• Manages commodity buyers, ensures staff availability, and grows the competence
• Leads commodity strategy activities as part of cross-functional teams (commodity strategy, technical road map, cost plan)
• Build Supplier Panel for the Worldwide/Regions operational requirements (project and production)
• Gatekeeper of the panel management process (in/out/NBOH)
• Ensure the technology and market expertise of the Sub-Commodity
• Keeps Garrett informed of all relevant technological and market trends and economic changes
• Communicates commodity strategy and ensures buy-in of interfaced organizations (Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality)
• Ensures platforms, customer teams' current and future needs are identified and answered by his sub-commodity strategy
• Builds and consolidates productivity action plans for its sub-commodity (Negotiation, VE, HLRR).
• Defines corrective action plans with Operations Buyers to ensure AOP objectives are met.
• Defines yearly negotiations objectives, conducts negotiations with suppliers, or assigns supplier accountabilities to regions/Commodity Buyer
• Validates negotiation results and concludes commercial agreements with suppliers

Skills: Commodity Strategy, Supplier Management, Team Collaboration, Market Expertise, Trend Analysis, Strategic Communication, Negotiation Management, Action Planning

• Lead recovery plans and execution when global supply falls short of demand.
• Resolve critical supply shortages by actively working with suppliers and internal stakeholders. 
• Establish and maintain close working relationships with senior management levels, both internal and outside suppliers.
• Lead high-level negotiations with suppliers to reach required demand levels.
• Identify and mitigate potential supply chain risks associated with suppliers.
• Lead the identification, assessment, and selection of suppliers to meet existing and emerging business needs. 
• Take responsibility for establishing and executing exit strategies.
• Define and implement initiatives to minimize future supply availability issues.
• Drive continuous improvements and efficiencies within the supply chain and ensure full support throughout the product lifecycle.
• Monitor commodity market trends such as new technology developments, product cost structures, market supply conditions, and competitive supplier landscape.
• Manage supplier relationships, develop supplier capability, and drive cost savings opportunities to achieve the KPI target
• Interface with cross-functional teams to support end-to-end sourcing activities
• Conduct contract negotiations, performance evaluations, and cost management

Skills: Supply Recovery, Stakeholder Collaboration, Supplier Negotiations, Risk Mitigation, Supplier Selection, Exit Strategy Execution, Continuous Improvement, Market Trend Analysis

• Report to the Global Sourcing Director and responsible for the annual plan for all indirect spend, and act directly in some commodities.
• Accountable for the definition of Global and Regional Purchasing Strategy for the Category and Subcategories to meet business requirements and compliance.
• Provide forward-looking guidance on trends, threats, and opportunities.
• Responsible for overall Supply Base performance in terms of Cost, working capital, and performance.
• Ensure that the organization is receiving the best standards of service.
• Negotiate all Global contracts and get involved/support on the Regional level (CAPEX and regular spend).
• Provide input to inform the top-down target setting process and drive the bottom-up Sourcing Roadmap budget.
• Engage with key spend owners on spend, budget visibility, defined roadmaps, and driving adherence to commodity strategy, pilot indirect spend containment.
• Manage strategic suppliers (SRM) and deal with high-level decision makers.
• Accountable for the Commodity spend and sourcing economic performance.
• Act as a senior focal point and partner with key stakeholders, ensuring full understanding and support of strategic Category initiatives.
• Provide line management support for Regional Buyers within the category.
• Interface with the Dover group and support corporate initiatives.
• Contribute to the optimization of the organization regarding processes, policy, tools, and reporting.

Skills: Indirect Spend Management, Purchasing Strategy, Trend Analysis, Supplier Performance, Global Contract Negotiation, Budget and Roadmap Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Stakeholder Collaboration

• Ownership, oversight of, and responsibility for Global Commodity Risk Management programs, futures, options, OTC’s and forward fixed price contract execution, price forecasting for assigned commodities, and communication to senior management.
• Lead and direct the risk management strategy for assigned commodities to manage market inflation and deflation by providing accurate cost forecasts and PPV variances.
• Manage basis, co-products, and feed credits to assigned commodities.
• Provide guidance on which indexes to use in supply agreements, assist ingredient buyers in the development of price/cost models, with integrated suppliers.
• Own the Global commodity market outlook to increase value creation from managing market volatility and ensuring margin optimization.
• Actively participates in the Global Ingredient and Zone alignment meetings to inform the zones and Global Procurement teams of all Commodity positions, outlooks, and strategies.
• Utilize Zero-Based Budgeting to justify costs and operate in a lean manner to maximize operating efficiency and speed of execution.
• Take responsibility for compliance, reporting, and other duties
• Ensure full compliance with the Kraft Heinz Global Commodity Risk Management and Hedging Policy
• Ensure full compliance with Kraft Heinz Procurement Policy and Conduct Policy
• Ensure full compliance with any other internal guidelines and external regulations
• Ensure full compliance and support for all Kraft Heinz on social, environmental, and sustainability projects

Skills: Commodity Risk Management, Price Forecasting, Cost Modeling, Market Outlook, Zero-Based Budgeting, Compliance Management, Supplier Alignment, Margin Optimization

