Senior Specialist, External Supply

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze & interpret demand generated via Corporate ERP system and internal Planning requests to respond to operational packaging needs as required to optimize purchasing activity for inventory & non-inventory items.
• Maintains and monitors current weeks of supply inventory levels of assigned categories in MRP to meet required inventory targets and to minimize inventory exposure due to obsolescence and/or component expiration dating.
• Create and maintains a component supply plan for suppliers as assigned.
• Manage Component Launches with applicable Suppliers as required.
• Partner with suppliers to ensure component supply arrives as per the supplier order confirmation. This may require following up with external suppliers outside of weekly supplier meetings as requested by Sharp planning to confirm specific component arrivals.
• Manage the inbound freight process of their PO's ensuring suitable delivery & value.
• Build, manage and maintain supplier relationships and performance through regular communication, weekly supplier meetings, on-site Business review meetings, component supply plan development and supplier site visits.
• Prepare and Present key feedback and data to supplier and relevant internal SPSUS groups during day-to-day interactions and monthly at SPSUS master component production meeting.
• Identify and communicate supplier component supply risks and issues jeopardizing supply. Escalate and work with Strategic Sourcing as needed to reduce and mitigate repeated supplier issues and failures.
• Reviews & authorizes payment of invoices in the event of a variance between supplier invoice and the SPSUS purchase order.
• Maintain and monitor supplier relationships and performance through regular communication, weekly supplier meetings, on-site Business review meetings, component supply plan development and supplier site visits.
• Request supplier price quotations for new business or strategic price benchmarking purposes.
• Award new business to existing suppliers when required.
• Manage the notification process to suppliers for SPS Nonconformance’s (NCR's) using Veeva. Ensures supplier investigation response is returned and uploaded into Veeva by required due date.
• Arranges the return of rejected materials & coordinates the delivery of replacement material if applicable to meet Sharp's master production schedule.

Education and/or Work Experience

• A bachelor's degree in business administration, business management or supply chain is required.
• A minimum of five (5) to six (6) years of relevant planning and purchasing work experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
• A candidate currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in business administration, Business Management and/or Supply Chain will be considered.
• General knowledge of FDA regulations related to cGMP in a manufacturing/packaging environment is desired.