Job Location : Opelika,AL, USA
Summary: Responsible for operational, tactical, and strategic purchasing activities direct and/or indirect material, including:
· Negotiate, update prices, contract agreements etc...
· Scouting suppliers and proposing to regional / global responsible within the TCO approach
· Generating cost cutting projects and presenting to stakeholders and x-functions.
· Drive the price reduction process.
· Update prices / cost breakdowns within the defined escalation & approval process with local and global functional management.
Responsibilities
· Purchase materials, supplies, services at most favorable, sustainable, flexible, and feasible terms.
· Initiate best cost country and localization initiatives supporting cost benefit.
· Conduct capacity check activities to ensure availability of technical capacity allocated at supplier.
· Communicate, align and initiate the material group strategies with cross-functional stakeholders.
· Manage supplier portfolio based on growth and technical requirements of factories.
· Prepare forecast and Business Plan based on provided 'premises' (assumptions) from global/regional commodity managers.
· Operational: Update price changes, resolve price discrepancies, maintain system (SAP) maintenance, generate request for quotes (RFOs), initiate request for quote/request for proposal (RFQs/RfPs)
· Operational: regularly check supplier allocated capacities to ensure reliable supply, act as an escalation level for supplier issues (capacity/supply/quality) and support task force teams.
· Operational: Generate, drive, and/or participate in purchasing projects to improve cost position or sustain production based on defined material group strategy
· Governance: Make and document all legal framework contracts; including perform supplier risk management tasks, supplier performance management, supplier financial health checks, collect documents to initiate and maintain new suppliers.
· Tactical: Conduct bench-marking price of suppliers in and outside of existing portfolio. Negotiate price contracts, using relative tools to intensify competition between suppliers.
Profile
· Bachelor's degree (Business Administration or similar field) – Required
· 3-5 Years of Experience (Procurement experience) – Required
· Good written and verbal communication skills
· Key interpersonal skills for working with complex team
· Exposure to Microsoft Applications
· 30% - 50% travel