What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Sourcing Buyer position at Attindas - US?
Attindas Hygiene Partners designs, manufactures, and markets absorbent hygiene products. The company sells adult incontinence and infant diapers, among other products, into the healthcare, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels under brands including Attends, Indas, and Comfees as well as a wide range of private label brands for retailers.
Mission: We champion health, dignity and comfort.
Vision: To be a global leader in absorbent hygiene by meeting consumers’ diverse needs through effective, affordable and widely available personal care solutions.
Our Values: Personal, Agile, Innovative, and Integrity
Job Summary:
This role is responsible for the end-to-end procurement of finished goods for Attindas' global business, encompassing project management from planning and execution to oversight, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. The position involves managing resources, tracking progress, mitigating risks, and maintaining strong stakeholder communication. A key focus is on continuously improving supplier relationships and cultivating cross-functional partnerships, which includes negotiating prices, ensuring timely delivery, and developing and reporting supplier KPIs. Additionally, the role involves defining, measuring, and tracking category spending for budget analysis and actively participating in cost reduction initiatives, supplier sourcing, and cost/price analysis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, maintain, and record internal and external supplier meetings
- Project Management: manage product, material, and supplier transition initiatives internally and with external supply base
- Special assignments (NDA/contract master maintenance, budget contribution, global policy & procedure alignment and creation)
- Finance Support (AP price validation, customer bid analysis, & project inputs)
- Update and maintain SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) tool
- Identify new products and/or suppliers in accordance with Category and Commercial prescribed needs.
- Report recurring KPI’s to suppliers: cost improvement initiatives, service, and forecast accuracy (including annual "Supplier Scorecard" process)
- Understand designated commodity’s market conditions, suppliers, demand/supply, innovations, feedstocks, and continuously identify opportunities for cost savings
- Partner with Category Management and Product Design teams to identify product solutions to our customer’s needs.
- Guide suppliers in their efforts to create and improve products and processes for Attindas.
- Project Management: guide suppliers in their efforts to create and improve products and processes in accordance with Attindas requirements.
- Project Management: oversee and manage RFQ’s (request for quote) and negotiate contracts for designated commodities
Required Qualifications:
- BS Degree 3 years of related work experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- BS Degree 7 years minimum in related field
