Purchasing Manager (Remote)
Job details
Remote work with international travel per quarter Overview: Manage supply base for total Purchase Volume of assigned Commodity in EU. Align material strategies with our internal business partners on requirements to optimize supply chain performance focused on productivity, quality, and availability. Deliver sustainable results to improve bottom & top line. Main missions and results:
- Leverage Company Total Purchase Volume for your assigned commodity. Define commodity strategies for assigned spend considering the global sourcing strategies but tailoring them to fit the business
- Establish best in class supply-chain-management processes focused on productivity, quality, and Lead a virtual/disciplinary regional Commodity team for strategy development and implementation. Lead supplier management in commercial issues, supplier qualification, development, and overall relationship management.
- Apply supply market intelligence and Commercial & Technical Levers to drive strategy. Life-cycle responsibility and autonomy for delivering high quality, value for money components utilizing robust and objective nomination and sourcing processes that represent best-in-class
- Accountability for cost and budget management for spend portfolios. Executing sourcing strategy. Negotiate Master Procurement Agreements, including pricing, terms & conditions, payment terms in alignment with Local / Regional Lead regional commodity team and have oversight of projects. Drive/Monitor project progress and cost savings implementation.
- Utilize Supply Market Intelligence, spend Pooling, and all commercial levers and technical levers to drive productivity. RFQ of New/Existing Products, Quote & Total Cost Analysis, Component Review, Sourcing Decision. Utilization of company sourcing tools for all new business
- Extensive experience related to Procurement
- Bachelors' degree or equivalent work experience is required for this
- Prior experience demonstrating strategic commodity management will be
- Excellent verbal and communications skills
- Strong computer skills including Excel,
- Successful experiences in negotiating with senior level
- Demonstrated understanding of entire supply chain and cost drivers
- Demonstrated data and financial analysis capability
- Cross functional/organizational project management and facilitation skills (internal and external)
- Demonstrated self-starter
- Experience with electronic purchasing tools
- Solid continuous improvement skills
- SAP working experience essential
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