Strategic Procurement Lead

Responsibilities Include:

Sourcing for New Products and Risk Mitigation:

• Partnering with Product Design and Engineering to understand material and component requirements in detail.  Utilizing that in-depth understanding to investigate alternatives for commercial supply, including make/buy proposals and risk mitigation strategies.

• Identifying and assessing candidate suppliers for materials, components and services.

• Preparing and evaluating requests for proposal (RFPs) and requests for quotation (RFQs).  Generating recommendations for supplier selection that balance operational and commercial considerations.

Vendor Management: 

• Ensuring that suppliers provide raw materials on-time and within specification to align with our production and inventory management plans.

• Tracking vendor performance in the areas of quality, delivery and cost and driving vendor improvement plans.

• Negotiating commercial terms and resolving issues with suppliers including material defects and supply disruptions.

• Identifying and pursuing opportunities for improvement in production purchasing and logistics.

Supply Chain Planning: 

• Collaborating with Demand Planning, Production and Customer Service to coordinate material purchases and to pursue emerging market opportunities.

• Providing analytical support for production scheduling, inventory management and order fulfillment strategies.

• Exploring transportation modes, order quantities, lead times and replenishment triggers to optimize tradeoffs between time, carrying cost, inventory risk and production efficiency.

• Leveraging a deep understanding of which business processes can be implemented through Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and which processes should remain offline.

Continuous Improvement: 

• Soliciting and analyzing feedback from internal and external stakeholders to drive improvements in supply chain performance.

• Partnering with Quality, Production and Engineering to identify the root cause of raw material quality issues and working cross-functionally to propose and implement solutions that uphold quality, delivery and cost performance.

• Generating and assessing proposals for supply chain improvements including changes in suppliers, commercial terms, buying patterns and inventory management to support business growth.