Senior Manager – Global Sourcing

Senior Manager – Global Sourcing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in Category Sourcing, Regional Sourcing and or Global Sourcing roles with a demonstrated experience managing multiple categories and supply bases across multiple regions.
• Deep understanding of best-in-class procurement practices including extensive end-to-end experience in Sourcing process, Negotiations, Supplier & Industry Analysis, and RFx expertise.
• Experience leading global teams, across multiple regions.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop an effective strategy Manage for the assigned categories including the study and analysis of the market conditions, global technical and manufacturing capabilities to feed multiple FBIN sites, the best total cost of ownership to ensure that materials are purchased at competitive prices.
• Lead and execute supplier agreements to protect different FBIN businesses.
• Work with the Global Sourcing Team to embed a ‘Should Cost’ methodology into supplier negotiations.
• Build, recruit, mentor and train a high performing team that will support FBIN’s future strategy.
• Lead sourcing efforts to develop the lowest total cost of ownership, improving our competitiveness, service levels and quality position.
• Provide plans and deliver annual improvement goals for key performance indicators – cost, quality, delivery and working capital.
• Develop requests for quotations and proposals, analyze supplier responses, negotiate, and award contracts. Manage post-agreement supplier activities.
• Drive productivity by working closely with operational and supply chain champions, continually improving sourcing processes, driving standardization of common items, and eliminating waste in the supply chain.
• Support the new product development process as necessary. Work directly with Sourcing New Product Design Team to provide a clear supply chain/sourcing strategy to support the new product initiative; evaluate potential suppliers to validate they can meet expectations.
• Manage the category sourcing aspects of the NPD process.
• Closely interface with Supplier Quality Engineering to ensure supplier quality performance meets FBIN targets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to develop a culture of teamwork.
• Relish change and possess a passion for excellence.
• Strategic planning/thinking skills, coupled with analytical and execution skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for interaction at all levels of the organization.
• Prior experience with Global supply base.