Strategic Sourcing Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead sourcing efforts for assigned commodities, including supplier identification, selection, and onboarding.
• Develop and execute creative commodity strategies and commercial deals to achieve best in class performance in cost, supply and quality.
• Effectively engage with suppliers to negotiate optimal terms for master supply agreements and statements of work.
• Maintain strong relationships with supplier executive teams and own the escalation path.
• Monitor global supplier performance using defined metrics and organize supplier business reviews.
• Collaborate with pre-sales engineering teams on program early engagement to ensure technical requirements are met, appropriate capability exists within the supply base and supplier selection aligns with commodity…
• Ensure accurate purchasing throughout the global ERP system.
• Monitor and manage supply chain risk including identifying and addressing potential failure points.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in strategic sourcing and commodity management.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems with experience developing requirements,
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Exceptional negotiation and supplier relationship skills.
• Ability to switch between meticulous attention to detail and big-picture strategic thinking.
• Capable of thinking and staying focused under pressure.
• Excellent decision-making skills and comfortable dealing with ambiguity.