This position reports to the Director of Category Management and is responsible for the strategic management of our global laminations and stampings category. This position will provide global category leadership, aligning with segment and regional category teams and working closely with segment and divisional product leaders, operations and other key stakeholders to deploy strategies that drive value and sustainability in our supply chain.
RESPONSIBILITIES • Manages complex multi-year supplier relationships aligned to enable our front-end portfolio strategies • Plans, organizes, directs, controls and communicates all strategic sourcing activities related to assigned commodities and services to cross functional supply, engineering, technical support and operations group • Conducts brainstorming sessions at facilities with cross functional teams to identify strategic opportunities and deployment priorities on cost saving initiatives. • Provides oversight to sourcing/project managers on the deployment of projects with internal and external stakeholders • Collaborates with global and regional supply teams to identify, screen and qualify strategic suppliers. • Works with global facilities to create regional and global material cost savings funnels that align with commercial strategies and financial targets • Drives spend analysis, including counter measures for projects that fall short of plan and makes decisions to remedy the issues to get the teams back on track to meet or exceed plan • Develops and delivers strategies that will deliver year over year cost savings • Possesses an understanding of total cost of ownership • Proactively assesses internal and external process improvements and influences effective change and drive innovation and continuous improvements • Preparation of Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQs) and leads the screening and supplier selection process • Negotiate and drafts supplier contracts of sale, including payment terms, deliveries, price, freight terms, currency exchange, raw material steel fluctuation, inventory levels • Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future (industry trends in pricing and availability that will impact the business) material availability, and prepares market analysis reports • Responsible for timely reporting to agree upon KPI's and presenting Strategic Sourcing plans, activities and progress
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS • BA or BS degree preferably in Supply Chain/Operations Management, minimum in a business/industrial related field • 5-10 years' experience working in an industrial steel manufacturing environment with experience in strategic Procurement/Supply Chain, or similar position • Development of global sourcing strategies using category management methodology • Proven knowledge of steel markets, including electrical steel and laminations, forming processes, cost drivers and sourcing strategies • Deep understanding of manufacturing process in relation to laminations • Understanding of raw material inputs into stamped components • Strong performance record of managing categories at a global level • Proven success of supplier development strategies and related performance improvements • Experience sourcing in low cost regions • Experience working with multiple locations globally • Proven success in a change management and "stretch" environment • Ownership of electrical steel, laminations, selected stampings castings, with general knowledge of other categories such as steel • Consistent performance in delivering annual cost reductions linked to category strategy • Proven success in a matrix driven organization • Excellent working knowledge of industrial markets, suppliers and company requirements
Leadership Competencies: • Manages Complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. • Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances • Manages Conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise