Indirect Procurement Manager at L.B. Foster Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted in Transportation 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Job Description:
Since 1902, L.B. Foster has provided the materials necessary to build and maintain the world’s infrastructure. Today, we have begun a new generation of innovation as we expand to become a leading product innovator in mainline, transit, mining, port and industrial rail markets worldwide.
L.B. Foster is developing tomorrow’s rail technology today. Our rail and track accessories provide the field proven quality necessary to build a reliable railway infrastructure. Our new generation of comprehensive performance monitoring and maintenance technology further strengthens the rail system by improving track safety and operational efficiency. The innovative product development behind L.B. Foster’s IntelliTrack® Technology addresses today’s rail requirements and anticipates tomorrow’s new system advancements.
Our company manufactures and distributes a wide range of railway products and services including new rail, used rail, insulated rail joints, rail lubrication systems, concrete ties, rail monitoring systems, transit products, trackwork materials and our professional rail project management services.
L.B. Foster manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Our sales and product professionals are available worldwide.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Indirect Procurement Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic initiatives for a portfolio of indirect sourcing categories, which may include consulting services, marketing services, IT and telecommunication equipment, systems, and services, financial systems and services, human resource systems and services, office supplies, equipment, and MRO, and other indirect categories of goods and services.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
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1. Develop category strategies, identify cost saving opportunities, facilitate, and leading sourcing projects, supplier negotiation, and establish and maintain supplier relationships, and fine-tune a sourcing strategy for each category as appropriate.
2. Develops and applies sourcing best practices, policies and procedures and ensures consistency with the overall procurement strategy.
3. Oversees and drives end-to-end improvements to efficiency and effectiveness for the end-to-end source-to-pay process.
4. Establish long-term agreements where feasible to reduce transactional work and obtain optimal quality, service, price, and other terms.
5. Spearhead sourcing of a portfolio of indirect categories, develop a sourcing strategy for each category of spend. Identify and leverage company-wide spend opportunities. Identification /execution of cost saving opportunities.
6. Partner with all business leaders to drive procurement through a robust streamlined approval process flow and eliminate unmanaged spend.
7. Negotiate long term and blanket contracts for all products & services.
8. Highly involved with sourcing and procuring capital purchases.
9. Develop methodology and metrics tools to track cost savings effectiveness.
10. Acts as a liaison and consultant to the functional business areas and corporate on existing and potential indirect sourcing opportunities as well as inter-business unit process improvements.
11. Communicate and offer global strategy, oversight, and support.
12. All other duties as assigned. |
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, operations, supply chain management or a related field required. MBA preferred.
- 8 plus years’ experience in supply chain and/or manufacturing environment preferred
- 5 plus years’ experience specifically in indirect procurement processes and sourcing required
- CPM/CPSM certification preferred.
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Expertise in supply market and internal needs demand
- Expertise in sourcing policy, procedures, and processes
- Knowledge of e-sourcing and e-procurement tools
- Demonstrated experience leading multiple teams of resources
COMPETENCIES:
- Leads organizational collaboration
- Communication
- Customer focus
- Integrity & trust
- Continuous improvement/innovation management
- Strategic agility
- Accountability/drive for results
- Planning & organizing/project management
- Creativity/strategic thinking
- Global business & technology acumen/organizational savvy
- Change management
- Transformational leadership
In return, we offer an opportunity to build a solid career with competitive compensation and a very attractive benefits package, including health care coverage on the first of the month after hire and a market-leading 401(k) program. If you meet the qualifications and would like to be considered for this position, please apply online at www.lbfosterjobs.com
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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