Senior Buyer managing strategic purchasing for tabletop/porcelain at a leading crystal glass manufacturer. Overseeing supplier relationships and adaptation of procurement strategies based on market trends.
About the role
- Procurement Manager developing and maintaining procurement organization for TMEIC Corporation. Leading supplier management and strategic sourcing relationships to meet operational goals.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a procurement organization to meet Mid-Range Plan (MRP) commitments within a set of capital and human resources
- Lead the supplier qualification, selection, and recertification processes to meet all criteria to deliver products, materials, and services to specification
- Lead the supplier management program to ensure compliance with all Company metrics and global regulatory, product safety, ethical and regulatory compliance standards
- Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees to ensure successful procurement for the Company
- Develop and manage strategic sourcing relationships with key suppliers
- Lead negotiation of Master Service Agreements (MSA) with key suppliers for all project and identified non-project purchases
- Develop, implement, measure, and continuously improve methods to identify, optimize, measure, and monitor operational process quality and efficiency aligning with changing organizational needs and market conditions
- Ensure forecasts for future project and non-project supply demands are developed, communicated to suppliers, and fulfilled as committed
- Resolve supplier quality and on-time delivery issues in collaboration with business unit
- Provide global product sourcing services for parent and group companies, as requested
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, materials management, operations management or equivalent via education and/or work experience
- 5 years’ procurement experience
- Demonstrated experience in production and/or projects-based businesses
- Demonstrated experience leading teams to achieve business goals
- Demonstrated experience increasing cost and service competitiveness
- Demonstrated successful skills and experience negotiating contracts and T&C’s
- Demonstrated ability to understand technical products with respect to client applications
- Demonstrated material commodity knowledge
- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
- Proficiency in MS Office and an ERP system
- Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 15%, sometimes, with limited notice
- MBA or MS degree in field related to the Company’s business
- Demonstrated experience leading the corporate procurement function with multiple locations
- Supply chain management experience
- Inventory management experience
- Freight experience
- Oracle business system experience
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