Sourcing Leader

Job Description Summary

Due to ongoing growth, we are exploring the addition of a Sourcing Leader to support our expanding needs, with the role potentially based in one of several European locations across Europe.

The role is to negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies. Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction. Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.

Job Description

Locations: Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech with the possibility of relocation to a number of European sites.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Define supplier strategy including management and optimization of supplier panels. Lead negotiations and allocate needs to specific suppliers. Negotiate terms and conditions and transmit information to Procurement. Manage claims. Includes commercial sourcing management such as data analysis, negotiations support, etc. This may also include purchasing activities.

• Senior professional with direct reports and 2nd line reports. Has ability to attract and retain talent. Manages medium to large teams. Developing expertise within function. Growing reputation within the organization. Includes roles that are experts in their discipline, providing professional or thought leadership. Influences policy and ensures delivery within own function, linking with other functions of the organization.

• Ability to lead functional teams or projects with moderate to high resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Presents business solutions to leaders in functional area. Communicates complex messages and negotiates mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view. Influences peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.

• Has major influence on small business units, a segment within a larger business unit, a family within a Function or a P&L business segment and has ownership/influence over budgets. The role is guided by functional policy, but it is considered the local Sourcing Leadership referent. The role influences policy/operating guidelines about important subjects.

• Leads others to find creative solutions to address complex problems that may impact the organization. Has the ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis. Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Required Qualifications

• This role requires significant experience in Sourcing Management at high level and exposure.

• Master's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED Group(s)/Function(s)).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.

• Experience in the Aerospace sector is considered desirable

• Proficiency in English is essential

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position