What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sourcing Specialist position at CCR Commercial Refrigeration Benelux?
Overview
In this role, you will be responsible for the designated commodities of direct materials & tools. You will be part of Platform Sourcing Team. You will manage several areas of sourcing including but not limited to Process Improvement, Reporting, Supplier & Stakeholders Relationship Management.
Responsibilities
- Communication and negotiations of commercial terms including prices, lead time & delivery terms with suppliers
- Adhere to sourcing guidelines, principles, policies ethical and standard operation procedures, report any deviation to the front-line manager
- Responsible of new supplier’s introduction including commercial assessment, market intelligence, analysis, due diligence, coordinate with quality on initial supplier quality assessment & financial assessment
- Strong cross functional leadership with European and US Engineering, R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality to localize component supply base
- Report bi-weekly spend & saving progress
- Lead Sourcing Projects within sourcing and cross function
- Provision of commercial advice and management of a range of sourcing activities with a long term view of spend management
- Close cooperation with site functions and internal stakeholders
- Close cooperation with R&D on new product launch & new project introduction
- Management & Plant Management on sourcing requests of direct materials
- Management and development of the supplier base including market analysis
- Support to develop commodity strategies with line manager & category manager
- Lead contract negotiations incl. evaluation of existing contract performance
- Monitor and manage the risks related to supply continuity
- Ensure the implementation quality KPI´s suppliers’ agreements. Implement, negotiate & agree on Commercial KPIs to enable performance management & improvement of suppliers programs
- Ordering prototypes and samples
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, economics or any related field
- 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing company as a buyer with good track of successful projects & achievements
- Proficiency in supply chain management principles
- Strong negotiation skills and financial acumen
- Understanding of the components and materials used in commercial refrigeration systems
- Pragmatic, Dynamic, Autonomous
- Problem solving - identify and solve problems quickly and efficiently
- Critical thinking, analytical and decision-making skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Fluent in English & Preferably German
- MS 365, especially EXCEL
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000