Senior Supply Chain Specialist – Drinking Water & Filtration

Role Overview

• Provides global strategic leadership to find and qualify suppliers for direct material related to New Product Development and other sourcing projects
• Leads the cross-functional teams for activities related to sourcing while collaborating with Engineering, Finance, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing, China Sourcing Team and Customer Service to execute all tasks within the project timeline
• Responsible for ideation, planning and implementing multiple sourcing and re-sourcing projects, for both domestic and international suppliers
• Manages supplier relationships, spend and performance analytics and drives cost savings initiatives
• Maintains the highest-level code of conduct and ethics
• Identifies and provides justification utilizing total cost of ownership principles for sourcing and re-sourcing projects
• Sources assigned commodities, as well as develops global implementation plans to source new items and re-source existing items to optimize total cost suppliers
• Leads sourcing initiatives to ensure on-time delivery of project components, assemblies and/or finished goods by troubleshooting outstanding issues
• Collaborates with global business units on the preparation of Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQ’s) and leads the screening and supplier selection process
• Evaluates bids, analyzes alternatives, develops negotiation strategy and makes recommendations for contract awards
• Negotiates and drafts supply agreements for domestic and international suppliers, including payment terms, deliveries, price, freight terms, currency exchange, raw material commodity fluctuation, inventory levels
• Publishes monthly commodity metrics and provides recommended action plans to the Global Supply Chain that promote continuous process improvement.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in business, supply chain, operations management, engineering or finance; Master’s Degree & CPSM certification highly desired
• 5+ years of experience in a sourcing role with low cost country sourcing experience
• Experience building Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and creating tools to analyze responses
• Proven success in a change management and “stretch” environment
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite software, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Must have strong problem solving, strategic thinking, oral, written, interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to understand the goals of the company, focus resources to meet or exceed these goals; lead change and drive projects to completion
• Expert negotiator, including the ability to lead in contract negotiations and build strong supplier relationships
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, both domestically and internationally required.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Matching 401(k) Contribution
• Health Savings Account
• Up to 3 weeks starting Vacation (may increase with tenure)
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Annual Bonus Eligibility
• Educational Reimbursement
• Matching Gift Program
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan – purchase company stock at a discount!