Grammer is looking for a Regional Commodity Manager – Metals, Electronic / Mechatronic, Coverings, Foam Parts to join our Supply Chain Management team at our Queretaro, MX location. The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a team environment. This individual will have an opportunity to make lasting and positive changes in our Americas SCM Team!
What you will be doing for assigned commodities :
- To manage and optimize the assigned purchasing organization
- Leads the Commodity Buyers to ensure the execution of existing Supplier Contracts, manages resources, constantly monitor all relevant KPI´s on the achievement of targets, gap to target, actions to close the gap
- Understand the Metals, Electronic / Mechatronic, Coverings, and Foam Parts market and supplier base thoroughly while working closely with engineering to influence decisions to meet technical capabilities and cost
- Monitor RFQs for new sourcing projects and award business at or below target cost and sourced on time
- Responsible for strategic and tactical steering of the purchasing volume in the assigned commodity
- Develop high level relationships to ensure strategic partnerships with our suppliers
- Represent the commodity with all internal and supplier stakeholders
- Lead annual savings negotiations to continually drive savings initiatives in order to (over-)achieve the budget saving / ppv target
- Instrumental in developing budget, forecasting savings and reconciling savings
- Ensure the best price on a global supply market for all products in commodity
- Ensure of periodic benchmarking of supply base to ensure competitive market pricing; Execute negotiation or resourcing depending on market analysis
What you will bring along :
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related Business degree7+ years of experience with a Global Purchasing or Supply Chain Management teamDemonstrated experience in Purchasing Management, with an emphasis in Metals, Electronic / Mechatronic, Coverings and / or Foam PartsStrong collaborative leader and team coachEffective analytical and problem solving skillsStrong Excel, PowerPoint, and Word experience required, including the ability to create and manage advanced spreadsheetsKnowledge of Project Management and Supplier Quality ProceduresExperience with SAP preferredKnowledge in all aspects of cost and cost breakdownsExcellent Business EnglishIf you are interested in this position, apply in this same post with you updated resume.