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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• You will establish and implement strategies for negotiating commodity supply agreements based on in-depth knowledge of foreign and domestic markets for optimum pricing and terms.
• You will manage and lead efforts on cost savings initiatives in line with a profit plan and overall business objectives.
• You will report to the Director, Strategic Sourcing – Indirect

Key responsibilities:

• Lead negotiations for the assigned portfolio of Indirect sourcing categories.
• Utilize cost models to validate commodity strategies and to understand significant cost drivers.
• Acquire and maintain understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends, and supplier technology road maps.
• Manage performance metrics for assigned portfolio to ensure best total cost, as well as mitigate price increases.
• Act as project manager (develop, manage, and implement) for cross functional teams to build stakeholder alignment (Technical, R&D, Sales & Marketing, Regional and local teams, etc.) to meet objectives.
• Contract management - ensure specific requirements are present, appropriate review, and signing authority is realized.
• Identify and develop a robust supply base to provide materials and services with competitive cost and quality for all locations and support for geographic expansion.
• Establish global partnerships and partner with business leaders to develop and drive global initiatives.
• Drive alignment across leadership teams by embedding a structured, data-driven approach to strategy execution, ensuring decisions consistently support the business plan and measurable outcomes.
• Travel: up to 30%

Requirements and Preferred Skills

Experience Required 

• 5+ years of progressive global change agent experience in commodity management/supply chain management, operations, and/or engineering
• Minimum of BS Degree; MBA preferred;
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills
• Fluency in Spanish is a plus
• CPSM (ISM) or CPSP (APICS) certification preferred.
• Strong Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications and MRP/Supply Chain systems
• Excellent analytical and project management capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication across regions, functions, and levels
• Excellent negotiating capability
• Collaboration and influence management skills with proven ability to work effectively in a matrix organization
• Exceptional time management skills and ability to manage multiple projects at once in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience in one or more of the following areas is required: Indirect procurement, MRO, plant services & maintenance services