Sr Manager, Procurement
Job Number: 9855
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About This Role
Senior Procurement professional with significant experience. Implements Supply Chain strategies, processes, and operational plans in support of Procurement goals. Develops programs for effective vendor selection and management to minimize the organization's purchasing costs without compromising quality or reliability of supply. Manages and resolves client issues and problems.
Job Description
Integrate global category strategies with program deliverables
Partner with engineers on assigned programs to ensure product design includes the category sourcing strategies for concept and engineering check samples
Prepare and process requests for quotation, requisitions, and purchase orders to support prototype unit builds.
Project management of supplier activities for assigned commodities and deliverables for program passports.
Represent supply chain function on cross functional program team. Responsible for delivering program milestones on schedule and product cost at target.
Facilitate smooth transition of the program to the factory purchasing and materials teams
Determine inventory stocking and logistics strategies for suppliers with lead times longer than market driven customer lead time requirements
Assist and execute cost reduction strategies and projects
Collaborate with category teams to develop regional, alternate qualified sources to ensure a resilient supply chain
Periodic leadership updates of program status of supply chain deliverables
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree
10+ years of purchasing experience or a cumulative 10+ years purchasing and operations experience
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time (internationally as needed)
Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree
HVAC industry experience
PMP Certification
Material Requirements Planning (MRP), inventory management, factory assembly processes and bills of material
SAP experience
Energetic and success driven
Spanish verbal and written communications skills
Ability to be persuasive and make management presentations
Succeed in the day-to-day management of competing priorities
Technical knowledge / understanding of the commercial HVAC product industry or ability to learn expeditiously
Organized with attention to detail, follow-up and follow-through skills
Advanced quantitative spreadsheet analysis skills to organize and analyze data efficiently
Job Number: 30201326
Community / Marketing Title: Sr Manager, Procurement
Location_formattedLocationLong: North Carolina, US