Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Identification, qualification, and selection of new suppliers; preparation and execution of RFQ and competitive bidding events; creation and evaluation of complex business cases; leading Contract/LTA negotiations and compliance; all while ensuring cost, quality, capacity, delivery, and capability requirements Collaborate with engineering on new product development activities to support projects, align design with our strategic supply base, and deliver products on time and at or below cost targets. Evaluate current spend and supplier data and identify improvement opportunities and new idea projects. Support of manufacturing site requirements, leveraging spend across all locations to identify and implement sourcing and process improvements to strengthen and accelerate supply chain initiatives. Project/Program Manager, leading projects to meet objectives and drive operational results. Identify areas of risk within supply chain; implement appropriate mitigation measures. Maintain knowledge of market industry trends within area of expertise and communicate potential impact on business. Monitor supplier market characteristics regularly; identifies opportunities resulting from market shifts and takes advantage of such shifts. Provide supply chain management control information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing data and trends.
I strategically develop and manage a global supply chain of goods and services to geographically diverse locations, while driving commercial advantage through achievement of quality, cost, usage and delivery goals. I also manage direct material volume & control costs while meeting delivery and quality requirements from the supply base.
Managed fulfillment for over 50 suppliers and $55MM of annual buy. >98% on-time delivery while managing & beating inventory targets. Worked with suppliers to reduce process cycles for consignment orders. Negotiated savings on nozzle machining and hardware for documented annual savings >$275K.
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