Global Sourcing Specialist (mkt283sd)
Job Title: Global Sourcing Specialist
Report To: SCM
Location: Sweden
Our client is a world leader in power and automation technology group. All their Business Units are playing an important role in power transmission and distribution.
With the development in Global marketing, they are looking for talents to join them.
For this position, we are looking for Chinese candidates with international exposure to relocate to Sweden. This position will provide you the working experience abroad and a better career path in the future.
Responsibilities:
1. Develop and implement global sourcing strategies and programs;
2. Lead sourcing initiatives and develop, execute and manage sourcing strategies with coordination of several factories internationally;
3. Forecast raw material cost and address budget variance;
4. Ensure comprehensive spend analysis for strategic sourcing;
5. Monitor market trends and supply shifts;
6. Search and select sources of supply, manage and develop relationships with suppliers to reduce costs and ensure on-time delivery;
7. Evaluate supplier bids, and participate in negotiating pricing and contracts when appropriate;
8. Provide internal support to quality, engineering, program management and manufacturing relative to supplier selection, supplier qualification, material cost and delivery;
9. Develop the lead-time reduction programs and solutions;
10. Develop a balance scorecard of key performance indicators using policy deployment to track both vendor and functional performance;
11. Build the required business processes and systems to manage the global sourcing function including the maintaining of key documents, agreements and contracts;
12. Travel to visit key vendors on a regular basis and as a means of identifying potentially new vendors;
Requirements:
1. Degree holder in Business Management, Purchasing & Supply, Supply Chain Management / Engineering or related discipline;
2. At least 5-10 years’ procurement/strategic sourcing experience in MNC with 3 years in supervisory level, with exposure in Power, High Voltage sectors is a preferred;
3. Experience in global sourcing/supply chain. Experience in cost/inventory reduction/management;
4. Large experience of developing and implementation of global or EC sourcing strategies;
5. With ability to work and lead different level of people independently;
6. Negotiation skills of high rate and easy going and open-minded nature;
7. Familiar with ERP systems (BAAN), Esmart, Quick view;
8. Rigorous, autonomous, result-oriented;
9. Fluency in English, both written and verbal;
10. Able to work under pressure and manage issues with priority.
* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_mkt283sd@dacare.com’ (Please replace “#” with “@”)
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