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. Examples include:
• Schedule agreement / control cycle.
• Automating purchase orders placement.
• Online quoting.
• Paperless record management.
• Drawing management/communication to suppliers.
• Development/improvement of existing reports, create new reports/tools/automation improvements.
Compliance
• Ensures department and staff operating procedures meet established business processes and guidelines.
• Develops and maintains applicable department work procedures and instructions.
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