Job Description Summary
You will be part of our Flow OTR Sourcing team within the Fossil segment in the Americas, where you will interact with Sales, Parts fulfillment, Engineering, Quality, Finance and Logistics' teams to ensure that our customer needs are achieved. You will be an active contributor to the On Time Delivery (OTD) and Deflation objectives. This role will require you selecting the most competitive sources, seek continuous improvement, and perform daily management standard work that will help meet all our KPIs.
Job Description
Your Role:
The selected candidate will play a key role in driving the strategy to achieve our SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost) framework:
Perform sourcing strategies to analyze, execute and follow-up on POs (Purchase Orders) for planned/ forced outages, inventory, and critical requests.
Manage orders with dedicated suppliers according to GE policies and sustain their business relationships.
Meet the best contractual conditions, manage commercial problems, and schedule changes while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction.
Support commercial supplier on-boarding, and work with Supplier Quality for product qualification.
Balance both tactical execution with strategic initiatives necessary to drive cost reduction.
Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks (e.g., finding alternative materials, meeting Project timelines, Cost outs, and so on)
Assist during supplier performance reviews, and advise functional managers regarding projects, processes, and procedures.
Seek continuous improvement and contribute to projects as a team member, lead and/or adopt best practices.
Develop awareness of manufacturing processes and improve product knowledge.
Basic Qualifications:
- Engineering or Bachelor’s degree on Supply Chain, Business or Project Management from a college or university or 3+ years of experience in managing supply chain activities.
Desired Qualifications:
Strong oral and written English language skills.
Self-motivated, proactive, and ability to handle multiple priorities.
Utilizes knowledge of a discipline and analytical thinking to execute.
Good communication and negotiation skills.
Having initiative to apply new ways of resolution.
Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks (e.g. finding alternative materials, meeting Project timeline, Cost outs, and so on)
Experience with SAP ERP is preferred.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
#LI-Remote - This is a remote position