Senior Sourcing Category Manager
Company: The Judge Group
Location: Louisville
Posted on: March 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Location: Louisville, KY
Salary: $120,000.00 USD Annually - $130,000.00 USD Annually
Description: Our client, a very top consumer products company, is
currently seeking a Senior Sourcing Category Manager. - Strong
team, culture, and career opportunity! -Senior Sourcing Category
Manager - - -Job Summary: -As the Subject Matter Expert for Power
Bases, this position is responsible to provide leadership of the
cross-functional development and implementation of Category
Sourcing Strategy, generating best in class values in cost,
performance, and technology for the assigned Category(s). The Sr.
Category Manager will be the direct interface to the supply base,
and accountable for supplier performance and management of all
strategic and tactical issues necessary to the Company's success.
Strategic Initiatives -- Accountable to lead cross-functional Teams
in the 6 Step Sourcing Process to develop and implement a Global
Category Sourcing Strategy for assigned Category(s), in alignment
with the Company's overall strategy and goals. This includes:
--- - - - - - - - - Industry Analysis, including Technology /
Innovation, Cost Drivers, and Competitive Landscape.
--- - - - - - - - - Spend Analysis - Total Landed Cost, Position of
Strength using Porter's 5 Forces, and multi-year category strategy
development.
--- - - - - - - - - Continuity of Supply - Risk Assessment,
Mitigation Plans, and Disaster Recovery.
--- - - - - - - - - Supply Chain Efficiency - SMI/Inventory DOS,
lead-time/fulfillment, excess/obsolete, and supply
consolidation.
--- - - - - - - - - Competitive Advantage - Obtain/secure material
innovation/technology for corporate use.
--- - - - - - - - - Internal Alignment - Accountable for Leadership
of regional purchases to align with the Global Strategy.
--- - - - - - - - - Leadership - Review and make recommendations of
category strategies from other category sourcing managers. -
Relationship Management -- Responsible for managing the internal
and external relationships associated with assigned Category(s).
This includes:
--- - - - - - - - - Ownership - Own the Supplier relationship of
assigned categories, from daily operational requirements to
facilitate/support of interactions between company and Supplier
senior level executives.
--- - - - - - - - - Involvement - Work cross functionally with
corporate Marketing, GPD and Operations Management to develop best
practices and earlier involvement with the introduction of new raw
materials and product lines.
--- - - - - - - - - Collaborate - Participate in cross functional
events to express the best interest of all Operations
functions.
--- - - - - - - - - Accountable - Responsible for owning and
enforcing the terms and conditions of the supplier contracts.
--- - - - - - - - - Development - Lead and mentor less experienced
sourcing team members on all aspects of category management. - -
Category Management -- Accountable to create opportunities to
achieve lowest system costs while maintaining the highest quality
and service performance to support operations. -This includes:
--- - - - - - - - - Competitive Benchmarking - Utilize RFx process
to develop price analysis and total cost models to identify and
understand cost drivers for base raw materials that comprise
targeted components in the Category. Initiate alternative sourcing
opportunities with new or current suppliers. -
--- - - - - - - - - Continuity of Supply - Resolve supply or
quality related problems for assigned spends (i.e. pricing,
expediting, scheduling of orders, investigating discrepancies, and
communicating updates to internal business partners.)
--- - - - - - - - - Supply Agreements - Negotiate contract terms
which establish various requirements to be awarded business,
including cost driver transparency, delivery lead-time/fulfillment
strategies, electronic system requirements, freight policies,
payment terms, component quality expectations, collaboration on
technology/innovation, and disaster recovery planning.
--- - - - - - - - - Performance Reporting - Responsible for
managing the supplier balanced scorecard and conducting periodic
cross-functional reviews with supplier and management.
--- - - - - - - - - Compliance - Implement and administer Supplier
operational compliance to global purchasing programs, addressing
any issues that may surface.
--- - - - - - - - - Component/Supplier Qualification - Coordinate
with New Product Development and Supplier Quality Engineering on
all new material specifications, development, and certification of
supplier manufacturing processes/facilities.
--- - - - - - - - - System Integrity - Maintain vendor master file
and vendor trade agreements for accuracy (including SKU's/part
numbers, pricing, nomenclature, shipping footprint, unit of
measure, lead time, payment terms, etc.), and Disseminate to the
plants and management as required.
--- - - - - - - - - Collaborate - Provide critical feedback loops
to Manufacturing and Planning on appropriate supplier capacities
for each facility depending on the complexity of the new
products.
--- - - - - - - - - Identify potential post-launch Value
Engineering (PPC) opportunities, providing support to PPC project
managers. Requirements: Ideal Candidate Possesses These
Attributes:
--- - - - - - - - - Highly collaborative with a strong focus on big
picture
--- - - - - - - - - Strong sense of self-awareness with high
emotional intelligence
--- - - - - - - - - Results oriented; driver of change and
progress
--- - - - - - - - - Passionate & self-motivated
--- - - - - - - - - Ability to influence, able to drive timely and
favorable dispute resolution Minimum Qualifications Required For
This Position:
--- - - - - - - - - Education: Bachelor's degree in Business,
Supply Chain, Finance, or Engineering or equivalent work
experience.
--- - - - - - - - - Experience: 10+ years of Sourcing, Engineering,
Operations, or Supply Chain experience.
--- - - - - - - - - Strong math, business analytical, and
presentation skills
--- - - - - - - - - Exposure to electrical component manufacturing
processes and best sourcing practices.
--- - - - - - - - - Ability to manage and prioritize critical
activities independently in a fast-paced continuously changing
environment.
--- - - - - - - - - Leadership Presence
--- - - - - - - - - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs is
required (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Project, etc.).
--- - - - - - - - - Ability to lead a cross functional team, strong
communication and relationship building skills required.Please send
qualified resume to: - lwertman@judge.com
Contact:
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