Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology?

At Molecular Devices, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work 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.

Join Molecular Devices and help drive scientific discovery for life science customers in academia, biotech, pharma, and government. Our automated and AI-enabled technology empowers researchers to tackle complex questions and gain deep insights, accelerating the development of safer, more effective therapeutics. As part of our team, rooted in collaboration, authenticity, and innovation, you will ultimately contribute to groundbreaking science that enhances lives globally and shapes a healthier future for all.

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The Sourcing Engineer is responsible for the negotiation and management of select commodities and meeting Global Sourcing savings targets as well as serving as an escalation path for delivery, quality, and supplier management issues. 

Responsibilities to include defining savings opportunities, cost savings workbooks, leading savings projects to completion, working closely with Product Development on new projects to deliver new supplier relationships, technologies, or co-development solutions.

This position reports to the Sourcing Manager and is part of Supply Chain and Logistics located in San Jose, CA. The position will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Evaluate and select new suppliers along with Engineering, Quality and Regulatory to select strategic partners worldwide.Ownership of sustaining or creating positive relationships between Molecular Devices and its suppliers, leading to best cost, quality, delivery, and service.Support operations procurement teams to deploy global sourcing strategy and help resolve parts supply or quality issues.

The essential requirements of the job include:

Bachelor’s degree or above in Supply Chain, Engineering, or related fieldProven work experience as a Sourcing Engineer.Experience in lean manufacturing and awareness of lean tools desirable (e.g., 5S, Standard Work, KANBAN, Policy Deployment, Value Stream Management, Visual Management)Good negotiator and decision maker; strong analytical skills, uses of data to drive decisions.Strong project management and leadership skills

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

Ability to travel – 10% - 20% domestic travel and international travel is possible (China/EU).

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

ERP, PLM systems, Oracle EPM, 3DS, and Enovia

Molecular Devices, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it is a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Molecular Devices 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. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Molecular Devices can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $90,000 – $115,000. This is the range that we believe in good faith is the range of 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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