Procurement Manager - ETO Cluster

SUMMARY

The Procurement Manager – NAM ETO Cluster, is responsible to lead, develop and operationalize the procurement plan for a group of plants of ETO cluster, by executing and delivering the supplier and financial performance for the a group of plants of ETO cluster. This position is a team management role to be based in Nashville, TN , with traveling necessary to perform the core responsibilities of the role. 

What will you do?

Productivity

• Ensures team remains trusted and accountable, with the Category Buyer, for the material productivity of the plant.
• Ensures effective monitoring and performing of the negotiation actions and their results.
• Supports the PPMs and Category Buyers for the management of technical and supplier change actions (identification and progress) with escalation  process within the purchasing function and/or the plant.
• Ensures identification, with the PPMs and Category Buyers, of new actions to reach the targets in term of productivity by lever
• Ensures right level of support to have accuracy of forecasted savings by challenging PPMs and Category Buyers – ensuring always that maintenance is being performed and to make it match the P&L reality.
• Provide leadership and ensuring accountable, with the monthly reconciliation committee (PPM, financial controller and Category Buyer, for consistency of productivity in forecast and in actuals.

Supplier Management

• Enables support for Plant Quality & Managers on supplier performance for critical cases, in internal escalation process after SQE and UPM’s implications
• Provides leadership to the PPM and Category Buyer teams to have them actively participates in the monthly Supplier Performance Meeting with the Plant.
• Provides leadership support with escalations related to short and middle term Quality & Logistic risks coming from supplier market.

Supplier Market

• Make sure that the Supplier Orientation Charts exist and are shared with the Plant.
• Supports the PPM and Category Buyer teams to informs the Plant about supplier market significant changes and warns the Plant if risks are identified.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Focusing on Supply Chain Resiliency
• Ensure Business continuity respective ETO(Engineering to Order) business scope
• Work closely with Supply Chain planning team and category management to ensure Resiliency program / capacity enhancement program in place for respective scope
• Work closely with Line of Business and NAM ETO industrial team to prepare future evolution of ETO Procurement function towards business growth and Industrial footprint
• Manage day to day operation with ETO specific suppliers for respective scope
• Ensure the involvement of the procurement function, the introduction of supplier strategies as earlier as possible in the project stage.
• Plan and deploy procurement levers to drive cost savings and performance improvement
• Drives productivity projects such as Quality Value Engineering (QVE), Change of Supplier (COS)/Rebalancing, Lean at Supplier.
• Formulate cross functional levers for Supplier performance, innovation, and sustainable growth with key stakeholder validation.
• Develop and maintain productivity forecasts
• Maintain and track performance dashboard; accountable for the consolidated cluster productivity performance
• Support & align development and execution of procurement categories strategy
• Support negotiation. Ownership of delegated global nego and regional categories
• Share Strategy, Supplier base and best practices with the organization.
• Maintains accuracy of Financial records at the cluster level and drive the Annual Procurement Operational Plan (APOP)
• Manage Regional cross functional team partnership with the Business Owners.
• Compliance to Procurement Excellence System (PES)
• Lead of team of 10+ procurement professionals across 5-7 plants in North America

Qualifications - External

This job might be for you if:

EDUCATION – MINIMUM REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s in Supply Chain Management or Engineering or MBA (Preferred – not mandatory)

EXPERIENCE/PROFILE – MINIMUM REQUIRED

• Minimum 5 years experience of ETO business
• Be able to navigate in a complex environment and organization
• Be able to connect with people and create strong networking in ETO organization.
• Be able to build strong relationship with Plant’s different teams.
• Be able to influence, convince and drive positive change management
• Customer Centric, Strategic Thinking, Decision Maker, Problem Solving
• Capability of handling multiple tasks and priorities
• Have full accountability and leadership of the topics managing end to end governance
• Navigate and adapt in front of different stakeholders and peers.
• Experience in procurement or category management
• Cross-cultural experience
• Effective communication – ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner internally as well as externally

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

• Business Continuity with No shortage
• Develop a strong pipeline of productivity to be implemented
• Annual Productivity (cost reductions) over spend in scope
• Supplier quality
• Supplier delivery performance
• Contractual coverage
• Innovation coming from suppliers
• Shift spend to appropriate cost effective global regions

What's in it for me?

• High-impact role where your expertise shapes procurement strategy and business success
• Supportive, innovative culture that invests in your professional development
• Leadership opportunities and access to cutting-edge tools and resources
• Flexible work arrangements that support your career and personal priorities

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