What you’ll do
• Category Strategy & Value Delivery: Develop and execute global category strategies aligned with business and engineering requirements. Translate market insights into practical sourcing plans and supplier decisions. Identify and deliver cost, value, and performance improvements including should-cost analysis. Success means measurable cost reductions, risk mitigation, and supplier value enhancement.
• Global Sourcing: Lead global and regional sourcing initiatives across multiple sites and countries. Manage RFx processes, negotiations, and supplier selection end-to-end. Optimize supplier footprint balancing cost, quality, lead time, and risk. Daily activities include supplier negotiations and cross-functional collaboration. Travel up to 30% globally, primarily to Europe, North America, and South America.
• Supplier Management: Own relationships with key global suppliers, monitor performance on cost, delivery, quality, and service. Drive supplier improvement, capability development, and qualification of new sources. Conduct regular supplier reviews and resolve escalations from internal stakeholders.
• Risk & Continuous Improvement: Identify and mitigate supply risks including single source, geopolitical, and capacity risks. Support continuous improvement and adoption of procurement tools and data analytics to enhance decision-making. Contribute to global procurement standards and leadership communications.
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world-class safety culture.