Purchases/Sourcing Specialist

Job Description: 

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist will support category development, sourcing of finished goods and supplier relationship management for assigned areas of responsibility. The Strategic Sourcing Specialist will assist with finished goods and process selection for purchases, assist in locating and selecting suppliers for purchases per category strategies, negotiate prices, develop and administer contracts for assigned suppliers, develop suppliers, develop and improve large spend category strategies and major business processes such as business continuity and supplier selection to deliver annual improvements in total cost, quality and service, and support sites as needed. 

Major Responsibilities 

• Develop an expertise in the business needs and capabilities for major spend categories or key business processes. 

• Stay abreast of supply market trends, supplier economics, and best practices in sourcing. 

• Ensure training on and compliance with relevant company procedures. 

• Seek to improve capabilities of the supply base and/or key business processes. 

• Report performance data for assigned categories and/or key business processes. 

• Communicate, monitor, and manage compliance with sourcing strategy and/or business process. 

• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally to ensure full understanding and support of strategic sourcing key processes. 

• Manage performance of suppliers and ensure that performance issues are quickly addressed. 

• Champion annual productivity improvements by leading teams pursuing cost reduction opportunities in alignment with the sourcing strategy. 

• Contribute to the continuous development of sourcing knowledge base . 

• Partner with key stakeholders and partners to address technical issues for components and processes. 

Critical Success Factors or Scope or Responsibilities 

Knowledge of: 

• Purchasing procedures 

• Supplier manufacturing processes and production systems 

• Receiving and inspection procedures 

• Negotiation approaches 

• Statistical methods 

GLP’s / Personal Attributes 

• Excellent interpersonal skills 

• Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills 

• Creative & decisive problem solving 

• Proven ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result 

• Customer focus (internal & external) 

• Adaptable to meet rapidly changing priorities 

• Strong Credo values 

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics, business administration, operations or equivalent experience 

• APICS (American Production & Inventory Control Society) or CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager) certification preferred 

• 2 - 5 years procurement/sourcing experience preferred 

• 2 - 5 years of Materials / Supply Chain experience is required.