.At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.JOB SUMMARYResponsible for optimizing the overall cost of materials, developing supply base and Supply Chain strategies, negotiating pricing, terms and agreements for materials that are strategic or specific to the Business Unit. Supervisory responsibility for Purchasing staff within the workcell.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESAnalyze and project component purchase prices that accurately reflect the inventory value for a financial period in Standard Costing process.Assist hiring manager by participating in recruiting and hiring activities.Ensure that workcell Purchasing staff is given proper training, tools and resources to execute their job functions. Develop and facilitate workcell specific training.Optimize overall cost of materials.Support, execute and provide inputs to improve Jabil SCM initiatives and strategies.Improve sourcing options by working with Jabil's internal resources and customers to add Jabil preferred and or strategic suppliers to the customer's Approved Manufacturer's List (AML).Provide input to determine Quoted cost to the customer that is competitive yet maximizes the amount of Materials Price Variance (MPV).Continuously optimize MPV by reducing the cost of materials and by limiting unfavorable PPV/MPV. Work with BUM to obtain customers' authorization for additional expenses such as premiums on materials or freight and tooling charges incurred on customer's behalf.Monitor, track and provide feedback on suppliers' performance on overall cost, delivery and quality.Manage materials that are Business Unit specific and/or strategic.Understand suppliers, their capabilities, market trends and technologies for assigned commodities.Communicate Jabil expectations to the suppliers. Conduct supplier audit/visits, certifications and performance reviews to develop and continuously improve supply base.Develop Supply Chain strategies that are unique to customer or to Business Unit strategic materials. Understand customers' business requirements and work with Purchasing Manager and SCM to determine the best approach to meet the customer needs. Influence customer's supply chain strategies to leverage those of Jabil.Work with Materials Quote Analysts to quote new and existing materials. Frequently re-quote and negotiate to capitalize on cost reduction opportunities