Job Description
Role Summary/Purpose:
The Sourcing Analyst - Raw Material and Fabrication will be responsible for Program management of key sourcing initiatives, cross functional project management, supplier delivery performance management, manage and support team to monitor key matrices (deflation, projects flow, RFQ management, Liasion with CFT to support supplier queries, database management.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Program Management of key sourcing initiatives including Sourcing Rules, Price Feed, Data Mart, Nucleus (benefits tracker) and other sourcing software for cost tracking.
- Commodity & Supplier Management:
- Support drive the strategy for the commodity
- Develop technical and regional supplier market intelligence.
- Build, qualify, develop, and manage the regional supplier panel including rationalization.
- Define and deploy supplier risk assessments including sole, single, and dual sourcing plans.
- Drive supplier performance reviews.
- Supplier Relationship Management:
- Manage relationships with regional suppliers.
- Participate in selection process of new suppliers.
- Request for Quotes (Off Cycle & Serial Life):
- Manages RFQ, offer evaluation, negotiation and contracting: frame agreements, off cycle and serial life contacts.
- Optimizes PO payment terms implements supplier payment process automation.
- Project Sourcing:
- Provides supplier vendor list to project buyers.
- Responsible for contracting suppliers that are new for the site.
- Contributes to final negotiations, ensuring leverage of scale affect across other ongoing projects.
- Validates supplier selection from project buyers and participates in the Project Sourcing Committee.
- Operational:
- Drives sourcing competitiveness for existing and standard parts.
- Responsible for re-sourcing in serial life.
- Responsible for contract amendments and re-negotiations.
- Intervenes in major supplier issues once escalated.
- MIS reporting
- New supplier onboarding (HICX)
- Commodity trend analysis
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably mechanical engineering) from an accredited university or college, 3 to 5 years of experience in Sourcing/Procurement, Program Management, or Supply Chain
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Desired Characteristics:
- Proven financial, quantitative and data analysis skills
- Familiarity with Sourcing Systems
- Ability to articulate both simple and complex situations in a concise and logical manner
- Ability to prioritize with strong attention to detail
Additional Information
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