Regional Category Manager Raw Materials ( Silver Contacts , Bimetals & Electrical Steel Category )

Schneider Electric•Nashville, TN

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Regional Category Manager (RCM) will be in charge of the Strategy and the Sourcing of the following categories: Electrical Steel, Thermobimetals, Silver & Contacts. Missions are structured around 3 axes: Strategy, Execution, and Performance Monitoring. The RCM will contribute to the definition of the category strategy as a permanent member of the Cross-Functional Team (CFT), ensure the implementation of the category strategy in the geographic zone, and track purchasing performance & suppliers management in the geographic zone.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related field required.
At least 5 years of experience in Category Management (not only sourcing) interacting with multiple regions and culture.
Knowledge of the strategy and the Sourcing of the following categories Electrical Steel, Thermobimetals, Silver & Contacts.
Experience in industrial and/or technical backgrounds (metals, non ferrous) is expected.
Experience with global strategy and the outputs of the global negotiations.
Strong capacity to interact in a multicultural environment.
Strong personal organization and open mindset (this role is involving a broad level of interaction with different functions engineering, industrialization, operational procurement, quality, continuous engineering, etc.)

Responsibilities

Perform needs analysis for different Schneider entities in all geographic zones and segment the category needs.
Perform in the geographic zone market analysis / intelligence and identification of market trends that could affect the pricing and supply.
Identify and propose to the CFT list of Strategic suppliers for the geographic zones as per needs segmentation.
Assess supplier risk (quality, bankruptcy, shortage,).
Contribute to the development and deployment of the global cost models, scoring models etc..
Drive dynamically the optimization of the supplier base.
Support the transversal projects related for example to sustainability, tools improvement etc.
Directly manage some Strategic suppliers as supplier leader and get involved in global negotiations with the supplier portfolio.
Support the others purchasers (new projects, operational buyers,) in their negotiations.
Drive your annual operational plan (APOP) and ensure acknowledgement and execution of the strategy.
Support the implementation of productivity (QVE -Quality value Engineering /CoS – Change of Suppliers) and identify new savings opportunities with the cross functional team.
Plan business reviews with Strategic suppliers located in their geographic zone & assign the task to the respective supplier leaders in the zone.
Follow up the supplier development and improvement actions plans (SAM status, service level and quality improvement).
Deploy supplier framework agreements with the Strategic suppliers located in their geographic zone.
Propose to the CFT evolution of the Supplier Orientation Chart based on the Evolution of the Category Strategy.
Lead qualification process for any new supplier linked to category.
Coordinate continuous actions plan with the CFT, to fight against creation of any new supplier out of their control.
Track the monthly performance for the suppliers in their geographic zone (Quality, Service, Productivity).
Handle most critical crisis with Strategic suppliers.