Sr. Procurement Analyst

TheSenior Procurement Analysthas a key role in managing Finished Goods & Outsourced Metal Components for our Mauser North America spend $35 Million in Spend Management. This role works closely with our SIOP (Sales Inventory Order & Planning) Team to organize our supplier performance activities to meet our customer demand for FGs & Outsourced Components. Key supplier activities include delivery performance (On Time In Full) quality improvement & increase profitability (EIP Earnings Improvement Program).

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute sourcing strategy for the finished steel goods & outsourcing categories of about $35 million spend that will evolve based on business needs. Will work closely with Senior Leadership putting together sourcing plan & delivering our EIP Budget
• Collaborate with Sales Customer Service Finance Operations and Planning to meet day-to-day operational needs to increase supplier performance
• Participate in the Companys Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Process
• Maintain optimal inventory levels and take a proactive approach to understand planning issues and supply chain concerns as well as financial impacts
• Identify develop & execute savings opportunities including but not limited to supplier consolidation RFQ & fact-based negotiation
• Act as project manager and lead cross functional team to carry out project implementation
• Foster collaborative & effective communication between supply base and internal stakeholders (i.e. operations plant purchasing personnel quality engineering sales etc)
• Work with suppliers & business to ensure working capital initiatives (inventory management) & cash flow initiatives (improving payment terms)
• Determine and drive problem solving initiatives between Sales Operations and our customers

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree required in Commercial Supply Chain Finance or mathematics preferred. Masters degree is a plus
• 1-3 years experience in supply chain demand planning/forecasting inventory management or related field required
• Hands-on experience with modeling analysis and simulation tools required
• Strong analytical financial and decision-making skills with an eye for detail and the ability to problem solve
• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally and achieve business results through collaboration
• Capable of resolving escalated issues
• Knowledge and previous work experience with ERP systems is a plus
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills. Presentation and facilitation experience at all levels of the organization
• Results oriented self-motivated with a high sense of urgency and personal accountability
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (build charts/graphs pivot table sorting/filtering data formulas identifying trends/patterns in data)