Senior Manager (Direct)

Senior Manager Direct manages the supply base for the total purchase volume of the assigned commodity. Aligns material strategies with internal business partners on requirements to optimize supply chain performance focused on productivity, quality, and availability. Delivers sustainable results to improve company bottom and top line.Key Responsibilities▪Leverage business Total Purchase Volume for your assigned commodity.▪Define commodity strategies for assigned spend considering the sourcing strategies but tailoring them to fit the business requirements.▪Establish best in class supply-chain-management processes focused on productivity, quality, and availability.▪Lead a virtual/disciplinary regional Commodity team for strategy development and implementation.▪Lead supplier management in commercial issues, supplier qualification, development, and overall relationship management.▪Apply supply market intelligence and Commercial & Technical Levers to drive strategy.▪Life-cycle responsibility and autonomy for delivering high quality, value for money components to the business, utilizing robust and objective nomination and sourcing processes that represent best-in-class practices.▪Accountability for cost and budget management for spend portfolios.▪Executing sourcing strategy.▪Negotiate Master Procurement Agreements, including pricing, terms & conditions, payment terms in alignment with Local / Regional Procurement.▪Lead regional commodity team and have oversight of projects.▪Drive/Monitor project progress and cost savings implementation.▪Utilize Supply Market Intelligence, spend Pooling, and all commercial levers and technical levers to drive productivity.▪RFQ of New/Existing Products, Quote & Total Cost Analysis, Component Review, Sourcing Decision.▪Utilization of company Sourcing tools for all new business award.Education and Experience▪8+ years of overall experience related to Procurement.▪Bachelors' degree or equivalent work experience is required for this role.▪Prior experience demonstrating strategic commodity management will be necessary.▪Excellent communication skills.▪Strong computer skills including Excel, PowerPoint.▪Successful experiences in negotiating with senior level managers.▪Demonstrated understanding of entire supply chain and cost drivers.▪Demonstrated data and financial analysis capability.▪Cross functional/organizational project management and facilitation skills (internal and external).▪Demonstratedself-starter.▪Experience with electronic purchasing tools.▪Solid continuousimprovementskills.▪A flexible approach to working hours and practices is necessary.