Procurement Manager

Role Overview

• Manage and own defined commodity group
• Responsible for developing & executing detailed commodity strategy: Assess Opportunity and analysis for commodity including spend segmentation, commodity maturity, cost drivers, and supply market analysis
• Develop Sourcing Strategy for commodity detailing projects, sourcing levers (Resourcing, Localization, LCC), timing, resources, and expected benefits
• Accountable for execution of sourcing projects including RFx, continuous improvement, consolidation, etc.
• Responsible for defining negotiations strategy including supplier profiles, commercial negotiations targets, defining switching costs, and building Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Conduct or support negotiations and supplier selection
• accountable for contract life cycle management and compliance
• Responsible for delivering commodity productivity through price, value analysis (VA) or continuous improvement projects
• responsible for supporting regional/sector counterparts
• Support supplier segmentation, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and quarterly supplier reviews for all strategic suppliers within commodity.
• Ensure creation of supplier profiles for all SRM suppliers.
• Responsible for commodity continuity of supply
• engage with plants to efficiently resolve escalated issues and formally manage and secure supplier capacity
• Support region/sector NPD Procurement teams through preferred supplier programs, RFQ's, and SRM to set and meet program QCD targets
• Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance
• Drive Supplier consolidation program and can be able to drive Net working capital through Pay term improvement, Supplier Inventory and Manage Long term supplier agreements
• Responsible for forecasting, reporting, mitigating, and recovery of commodity inflation
• Support Quarterly Commodity Reviews (QCR) including updated projects, metrics, strategy, and countermeasures
• Identify and engage with internal stakeholders (Engineering, Operations, Quality) to capture commodity requirements and ensure supplier qualification and quality
• partner with regional teams to efficiently transition suppliers as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 6-7 years of working experience in Strategic Sourcing or supply chain
• Good command of English language and good command of Microsoft Office Suite required
• Excellent customer service: commitment to solve problems and requests, understanding of the customer needs, business and priorities.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities. Solves the majority of problems with no/minimal supervision.
• Phone etiquette awareness
• Knowledge of Oracle R12 and SAP MM module software
• Must be able to work well and adapt to change in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must have ability to work well in a virtual team environment and effectively collaborate across multiple teams.
• Understands business processes and can relate actions to business outcomes.
• Ability to analyze and document complex business processes.

Tech Stack

• Oracle
• Switching

Benefits

• Stock options (Employee Ownership Program) that align your interests with the company's success.
• Yearly performance-based bonus, rewarding your hard work and dedication.
• Leave Encashments
• Maternity/Paternity Leaves
• Employee Health covered under Medical, Group Term Life & Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee development with LinkedIn Learning
• Employee recognition via Awardco
• Collaborative, multicultural work environment with a team of dedicated professionals, fostering innovation and teamwork.