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 productiv...