Program Manager, Strategic Sourcing NPD

Program Manager Strategic Sourcing NPD

Work Mode:Onsite

Location:Onsite four days per week - Kohler WI

Opportunity

As aProgram Managerwithin the K&B NPD Strategic Sourcing team you will manage a team of Sourcing Leads and oversee a variety of like-categories. You will be accountable for the successful execution of all development projects within your categories responsible for ensuring strategic alignment with all necessary stakeholders and counterparts responsible for resource development and allocation within your team and accountable for sourcing readiness in regards to future requirements of your managed categories. You will be charged with ensuring all Sourcing Deliverables and activities are completed within project timelines; including but not limited to engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs translating and executing category sourcing strategies negotiation related to inputs into Total Delivered Cost and risk mitigation related to contracting IP protections and supply addition to managing and developing your team this role is expected to step in as an individual contributor when needed to drive critical work forward. This role is ideal for an aspiring leader who enjoys both developing people and staying close to the work through direct contribution.

• Lead the assigned strategic sourcing function within cross-functional product development teams ensuring alignment of category strategies supplier selection and execution to overall program objectives.
  
• Manage and develop a team of sourcing professionals providing direction coaching and prioritization to ensure successful delivery of NPD project milestones and sourcing outcomes
  
• Own category sourcing strategies and execution across assigned areas guiding the team in cost modeling supplier negotiations and contract development to meet target cost and business objectives.
  
• Ensure successful execution of sourcing deliverables across all phases of product development stepping in directly on critical initiatives or complex workstreams as needed to drive results
  
• Oversee supplier development and performance activities ensuring alignment to project timelines quality expectations and long-term strategic capabilities
  
• Lead cross functional alignment with Engineering Project Management and Operations to proactively manage risk resolve issues and ensure sourcing readiness for product launches.
  
• Drive financial performance of sourcing initiatives including cost savings avoidance and value engineering ensuring delivery against program targets
  
• Provide leadership in contract strategy and negotiations ensuring appropriate balance of risk intellectual property protection and supply continuity
  
• Establish and continuously improve sourcing processes tools and best practices to enhance team effectiveness and overall organizational capability
  
• Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships to enable effective collaboration influence decision making and resolve conflict
  
• Stay closely connected to market trends supplier capabilities and industry benchmarks guiding the team in applying this knowledge to sourcing strategies
  
  

Required Competencies

Business/Technology

• Understand legal Interpretation of contract T&Cs and proficient in working with Domestic & International in the Acquisition and/or re-sale of Intellectual potential differing needs between Internal & External exceed customer expectations by dealing with internal complexities across multi or global organization in a manner invisible to customers.
  
  
• Ability to construct and manage complex sophisticated commercial arrangements; Experienced in negotiating/managing point-to-point purchase to construct value stream (profit margin) industry maps utilize advanced financial techniques (commodity hedging) and build market comparable cost analysis.
  
  
• Ability to create spend category strategy with the understanding of interdependences risks and impact of strategy by business to develop & implement contingency planning processes.
  
  
• Provides solution/alternatives to improvement initiative to undertake improvement opportunities that are global in scope and complexity setting strategies for process improvements that impact the work product of the one company one process in implementing continuous improvement opportunities within the supply base.

Interpersonal

• Communicates departmental vision and goals creating atmosphere of open presentation opportunities for developing talent visibility with senior undertaken are significant in scope and supports change opportunities to maximize personal departmental and/or company performance.
• Influences relationships proficient in market research and capable of reacting to the speed of the and capitalizes on team dynamics seeking out both internal and external opportunities for a team critical relationship building opportunities.
  

Managerial

• Lead a team of sourcing professionals responsible for continuous development of team and accountable for results of team performance. Collaborate in refining of NPD Sourcing vision refreshing of annual objectives defining of required initiatives and setting and managing of required KPIs.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management Operations Business or Engineering
• 6 years of professional experience and 6 years purchasing experience
• Ideal candidate will have 2 years of formal or informal supervisory experience
• Previous SAP and Supplier Management Portal (specifically Jaggaer) experience preferred
• Travel: Approximately 15%

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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means youll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job with no waiting period. The salary range for this position is $118650 - $183650. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience their education and the work addition this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.

Why Choose Kohler
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing access to career growth and development opportunities a diverse and inclusive workplace and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30000 bold leaders across the globe were driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious healthy and sustainable lives.

About Us
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