Sr. Spec, Category Management
Lynchburg, Virginia
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Job Title: Sr. Spec, Supply Chain Management
Job Code: 22103
Job Location: Lynchburg, VA
Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description:
Supplier Chain Professional with strong project and time management skills; ability to lead and influence cross functional teams, analyze supplier performance, identify potential risks and implement mitigation strategies; create and lead industrial capability and capacity assessments; lead supplier Kaizen events to influence change; conduct supplier business reviews and manage supplier relationships ensuring continuity of supply and quality of product
Essential Functions:
- Ability to travel up to 50%
- Develop and implement supplier sourcing strategies through supplier assessments and rationalization
- Identifying key areas of expertise needed for a specific project and sourcing
- Manage supplier relationships with effective communciation to suppliers while leading business reviews
- Manage, analyze, take appropriate actions and create risk mitigation strategies from Supplier performance
- Conduct on-site supplier performance improvements / Kaizen events and industrial capability and capacity assessments
- Support the Business Unit on supply shortages with appropriate escalation
- Develop and maintain supply opportunities through e.g. Design to Value initiatives, low cost sourcing
- Partner with team members on negotiations (for best total cost of ownership, make vs. buy analyses, inventory reduction programs, security of supply, data analysis) and develop negotiation strategy (approach, fallback positions, acceptable terms and conditions, contracts) through to closure.
- Establish a strong network and foster collaboration with sector/segment teams, suppliers, key stakeholders, and category team members.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience in Category Management.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Category knowledge in Cables, Connectors, Antenna’s, and Batteries preferred
- Experience in leading Kaizen events, industrial capability and capacity assessments
- Technical Background
- Supplier or Customer interactions (internal or external)
- Excels in a team environment - developing relationships and sharing knowledge
- Prior Purchasing, Category Management or Project Management experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Project and PowerPoint
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