Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Europe

REPORTING TO: Platform VP of Supply Chain

Location: Hungary, Romania, or Czech Republic

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing will develop, prioritize, and execute short and long-term sourcing initiatives that optimize the supply chain networks and achieve material productivity targets.  Use a variety of tools to drive supplier delivery and quality improvements.  Align suppliers to Bettcher Industries strategic direction and ensure compliance to that direction over time.  Identify and develop strategic supply bases for critical components using Lean methodologies, while also reducing overall supply-chain complexity.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute sourcing and commodity management strategies that achieve quality, delivery, cost, and inventory targets within respective business units, with a focus on total cost of ownership savings.
• Analyze current market conditions, geo-political environments, and incorporate into commodity strategies to effectively mitigate supply chain risk.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers of assigned supply base, ensuring that the best total network cost. Contracts will include such items, as discounts, payment terms, shipping terms, stocking agreements, quality parameters, service requirements, supply chain connections and other items deemed valuable.
• Develop cost models and have clear understanding of cost drivers in each commodity and uses industry and commodity indexes to find cost savings funnel opportunities.
• Utilize 80/20 mindset to establish savings strategies and identify opportunities to reduce product and supply base complexity.
• Lead cross-functional project teams to implement re-sourcing initiatives and spend reductions.
• Manage Global supply base and incorporate supply chain management tools to continually improve supplier performance and drive internal efforts to resolve supplier issues.
• Evaluate new suppliers to minimum qualification requirements and create supplier development roadmaps to enhance performance.
• Assist in the creation and continuous process improvement of the Sourcing Playbook, employing the methodology throughout the business.
• All other duties assigned by Manager.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Degree from an accredited 4-year university required, with a BS in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or other related field.
• Prior sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• MBA or other master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum five years purchasing and sourcing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Supplier negotiation experience preferred.
• Strong analytical skills using Excel and other tools.
• APICS or CPM certificate preferred.
• Experience using an MRP system, Syteline preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Travel up to 25% of the time, domestic and international, required.

Essential Functions:

The physical demands, work environment and mental/visual demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

• Majority of time is spent sitting.
• Requires use of hands and arms at least 60% of the time.
• Lifting requirements are generally less than 10 lbs.  Manual lifting could reach the company maximum of 50 lbs.

 

Employment is contingent upon successfully completing both a pre-employment background check and a drug screening.

All candidates hired must be able to provide proper documentation of their eligibility to work in the US (I-9 form).

Bettcher Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans (M/F/D/V)