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About The Position

Requirements

• 4-year college degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or other equivalent major.
• A minimum of 5 years of purchasing experience or related field required.
• Previous SAP purchasing experience required.
• Extensive knowledge and ability to negotiate best vendor terms, pricing, and delivery dates according to budgetary and schedule requirements.
• Strong Excel skills, ability to work with large data sets, BOMs 1000+ SKUs deep, analyze proposals from vendors, and make recommendations for vendor selection.
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to stay focused on routine tasks with strong attention to detail, and good time management and prioritization skills.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to effectively problem-solve.
• Cooperative, team-oriented, customer service oriented, patient, calm under pressure, and able to work independently.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Source-to-Pay (Coupa, Ariba, Raindrop, etc) experience strongly preferred.
• Previous experience utilizing AI to automate routine tasks strongly preferred.
• Extensive experience with data analytics, building and maintaining KPIs, market trends and reports strongly preferred.
• Previous experience with new product launches is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Rapid sourcing and PO placement for new parts for prototypes and pilot packaging machines.
• Engage with engineering and program management on Engineering Changes (EC) and complex Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Manage tight timelines and frequent expedites.
• Source various technical categories of products including metal fabrication, injection molded plastics, pneumatics, motors, sensors, electronics, and other hardware.
• Proactively locate new sources for parts.
• Visit vendors, build relationships, and assess their viability for full-scale production.
• Support Indirect programs such as travel, forklift rentals, office supplies, facilities programs, and MRO.
• Add/remove users or assets.
• Train decentralized buyers on optimizing experience and reducing cost.
• Identify improvement opportunities and take initiative to execute them.
• Gather, cleanse, and organize spend data.
• Compile regular KPIs.
• Analyze trends in all Pregis categories.
• Track savings.
• Assist in implementing a new Source-to-Pay system, including administering training, assisting with adoption, and supplier onboarding.
• Collaborate with engineering and project management to review complex BOMs and bid out each SKU to appropriate vendors.
• Prepare sourcing analysis and recommendations for new BOMs.
• Communicate supply chain risks effectively.
• Place orders and expedite them, understanding and solving bottlenecks.
• Maintain the list of preferred vendors for various categories.
• Travel to visit vendors, evaluate their performance, and drive improvements under the oversight of the Procurement Leader.
• Prepare large bid packages, conduct RFPs, and analyze proposals.

Benefits

• The base pay is just one component of Pregis’ total compensation package.