• Establish and drive procurement of material and services in alignment with business Leadership for your assigned commodity / category and/or region as per Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan.
• You will have global/regional Responsibility for driving competitive commodity and category supply strategies to achieve lowest Total Cost, reduced Working capital via Negotiation planning and execution, High Growth Region Sourcing, Value Engineering and Sole/ Single Source elimination.
• You will manage Supplier Performance to support your commodity/category and/or region and ensure supply continuity.
• You will be managing several projects in a dynamic global environment.
• You will ensure compliance with company business policies and procedures, Export /Import regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and execute Annual and Strategic Plan with supporting strategie
• Right and Fast execution of strategies to align with business Growth and New Product Introductions
• Manage Category and Commodity Strategies including spend analysis, Benchmarking, Cost, Market Analysis and Global Technology / Economic trends
• Ensure Relationship development and management with key Supplier Leaderships
• Align with Sales, Marketing, Technology, Business, Operations, Finance and Quality
• Manage Supplier selection, RFQ and RFI process, Negotiation, Contracting and supplier performance processes
• Ensure Relationship development and management with key Supplier Leaderships
• Manage Supplier selection, RFQ and RFI process, Negotiation, Contracting and supplier performance processes
• Apply effective Sourcing supplier risk assessment methodologies to ensure supplier continuity
• Improve Working Capital through Payment Terms extensions, Payment cycle optimization, Vendor Managed Inventories Inventory and Lead time reductions