Global Supply Chain Specialist
As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in developing and implementing supply chain strategies that enable our ambitious growth targets. With a focus on procurement, planning, and fulfillment, you will work closely with stakeholders to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services.
Responsibilities:
* Create effective sourcing strategies for assigned categories to reduce risk and meet targets for the purchasing department.
* Develop and maintain key internal stakeholder relationships to create strategic sourcing models that optimize the value of products and services that support business unit requirements.
* Communicate, manage, and drive compliance to sourcing strategies.
* Identify and execute cost reduction projects including planning, coordinating with stakeholders, estimating completion, and project updates.
* Perform advanced quantitative and business process analyses to identify financial impacts of decisions, cost improvement, and performance for assigned categories.
* Collaborate with stakeholders to define SLAs and KPIs for suppliers and measure the appropriate criteria, such as delivery of business results, cost reduction, quality, and timeliness of delivery.
* Conduct research, perform benchmarking, and gather market analysis for assigned categories.
* Create contract documents in collaboration with the legal department.
* Manage contracts to ensure the performance of the supplier to contract obligations.
* Understand interrelationships between contracts and terms while applying creativity and sound business reasoning to interpret application of contract to business needs.
Requirements:
* Advanced degree and 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 10+ years of experience working in one or more of the following: Engineering, Purchasing, Contract negotiation, Material or production planning, Operations or supply chain management, Material cost control, Master production scheduling.
* Familiarity or experience working with aerospace components, strong ability to read drawings and blueprints, with an understanding of manufacturing complexity, APICS certification, Lean Six Sigma certification.
Preferred Skills:
* Leadership and team building skills, problem-solving skills with a bias for speed and positive impact, ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs, exceptional analytical and organizational skills, excellent customer service skills, highly self-motivated.