Senior Sourcing Specialist

Company Description

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne, a cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench the thirst, well it was probably made by us, we are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Job Description

You will be responsible for:

• Strategically sourcing global corporate services in the areas of: IT, Marketing, Communications, Finance and Human Resources.
• Managing and executing procurement projects to support Global Corporate Services
• Ensuring best TCO and precisely meeting key stakeholder expectations & business requirements.
• Developing internal and external relationships to facilitate delivering the best value to the organization. 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develops and executes strategic sourcing activities for assigned spend categories, leveraging industry best practices, sourcing methodology and global partnerships whenever possible, under the supervision of the Procurement Manager of Global Corporate Services.
• Understands the various types of contracting agreements: MSA, SaaS, NDA, SoW, GDPR, etc.
• Works collaboratively with stakeholders to understand and define their exact business requirements.
• Proactively aligns, influences and educates stakeholders of best practices and best strategies to reach the stakeholder’s defined business requirements.
• Develops and executes RFI / RFP / RFQ activities for new and existing requirements.
• Procures services from vendor in a cost effective manner while remaining consistent with quality, delivery, and project priority
• Manages and monitors supplier performance in order to meet all quality and delivery requirements
• Proven track record of delivering great results with minimal managerial oversight.
• Identifies opportunities and executes sourcing projects across multiple departments/locations for standardization, preferred supplier utilization, cost savings and operational efficiencies.
• Researches and analyses quotations/proposals received and provides recommendations to stakeholders.
• Analyses and reports preferred vendor utilization, savings project completion, supplier savings validations, inflation, etc.
• Develops KPI’s /metrics including EBIT cost savings, working capital and inflation.
• Responsive to vendor and stakeholder issues (under-performance, non-payment, etc.) utilizing organizational savvy and problem solving skills.
• Builds trust-based, service oriented, value-added relationships with suppliers, stakeholders, teammates and cross-functional departments.
• Leads and/or assists special projects as required & assigned.
• Delivers cost savings to EBIT and Cost Avoidance targets.

SCOPE AND IMPACT

This position will provide hands on, direct support for the procurement of Corporate Services on a local, regional and global basis.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS 

This position reports to the Corporate Services Procurement Manager.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• 5 - 10% of working time

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, IT or related-area
• MBA Preferred
• 8 to 10 years procurement experience (proficient in negotiations, contract management, and strategic sourcing process)
• Proficient analytical and computer skills (Microsoft Suite, SAP, PowerBI, Ariba contract management, iValua)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Proven ability to persuade key stakeholders to utilize best procurement practices
• Strong strategic and analytical skills
• Ability to manage several strategic projects simultaneously
• Experience and success in working in a mostly remote/virtual environment
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong sense of prioritization in highly dynamic environments
• Hands on, can do attitude and self-motivated

Additional Information

Salary Range:  

The expected salary range for this position is between $82,200 and $102,800 a year.  Actual pay will be adjusted based upon candidate experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

O-I offers a very generous benefit package – some of the highlights are:

• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Heal