Job Description Summary

Job Description

Role Overview:

TheLead Sourcing Commodity Specialistis a key member of our Supply Chain and Sourcing organization responsible for developing and executingcommodity strategiesthat ensuresafety quality delivery and cost (SQDC)across a global supply this role you will own strategic supplier relationships lead sourcing events and commercial negotiations and drive cost productivity risk reduction and supplier performance improvement. You will:

• Define supplier strategy including management and optimization of supplier panels. Lead negotiations and allocate needs to specific suppliers. Negotiate terms and conditions and transmit information to Procurement. Manage claims. Includes commercial sourcing management such as data analysis negotiations support etc. This may also include purchasing activities.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills. Communication with direct colleagues and the business about design and coordination services rendered. Provides informal guidance to new team members. Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.
• Impacts projects processes and procedures in own field. The role operates with some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities/provision of advice within an enabling discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Activities require professional judgment but may require more senior levels of guidance.
• Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree inSupply Chain Engineering Business Finance or related field (or a high school diploma/GED with at least 6 years of experience in Commodity Management/Manufacturing)
• 5 years of experience instrategic sourcing supply chain procurement or commodity management
• Demonstrated experience withsupplier negotiations contracts and cost reduction initiatives
• Proven ability to manage aglobal supply baseand work across cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience inaerospace defense or other highly regulated complex manufacturingenvironments
• Strong knowledge ofcommodity management cost modeling and total cost of ownership concepts
• Demonstrated skills innegotiation influencing and stakeholder management
• Proficiency withERP/MRP systems sourcing tools and data analysis (e.g. Excel analytics tools)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in afast-paced matrixedenvironment
• Strongcommunication and presentationskills with the ability to brief leadership

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident U.S. Citizen have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e. a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

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