The supplier Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and suppliers management for given categories of spend at global and/or local level. His/her mission is to achieve commodity results and ensure compliance with Group strategy to drive overall performance & profitability for the Business.

Your Mission

• Develop and implement short and mid-term global commodity strategies for assigned spend categories, including strategic areas, notably by performing and consolidating danalysis (spent, cost breakdown) and business continuity assessment.
• Define the annual saving forecast definition by identifying risk and opportunities. Be responsible of the tenders (RFQ) for the allocated commodities.
• Negotiate contracts with global and local Suppliers. Negotiation includes lists, quality standards, prices, discount rates, duration, delivery timescales, commercial terms and conditions.
• Perform Supplier base management activities by ensuring contracting tasks, financial risk assessment, non quality cost recovery, supplier visit and disengagement process and manage Supplier Relationship at global level, monitoring trend of KPIs and setting necessary corrective actions.
• Actively interact with suppliers to drive the productivity, meet quality requirements while driving proper actions to mitigate the risks. Manage forcefully the issues escalated impacting the execution.
• Scout new suppliers to comply with the category strategy and lead the qualification process developing a unique sustainable supplier base.
• Perform analysis in assigned categories. For relevant commodity (cost, strategic importance, …), monitor the market through constant benchmarking and/or cost breakdown analysis in order to continuously improve costs, quality, delivery and technology; and escalade in case of main non conformity
• Perform business continuity assessment: financial risk including supplier dependency analysis and capacity assessment with dual source analysis.

Your Profile

Education and Languages:

• Education: Master's Degree in Engineering is preferred; Business, Economics is also accepted
• Excellent English is mandatory (written and spoken)
• Fluency in French, Italian and/or Chinese is an advantage

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 5 years in strategic sourcing in an international manufacturing company; Experience in Indirect Services Sourcing is a plus
• Experience in international negotiation, contracting and claim management
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills as key element in order to interact both with suppliers and internal stakeholders at different hierarchical levels;
• Computer Skills: Proficiency in MS Office application (Word, Power Point, Outlook, etc); SAP knowledge is an advantage
• Experience outside of own country of origin is a plus
• Target oriented, resilient and able to work in autonomously

Contract Type

Permanent

Country

ITALY

Location

Parma