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Emerson · 15 hours ago

Strategic Sourcing Manager

St Louis, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Emerson Tool Company is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to enhance their supply chain's efficiency and quality. The role involves developing sourcing strategies for direct materials and leading a team of procurement professionals to align with operational and financial objectives.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide functional and administrative leadership to procurement team for a specific category of direct material purchases. This will include developing and implementing a sourcing strategy designed to achieve defined supply chain objectives and the preparation and presentation of periodic management and executive reviews as required

Approve the selection of Suppliers for contract awards and approve the final provisions and language negotiated for associated Supply Agreements. This includes authorization and assessment of ESourcing activities and final analysis of best total cost objectives

Monitor and report key performance indicators ensuring all assigned category sourcing strategies meet or exceed the minimum operational performance requirements

Manage the strategic business relationship with key preferred suppliers for assigned categories including periodic business performance reviews

Represent Procurement in the development and administration of key business processes and systems used in supply chain management ensuring the functionality and outputs support the effectiveness in sourcing strategies

Responsibilities might include managing a specific commodity, lead the alignment, implementation and follow-up of Emerson Corporate strategies at Emerson Tool such as sustainability, E-Sourcing, DPO improvement, tariff reporting

Net Material Inflation reported in the Emerson Savings Tracker

Savings contributions from targeted procurement programs

Sourcing actions achieving best cost and regionalization. Negotiated Payment Terms exceeding the minimum measured as days payable outstanding (DPO)

Utilization and compliance with Supply Agreements for all purchases

Streamlining and improving the quantity of Vendors in the supply network

Sustaining supply chain performance for defects and on-time delivery

Utilization and execution of E-Sourcing & Negotiation programs for contract awards

Optimizing inventory velocity as reported by Days On Hand

Drive speed throughout the Supply chain with Lead Time reduction, Regionalization, and Supplier Pull & Replenishment activities

Qualification

Supply chain managementContract administrationNegotiation skillsAnalytical skillsFinancial evaluationsLeadership experienceMicrosoft OfficeCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeam collaboration

Required

BS/BA in Business, Engineering or related field is required

Minimum 3-5 years of experience in supply chain management, purchasing, supplier evaluation and negotiating required

Demonstrated leadership and management ability by way of experience with management or team leadership of a large scope project, cross-functional team or prior management position

Proven communication and organizational skills enabling collaboration, partnership, and consensus building

Outstanding negotiation skills and experience in contract administration

Excellent digital literacy with on-line applications and systems and utilization of software tools Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point and Project are required

Analytical skills are vital in the study of data from numerous sources for developing relevant and actionable information and reports

Established proficiency in financial and economic evaluations

Travel required up to 50%