Purchasing Senior Specialist

About the role

This position supports the maintenance of high levels of service and parts availability for Honda and Acura Genuine parts by managing on-time delivery, shipment integrity, and maximizing service levels while minimizing backorders.

Responsibilities

• Supplier On-Time Delivery Management, DTR’s, Components: Manage day-to-day activities with suppliers to ensure high level of parts availability, with minimal past due deliveries.
• Collaborate with other departments/experts for development or improvement of characteristics to reduce impact to the department(s).
• Support reporting and Gemba activity for root cause analysis / countermeasure implementation to solve complex problems with suppliers to improve delivery performance.
• Manage within Department closure speed and effectiveness guidelines.
• Backorder Prevention/Resolution: Identify, evaluate, and establish mitigation plan for supplier critical issues to ensure no impact to customers.
• New Model Parts Availability: Support (Low to moderate complexity on commodity part) Identify, evaluate, and establish mitigation plan for supplier critical issues to ensure no impact to new model launch.
• Strive for continuous improvement through PDCA for area of responsibility (Delivery and/or Special projects) to ensure associate success.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

• Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or equivalent related experience.
• Minimum Experience: 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Other Job-Specific Skills: Seeks out feedback and demonstrates ability to learn and expand knowledge outside of one's assigned area; provides timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge / skill needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem; presents key issues / information across levels or organization units / departments in a clear and organized manner both verbally and through appropriate documentation; conducts meetings in an effective and efficient manner (preparation, coordination, facilitation, follow-up); manages the work environment in a clean, uncluttered, safe, and well-organized manner to help reduce waste and optimize productivity; identifies value streams and makes specific improvements in the work methods within the team; understands connectivity of work to Company and Department strategy and contributes ideas based on own experience; understands and analyzes information to identify trends, issues, problems, or opportunities and takes action to solve a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity; formulates clear decision criteria, evaluates options by considering implications and consequences, and can choose an effective option in a timely manner.

Pay

Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.). Regional Bonus (when applicable). Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx). Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown. Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability. 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution.

Schedule

Must be able to work overtime, when/if needed to support department metrics. Work in a fast-paced environment with demanding and critical deadlines. Travel 10%.