SUMMARY : Reporting toVPofFinance, willoversee,conduct,and actively manage theend-to-end strategic sourcing and procurement process forLogistics and Supply Chain supporting multi-site manufacturing facilities.
ESSENTIALDUTIESANDRESPONSIBILITIES :
- Handsonmanagerabletoeffectchangewithmulti-sitemanufacturingenvironment.
- ManageasmallteamofSupplyChainpersonnel.
- ReviewCWTentsupplybaseforconsolidation,quality,andcostsavingsopportunities.
- Provideleadershipandinnovativestrategiesforoptimizingsourcingeffectiveness
- CoordinateandworkwithExecutiveTeamtosupportlongtermbusinessstrategicgoals.
- Establish strongsupplierrelationships,effectivelymanagecategorysupplybase, perform advance negotiations, and oversee selection of key suppliers.
- Activelymonitorvendorand internal performance againstcontracts, industry benchmarks,and previous baselines. Develop and submit reports to Executive management
- Identifyandevaluatemarketchanges-makeappropriate fact-baserecommendations
- Overseeroll-outofnew vendorcontractsandprocesses.
- BackgroundintheSteelMarket
- Abilitytointerfacewith multiplelevelsofanorganizationinternallyandexternally
- Abilitytoworkinacrossfunctionalteam
- ImplementpurchasingstrategieswiththeobjectiveoflowercostsandJITdeliveries.
- Developsupplier relationships insupportofsuch activities,usingsupplierselection criteria and performance / quality evaluation techniques.
- Assure delivery ofmaterialsatexpected costsand quality levels, including purchaseorders, blanked orders, and long-termagreements.
- Establishandmanagesystemsforstoresandinventorycontrol.
- AssurecompliancetoISOandQSrequirements.
- Allothertasksassigned
EDUCATION
- College DegreeType : BSorrelatedexperience
- DegreeArea : BusinessorTechnicalpreferred
- Minimum : 3yearsofexperienceinhighvolumemanufacturingPurchasing
PREFERREDEXPERIENCE
- Jobrelatedworkinstructionandproceduretraining
- BackgroundinSteelMarket(highlypreferred)
- ERPPlatform
- Quality, IATF
- MSOfficewithhighfunctionalexperiencewithExcel
REQUIREDKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS,ANDABILITIES
Ability to read,analyze,and interpret business correspondences,Safety Notices, Control Plans,Quality Ale1is, and Packaginginstructions.
Ability to respond to commoninquires orcomplaints from customers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply,and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability tocompute rate, ratio, and percent and todraw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exits.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.