used for executing and monitoring raw material planning, and order management areas. Identify opportunities to improve procurement practices and drive Operational Procurement compliance across standardized practices. *
Support the design, documentation and execution of raw material forecasting and order management processes for key suppliers and critical components, services, sub-contracting, and indirect spend. *
Create, document, and implement supplier capacity assessments and internal requirement analysis and work with Strategic Procurement, engineering, quality, and production to solve key issues with suppliers. *
Identify strategies to mitigate risks including service and component supply issues to mitigate business impact. *
Support procurement stability for new products transitioning from development to commercialization. *
Identify trends and opportunities for procurement through cross-functional engagement and industry involvement that continuously drives insights into best practices and improvement opportunities. *
Develop and implement strategies to coordinate with Strategic Procurement, Production, Planning, Quality, AP/Finance, and other business partners to proactively remove barriers. *
Coordinate with managers to ensure compliance to procurement systems and practices; assign projects and tasks; monitor quality and performance; forecast resource needs; and account for expenses. *
Select, manage, train, and develop staff. Establish objectives and assignments and provide ongoing feedback through performance reviews and development plans.
Professionally engage with both internal/external parties to communicate status and performance across various levels. *
Adhere to the Company’s Quality Management System (QMS) as well as domestic and global quality system regulations, standards, and procedures. *
Understand relevant security, privacy, and compliance principles and adhere to the regulations, standards, and procedures that are applicable to the Company.
Ensure other members of the department follow the QMS, regulations, standards, and procedures. *
Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

*Indicates an essential function of the role.

Required Qualifications

Minimum education and experience

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or a related field with 10+ years of experience in material planning, inventory management, and purchasing, and 6+ years of managing direct reports or an equivalent combination of education and/or demonstrated experience.

What We Offer

A collaborative teamwork environment where learning is constant, and performance is rewarded.
The opportunity to be part of the team that is revolutionizing the treatment of some of the world's most devastating diseases.
A generous benefits package for eligible employees that includes medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match, paid parental leave, eleven paid company holidays per year, a minimum of fifteen days of accrued vacation per year, which increases with tenure, and paid sick time in compliance with applicable law(s).

Penumbra, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, California, is a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies. Penumbra designs, develops, manufactures, and markets novel products and has a broad portfolio that addresses challenging medical conditions in markets with significant unmet need. Penumbra sells its products to hospitals and healthcare providers primarily through its direct sales organization in the United States, most of Europe, Canada, and Australia, and through distributors in select international markets. The Penumbra logo is a trademark of Penumbra, Inc.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

If you reside in the State of California, please also refer to Penumbra's Privacy Notice for California Residents.

For additional information on Penumbra’s commitment to being an equal opportunity employer, please see Penumbra's AAP Policy Statement.