Job Description

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• Key responsibilities -
• Partner with key stakeholders to create and deploy global sourcing strategy to drive world class Casting & Machining supply chain performance, align supply chain commodities and strategy to objectives for sustaining production, new product development & introduction, and research & development activities
• Create and manage strategic supplier partnerships to ensure continuous performance expectations are met and year over year productivity targets are achieved by conducting proper supplier management techniques
• Lead key negotiations and contract development, support strategic sourcing and VAVE initiatives and drive project implementations with functional groups and suppliers.
• Early engage in NPD development phase, identify and mitigate supply chain risks, meet target costs and support new product launch on time
• Understand the Casting & Machining market and Casting & Machining supplier base thoroughly, work closely with engineering to influence technical design decisions to meet technical capabilities, cost, and business objectives
• Build partnerships and develop relationships with key category suppliers and subcategory suppliers), function as Subject Matter Expert for Casting & Machining and manufacturing processes in both the technical aspects and overall industry knowledge
• Work with Engineering to align Casting & Machining Strategic sourcing roadmaps to long term sourcing strategies.
• Proactively manage supply chain risk at Tier1/2/3 level and product EOL to ensure supply chain continuity
• Conduct and lead business reviews with key suppliers.
• Develop and lead Casting & Machining supplier roadmap and mitigate inflationary risk & secure supply
• Execute strategic supply agreement on ensuring supply continuity, establish a strategic approved vendor program for key components
• Lead RFQ and quote analysis, supplier auctions, evaluates vendors' capability, quality, reliability and price competitiveness
• Keep current on commodity market, cost drivers and economic outlook to guide strategy, perform data analysis on commodity spend, supplier performance and market intelligence.
• Develop and implement long-term commodity strategies to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and offer world class customer service to key stakeholders, Make vs. Buy analysis
• Oversee suppliers to continuously improve quality, cost, delivery and service to support supply chain operations
  
  You should:

• Have earned a Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering related field
• Have 5+ years sourcing experiences with considerable understanding of procurement concepts, principles, and practices
• Have 5+ years of strong commodity management and strategic sourcing experience in Casting & Machining and direct experience in developing & executing Casting & Machining strategy
• Demonstrates experience and results in negotiating with suppliers on master supply agreements, inventory agreements etc.
• Have sense of urgency and be a self-directed leader, excels in a team environment, engage cross functional teams to deliver results.
• Excellent communication/analytical skills and project management skills
• Strong negotiation skills, experience in developing and negotiating supplier legal agreements
• Practical experience working in ERP or other business planning system

Be able to travel up 20 - 40% of time
Diversity and Inclusion:
With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity.
We take ongoing action to improve the diversity of our workforce by:

• Ensuring leadership involvement and ownership
• Attracting and retaining diverse talent at all levels
• Fostering a globally aware, inclusive culture
• Ensuring our practices are fair and non-discriminatory