Sourcing Leader

Parker • Indianapolis, IN

3d

About The Position

The Sourcing Leader is responsible for strategies and negotiations on a defined set of commodities that support current corporate and regional metrics including, but not limited to, profitability, cash flow, sales growth and risk reduction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in one of these academic focus area: Business, Supply Chain, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
• Three (3) to five (5) years of sourcing experience
• Experience with direct contract and price negotiations
• Demonstrated past success in global sourcing and value analysis with external suppliers
• Understanding of MRP Systems, specifically supply chain transactions and master data
• Microsoft 360 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Three (3) to Five (5) years of chemical sourcing experience dealing with chemical commodities
• Certified Purchasing Manager
• ASQ or IASSC Green/Black Belt
• 2nd Language: German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish

Responsibilities

• Coordination, development, communication and implementation of commodity and negotiation strategies.
• Strategies will focus on Total Cost of Ownership, Risk Reduction and current corporate and regional metrics.
• Responsible for negotiating complex business agreements and other contractual instruments with a global supply base.
• Drives all key sourcing decisions on global supply base for their set of commodities, whether domestic, near shore or offshore.
• Responsible for communicating and managing changes in demand and/or material costs for raw materials by maintaining close communications with the supply base, sales, technology and manufacturing entities.
• Management of these changes includes expansion/contraction of supply base and insource/outsource of manufactured products.
• Active collaboration with international regional counterparts to make effective supply decisions, leverage global volumes and identification of cost reduction opportunities.
• Identification and management of issues related to flow, turn, and economic order quantities, length of supply chain, storage requirements, and obsolescence.
• Development and implementation of risk reduction activities for their set of commodities.
• Travel to global manufacturing facilities and suppliers to facilitate strategy development/implementation, negotiations, development of global relationships and supplier manufacturing site evaluations.
• Travel may be up to thirty (30) percent of the time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level