Commodity Sourcing Manager
Contract Type
Permanent
Country
ITALY
Location
Parma
Your opportunity
The Commodity Sourcing Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of commoditystrategies and supplier management in assigned spend categories. He performs sourcing activities for a setportfolio of spend categories at a global and/or local level to achieve commodity results and ensure compliancewith the Group Strategy.
Your Mission
1. Lead, develop and implement global commodity strategy for assigned spend categories
2. Analyze spend in assigned spend categories
3. Monitor the market through constant benchmarking in order to continuously improve costs, quality, delivery
and technology
4. Help to define the annual savings forecast, identifying risks and opportunities
5. Implement the saving action plan to achieve the assigned annual cost saving target
6. Promote and lead cost reduction activities and alternative products/ solutions, towards internal stakeholder
and Suppliers,
7. Manage Supplier Relationship at global level, monitoring trend of KPIs and setting necessary corrective
actions
8. Negotiate long-term contracts with Suppliers, at global level, that set out prices, quality standards, costreduction
9. improvement along agreement duration, delivery times, and commercial terms and conditions
10. Communicate effectively and manage relationships with relevant internal stakeholders, to contribute to the
cross-functional projects
11. Ensure compliance with the sourcing processes
12. Enter relevant sourcing data in SAP for new product codes and pricelist updates
Your Profile
13. Master Degree or equivalent
14. Degree in Engineering is preferred; Business/Economics is also accepted
15. English - Fluency in French, Italian and/or Chinese is an advantage
Required experience and skills:
16. Min 3 years in strategic sourcing in an international manufacturing company
17. Knowledge of the Transmission market/product categories is a plus
18. Experience in manufacturing environment or sales is a plus
19. Experience in international negotiations, contract and claim management
20. Experience outside of own country of origin is a plus
21. Very good negotiation skills as key element in order to communicate with both suppliers and
other stakeholders