Regional Sourcing Manager

About the role

Act as the primary contact and relationship manager while supporting the global strategic sourcing team to develop, prioritize, and execute “in-region” sourcing initiatives that reduce supply chain complexity, achieve material productivity targets and support the global operations with best in class supplier on-time and quality performance.

Responsibilities

• Supplier on-time, delivery, cost and quality performance management within supplier portfolio
• Execute high-level spend analysis and part level cost analysis to identify trends and patterns for global reporting and communicating areas of cost savings opportunity
• Lead change management exercises that impact suppliers within portfolio in support of sourcing strategy execution
• Act as the primary relationship manager within region and commodity portfolio
• Project Management of supplier performance improvement, cost reduction, and sourcing projects in region
• Support buyers and supplier quality engineers as the escalation point to suppliers within portfolio
• Understand the requirements of all internal customers related to the specific commodity group and support those customers with resolution of any Supply Chain related issues
• Understand supplier capabilities and capacity to secure uninterrupted and reliable supply
• Understand commodity market in the applicable region and provide regional expertise & input for definition of global sourcing strategies
• Facilitate communication between engineering, operations, and suppliers for Supply Chain related issues and opportunities
• Support supplier quality engineer and suppliers with supplier audit process and part qualifications
• Establish & maintain procurement, inventory, IP and confidentiality agreements for existing suppliers

Core Competencies

• Drive for results
• Problem Solver
• Communication Skills
• Technical Aptitude

Qualifications

• Education: Post-secondary education or equivalent experience required
• Related Experience: 5-7 years supply chain experience (ideally experience in the Electronic market)

Contacts & Communication

• INTERNAL: Senior management, Purchasing, Engineering and Manufacturing team members
• EXTERNAL: Suppliers

Pay

$86,800 - $100k

Schedule

Full-Time