Senior Sourcing Specialist
Senior Sourcing Specialist
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Job Description
This position has responsibility for the global strategic sourcing and management process on categories of low to moderately complex or specialized materials and may include performing advanced analyses for commodity team assisting Senior Sourcing Manager / Senior Director with complex data gathering and analysis assisting with developing and executing sourcing strategies monitoring market movements negotiating agreements working with a broad base of business groups and resolving issues with suppliers. Position will also work closely with the Senior Sourcing Manager supporting more strategic complex or specialized categories
Additional Information
10% Travel
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys staff employees and business relationships.
Responsibilities
- With direction from Senior Sourcing Manager develop and implement sourcing strategies and plans for assigned packaging categories consistent with global commodity team strategies and all applicable Business Unit operating plans and objectives. This may include: Develop issue & analyze RFQs for assigned commodities or those areas directed by Senior Sourcing Manager / Senior Director.
- Under direction of Senior Sourcing Manager as applicable assist with implementing sourcing agreements which help to increase supply assurance and improve Sherwin-Williams competitive position in the market
- Negotiate and resolve any claims or disputes concerning a suppliers performance on categories managed.
- Develop and implement continuous improvement cost savings and risk mitigation projects and initiatives for assigned categories
- Identifying and developing new suppliers
- Ensure uninterrupted supply of materials
- Forecast pricing on assigned categories to provide top management with key information for determining future finished goods pricing and budgetary impacts.
- Management of established pricing (verification resolution of discrepancies etc.).
- Develop written category strategies for assigned categories
- Ensure strategy alignment with Package Engineering Operations & Marketing with total cost and assured supply objectives
- Communicate to plants sourcing strategies and market conditions impacting material supply
- Ensure compliance with department policies procedures and applicable laws rules and regulations
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
- Must have Bachelors Degree or higher
- Must have four (4) years Procurement Supply Chain Marketing Technical Supply Chain or Operations experience.
- Must have experience to solve complex problems or issues
Must have proficient experience with Microsoft Office Suite: Excel Word Access and Power Point
Preferred Qualification:
- Have a have Bachelors degree or higher in business field
- Have Six (6) years of work experience with successful Procurement Supply Chain Marketing Technical Supply Chain or Operations
- Have experience with being a self-starter with an ability to work with minimal direction/supervision in a fast-paced environment.
- Have experience working with and influencing cross-functional teams and/or having experience in multiple functional areas
- Have experience with track record of increasing responsibility with strong performance and focus on cost savings and security of supply
- Have experience with being proficient with Oracle QAD Business Objects Zycus OBIEE Tableau or AOM
- Have experience with being Multi Lingual
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
