VP, Strategic Sourcing
Key Outcomes
- Meet all strategic supply chain requirements of the organization which include on time d, total cost, engineering compliance, and help build ongoing lasting relationships with key suppliers that are mutually beneficial
- Build a strong team of professionals that can continue to improve supply chain objective sin to the future
- Achieve annual strategic cost reductions.
- Create supplier partnership interactions that are seamless and aligned
- Insure cost targets are met in alignment with strategic objectives
- Support change management – Source parts within standard Symbol timing.
Key Responsibilities
- Create a vision for and execution of Global Strategic Sourcing
- Implement standard processes, category management, engage low total cost suppliers, risk mitigation, supplier relationship management
- Maintain/improve QAD strategic sourcing parameters
- Deliver Materials cost reductions, through strategic sourcing activities (including make vs. buy analysis) for all Autocar platforms.
- Work with GVW group finance to launch project “quantum leap” for incremental business cost reductions.
- Manage supplier price increase requests related to strategic sourcing activities (e.g. tariff/material markets/logistics)
- Support Autocar Parts via negotiated contract terms and with delivery/performance issues involving shared suppliers
- Negotiate long-term agreements with all Suppliers
- Source/negotiate capital equipment purchases
- Identify and leverage new suppliers/technologies to establish competitive advantage for the company
- Actively identify and move parts to VMI (pull replenishment)
- Execute “fix or leave” strategy for bottom ten supplier performers
- Manage chronic supplier delivery/quality issues as identified by planning, quality or purchasing
- Sponsor supplier technology reviews and summits
Key Traits
- Cross-functional collaborator and communicator
- Negotiations Excellence
- Analytical excellence, with ability to see problems well in advance
- Customer focus: Understand and monitor the needs of internal and external customers of the Procurement functions
- Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs in a fast paced environment
- Ability to manage large, complex projects and break them down and execute into manageable pieces Detail oriented, able to link actions to effects
- Strong multitasking skills
- Proven Leadership skills
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience; Masters preferred
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate well with all levels of the organization
- 15+ years’ of relevant work experience in global supply chain & procurement, sourcing, Quality Control
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Proven ability to drive cohesion and collaboration among many different people & functions
- Confidence, presence, and credibility to command the respect of colleagues and senior stakeholders, especially within Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Services, Logistics, and Finance
- Adaptable / Flexible – being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances
- Organizational skills, with ability to manage competing priorities
- Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and MS-Project skills
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