Job Description:
•  Manages $30+ million of spend of electrical or mechanical commodities associated with new products being developed and introduced to market.
• Responsible for representing the supply chain function while working with engineers.
• Operate in a global environment while managing high complex, low volume products.
• Evaluate bids, selecting and recommending suppliers.
• Evaluate risk in the Supply chain and working with Corporate Supply chain to advert issues.
• Negotiate and award contracts.

Qualifications:
• BS degree in Business, Supply Chain or Engineering.
• 6 years experience in Procurement of direct materials in a manufacturing environment with increasing levels of responsibility.
• 3 years experience purchasing environmentally sensitive materials while developing and supporting ongoing cost reduction programs.
• 4 years experience issuing RFI’s and RFP’s. 
• 5 years experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Additional Skills:
• MBA Preferred.
• Certification from Institute of Supply Management.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.
• 3 years experience with PeopleSoft Purchasing or Oracle.
• Ability to track product cost changes as the design changes.
• Experience negotiating claims and resolving disputes with suppliers.
• Experience performing financial analysis for purchasing.
• Demonstrated experience forecasting requirements, issuing periodic reports on trends, negotiating pricing, discounts, and contracts.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully buying in competitive environment of commodity price escalation while maintaining or improving material pricing.