Global Principal Procurement Engineer

Bring more to life.

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

At Leica Microsystems, 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.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Global Principal Procurement Engineer is responsible for leading cost optimization initiatives across the Direct Sourcing portfolio. This role plays a key part in driving value through advanced cost engineering techniques such as target costing, should-cost modeling, and value engineering, while ensuring supplier quality, delivery, and innovation. It combines deep technical knowledge with strong commercial acumen and a passion for continuous (cost) improvement.

This position reports to the Director Global Direct Sourcing and is part of the Global Commodity Team and will be an on-site role in Singapore, China or Malaysia (possibly also remote).

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and execute cost reduction and value improvement projects across Direct Commodities in alignment with Commodity Managers.
• Develop and apply target costing strategies in collaboration with R&D and Product Management.
• Conduct cost breakdown analyses and challenge supplier pricing based on manufacturing processes and market benchmarks.
• Benchmark global suppliers in alignment with Commodity Managers, identify the best cost sourcing opportunities and support, drive and lead complex negotiations with suppliers to achieve optimal commercial outcomes.
• Support early supplier involvement in New Product Introduction (NPI) projects to ensure cost-effective design decisions in alignment with the Project Procurement Managers.

The essential requirements of the job include

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain Management.
• 8+ years of experience in procurement engineering, cost engineering, or strategic sourcing.
• Familiarity with Advanced Cost Management Tools, such as Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Design-to-Cost (DtC), Clean Sheet Costing, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), etc.
• Proven track record in complex price and contract negotiations.
• Fluent in English (negotiation level)

Travel requirements:

• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally (up to 60%).

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

• High-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing processes
• SAP, e-procurement tools, and Microsoft Office Suite and Power BI.
• Stakeholder management in a matrixed, multinational organization.

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating 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.

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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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