Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Description:

SUPPLIERS MANAGEMENT :

• Conduct ongoing market research to identify potential vendors and maintain knowledge of market/industry trends.
• Establish connections with those vendors.
• Find new packaging suppliers (and occasionally ingredient suppliers) for new projects, back-up suppliers for existing Packaging items, new cost effective suppliers for existing items. This includes : find serious candidates, check capabilities (manufacturing location, warehousing, lead time, colors, industrial volume…), requesting quotes, review and compare quotes to keep only serious candidates to present to R&D team for further trials.
• Organize, with R&D, the purchase of material for trials.
• Attend meetings with vendors and take minutes.
• Organize trips to merchandising events and make travel arrangements as required.
• Establish with suppliers beneficial relationship and purchase agreements
• Assist with periodic forecasting analysis and review annual needs
• Update relevant databases in the ERP (Updating cost for existing item as well as new item cost…)
• Participate in standard cost determination;

KPIs : Implement and roll out procurement key indicators.

REPORTING : Assist in preparing Procurement Reports, Help filling Norac group pricing analysis…

OTHER :

• Help implementing MRP
• Perform routine administrative tasks for the department.
• Help building tools to improve overall functioning/reporting of the department.
• Any other relevant duties as assigned by the Corporate Procurement Manager from time to time (ingredient sourcing….).

Requirements:

•Bachelor minimum,

•3 – 5 years preferably of related work experience in procurement and/or packaging within the manufacturing industry

•Ability to negotiate, analyze, improve processes.

•Advanced Excel skills (pivots, v-lookups, and data manipulation)

•Proven ability to communicate effectively across multi-site operations within the US and Internationally

•Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task will be essential

•Experience in operating in an ERP (Sage X3, SAP…) and proven ability to make improvements in the ERP

•Ability to be autonomous

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