.Job DescriptionFunction:
- Manage core operational responsibilities (i.E., material master data maintenance, material planning, purchase order issuance and management) for department.
- Drive internal adoption to and compliance with established procurement policies and processes, and development of scalable business systems.
- Engagement with strategic sourcing to support supplier identification and development efforts, analysis of business proposals, contract negotiations, supplier database management and supplier business reviews / performance scorecard programs.
- Assist in driving key procurement initiatives to support ongoing business (CIP/WIN) goals and continuous improvement of systems and processes in the procurement organization along with other projects as directed by management.Roles and Responsibilities:Management
- Creates, trains and supports buyers on standard work, in order to maintain consistency in quality and quantity of work output.
- Purchase order approval.
- Capacity planning and balance of department workload.
- Select, train, and develop skill level of subordinate personnel.
- Lead buyers to meet target metrics.
- Management of overall team performance including annual appraisals.
- Responsible for effective implementation of relevant Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).Supplier Management
- Establish and ensure suppliers meet operational and project performance objectives.
- Engages and may lead specific supplier business reviews.
- Supports development of supplier strategies to meet Company performance and growth.
- Drive installation of business interruption mitigations and commercial agreements with selected suppliers.
- Completes key assessments for selected suppliers: cost benchmarking, quality system, capability and capacity reviews.
- Support (or lead where required) supplier forecast and performance reviews to support supply planning and buffer demand volatility.
- Project and production support.
- Track line down occurrences and perform root cause analysis.
- Implement corrective actions to remove supply chain risk.
- Ensure expeditious delivery of all critical materials; and drive improvement initiatives with project or production management as applicable.Cost and Contracting
- Complete annual cost reduction plans to achieve corporate initiative plan where required.
- Support (and may lead) implementation of business and quality agreements with selected suppliers to secure expectations for delivery, quality, cost and other obligations of the business relationship.
- Supports standard cost setting activities.Inventory Management
- Implement inventory management techniques (Kanban) to increase raw material inventory turns performance.
- Manage and provide critical inputs to excess and obsolescence reviews.Business Systems
- Increase productivity of buyers by reducing/eliminating administrative tasks with improved leverage of core business systems