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
* Lead, develop and implement global commodity strategy for assigned spend categories
* Analyze spend in assigned spend categories
* Monitor the market through constant benchmarking in order to continuously improve costs, quality, delivery
and technology
* Help to define the annual savings forecast, identifying risks and opportunities
* Implement the saving action plan to achieve the assigned annual cost saving target
* Promote and lead cost reduction activities and alternative products/ solutions, towards internal stakeholder
and Suppliers,
* Manage Supplier Relationship at global level, monitoring trend of KPIs and setting necessary corrective
actions
* Negotiate long-term contracts with Suppliers, at global level, that set out prices, quality standards, costreduction
* improvement along agreement duration, delivery times, and commercial terms and conditions
* Communicate effectively and manage relationships with relevant internal stakeholders, to contribute to the
cross-functional projects
* Ensure compliance with the sourcing processes
* Enter relevant sourcing data in SAP for new product codes and pricelist updates
Your Profile
* Master Degree or equivalent
* Degree in Engineering is preferred; Business/Economics is also accepted
* English - Fluency in French, Italian and/or Chinese is an advantage
Required experience and skills:
* Min 3 years in strategic sourcing in an international manufacturing company
* Knowledge of the Transmission market/product categories is a plus
* Experience in manufacturing environment or sales is a plus
* Experience in international negotiations, contract and claim management
* Experience outside of own country of origin is a plus
* Very good negotiation skills as key element in order to communicate with both suppliers and
other stakeholders
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