• Develop and implement material strategies in alignment with business and location needs
• Drive value add through leveraging of Purchasing Volume to maximize pooling opportunities across LDA and within Siemens
• Drive material productivity through effective utilization of procurement levers (e.g., negotiation excellence, Global Value Sourcing, Cost transparency, e-sourcing, Cost & Value engineering) and support early involvement in all key projects
• Actively manage the capacity allocation of LDA demands strategically to the supplier base
• Support best-in-class Supply Chain Management processes to secure productivity, assets, quality, delivery reliability, and innovation, including escalation and claim management
• Manage and drive a global network with location procurement to exchange information, as well as best practices within commodities
• Lead, manage, and develop the supplier base in commercial issues, supplier qualification, development, and overall relationship management
• Apply supply market intelligence and commercial and technical trends to drive value for business, including benchmarks to competition
• Ensure transparency by data and controls well as reports relevant to procurement KPI in assigned commodities, and manage business planning
• Drive and implement sourcing decisions under consideration of total costs
• Cooperate with Regional Commodity Managers to identify and develop the best and most competitive suppliers globally, and manage their ramp-up into the factories

Skills: Material Strategy, Procurement Leveraging, Supplier Capacity Management, Supply Chain Processes, Supplier Relationship Management, Market Intelligence, Procurement Transparency, Sourcing Decision

• Proven sourcing/procurement-related experience
• Mid-level leadership and commodity management experience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience interacting with a cross-functional team, including engineering, quality, materials, logistics, sales & marketing.
• Demonstrated supplier management skills and negotiation experience.
• Must have solid project management experience with P.M. or C.P.I.M. certification
• Strong analytical and quantitative abilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project
• Develops and balances both short and long-term strategies and initiatives.
• Effective two-way communication and executive presentation skills.
• Professional business acumen with a willingness to travel

Qualifications: BA in Economics with 6 years of Experience

• Combined work experience in the pharmaceutical and/or biotech industries
• Strategic sourcing (non-tactical) experience in manufacturing operations or sourcing environment
• Experience in complex contractual negotiation of agreements and legal and commercial terms and conditions
• Experience developing commodity sourcing strategies, commodity and technology roadmaps
• Proven global sourcing experience
• Proficient with analytical skills (i.e., cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier risk management, and formal supplier selection)
• Mastery and deep domain experience in the management of commodities for the medical device and/or life sciences industry
• Proven success in program management, sourcing strategy, market research, and risk mitigation.
• Knowledge/familiarity with the pharmaceutical, biotech, and/or medical device industries
• Experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment, governed by FDA cGMP and/or ISO 13485 compliance
• Demonstrated track record in reducing supplier lead times, reducing cost, and increasing supplier quality
• Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives

Qualifications: BA in Finance with 12 years of Experience

• Master the printed circuit board technical knowledge and core processes.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and processes as they relate to the supply chain.
• Strong supply chain knowledge related to ERP technologies
• Expertise in the required disciplines (i.e., Excel, Oracle, Agile, APS, etc.)
• Ability to develop/learn new technologies and manufacturing processes as they relate to the supply chain
• Strong negotiation skills, ability to work positively across multiple organizations to drive collaborative solutions, project/program mgmt skills, demonstrated problem-solving
• Ability to build and lead cross-functional teams, excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, with good influencing skills.
• Knowledge of supply chain management practices, procurement, materials management, manufacturing processes, business fundamentals/finance
• Advanced knowledge of commodities and understanding of commodity strategies
• Experience working in a directly related field, including supervisory/management experience.
• Previous work experience in procurement, commodity management, manufacturing, contracting, quality, or logistics
• Hold Certifications in NAPM and/or APICS.

Qualifications: BA in Business Administration with 10 years of Experience

• Strong knowledge of global and regional logistics operations and industry.
• Strong proficiency in determining logistics requirements to enable the company’s business goals and objectives, with the ability to devise and implement a strategy to achieve targets.
• Must have strong financial and analytical ability.
• Proficiency in managing business analytics to determine the optimum company footprint.
• Strong knowledge of international direct and indirect taxes as well as global customs regimes.
• Proven track record of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and managing continuous productivity and cost reduction programs.
• Strong and convincing communication skills.
• Proficiency in the use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), and e-mail skills
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Qualifications: BA in Procurement and Supply Management with 5 years of Experience

• Experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or a sourcing environment, and experience in supplier/supply chain management.
• Knowledge of Optical and Semiconductor components, manufacturing, and supply chain.
• Global supply chain experience managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company.
• Familiarity with world-class sourcing methods and tools.
• Experience in optical technologies - Semiconductor processes in lighting and imaging, and Optical components (Injection molding, extrusion molding, optical coatings, optical product assembly and testing).
• Negotiation experience with global suppliers with a proven track record of success.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Strong leadership skills and ability to assume a leadership role with cross-functional peers.
• Strong analytical skills (i.e., cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to solve problems and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to be innovative in issues related to strategic sourcing, vendor relations, quality assurance, and the associated measurement systems.
• Working knowledge of Agile.

Qualifications: BA in Supply Chain Management with 9 years of Experience