Job Title: Sr. Associate Supply Chain Management
Job Code: 22107
Job Location: burg VA
Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description:
Supply Chain Professional with project and time management skills; ability to influence cross functional teams analyze supplier performance identify potential risks and recommend mitigation strategies; support industrial capability and capacity assessments; participate in supplier Kaizen events to influence change; participate in supplier business reviews and manage supplier relationships ensuring continuity of supply and quality of product
Essential Functions:
- Ability to travel up to 50
- Assist in development and implementation of supplier sourcing strategies through supplier assessments and rationalization
- Identifying key areas of expertise needed for a specific project and sourcing
- Manage supplier relationships and provide inputs into business reviews
- Manage analyze take appropriate actions and create risk mitigation strategies from Supplier performance
- Participate in onsite supplier performance improvements / Kaizen events and industrial capability and capacity assessments
- Support the Business Unit on supply shortages with appropriate escalation
- Partner with team members on negotiations (for best total cost of ownership make vs. buy analyses inventory reduction programs security of supply data analysis) and develop negotiation strategy (approach fallback positions acceptable terms and conditions contracts) through to closure.
- Establish a strong network and foster collaboration with sector/segment teams suppliers key stakeholders and category team members.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.Prior Purchasing Category Management or Project Management experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience with Kaizen events industrial capability and capacity assessments
- Technical Background
- Supplier or Customer interactions (internal or external)
- Excels in a team environment developing relationships and sharing knowledge
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook Excel Word Project and PowerPoint
Required Experience:
Senior IC