Strategic Sourcing Specialist

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As the Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you will play a key role in developing suppliers, continuously look for improvement opportunities that will have a positive impact in our supply chain, net working capital and quality of product delivered to customers. Your function has a direct impact on maximizing our profitability while sustaining a market competitive price level for competitor parts.
You will develop, implement, and drive continuous improvement processes with our suppliers to support a world-class supply chain of our competitor business, working closely with engineering and product management to identify gaps and opportunities.

Main Duties:

* Develop a strategic sourcing roadmap, including defined commodity strategies, including supplier onboarding, management, and exit
* Drive for constant cost/supply chain improvement of the products in your responsibility- there is always a better way to do things
* Align with Quality Team to ensure suppliers meet/exceed quality targets, defining and taking action where needed
* Create and drive solutions to improve the on-time-delivery (OTD) and lead times with external vendors.
* Implement cost reduction strategies across the supplier base using a Total Cost of Ownership model
* Work directly with purchase planning team to ensure purchasing and stocking strategies align with corporate working capital targets.
* Coordinate with Engineering Team on design specifications for approved parts
* Negotiate Master Supply Agreements (MSAs) with key suppliers
* Create, manage and communicate RFQs for both new and existing products

* Coordination & communication with internal stakeholders for parts allocation and vendor performance improvements, collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Supply Chain, Quality, Product Management, Engineering, and Sales
* Compliance with all company safety and ethics requirements
* Manage "Obsolete From Manufacturing" parts and the suppliers by reducing the number of vendors and improve the delivery and sustainability of these spare parts.
* Other duties as assigned

Skills / Knowledge / Experience

* Be willing to develop yourself by learning new skills and increasing your knowledge of products, systems and the company's market and operation.
* Be self-motivated, self-accountable and willing to act while coping with varied workloads.
* Ability to transform large amounts of information into concise and understandable internal and external messages.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to deliver messages to stakeholders at different levels inside and outside of the organization.
* Be customer oriented, able to understand customer needs and prioritize them accordingly.
* Certain though open and reflective while forming opinions.
* Able to take risks while still analyzing potential pitfalls of his/hers actions.
* Show good level of empathy while enforcing company policies and strategic directions.
* Demonstrate assertiveness while being helpful to various demands from the organization.
* Be organized while demonstrating flexibility in day-to-day work.

Education & Knowledge
* Engineering or business administration degree or equivalent experience
* Experience running cross functional projects
* You are feeling comfortable in a fast paced, change oriented environment
* You have master's degree in engineering, economics or similar through experience
* Experience in supplier management and good knowledge on commercial negotiation is a plus
* You are comfortable with SAP and have a good understanding of Office applications like Excel

Authorization to work in the U.S.

What you expect from us:

* We offer a fair compensation package.
* We offer great health insurance benefits - including vision & dental insurance.
* We offer a strong retirement 401k plan with matching
* Family is important to us - so we also offer paid family leave, a health paternity/maternity leave & many other benefits for a health work-life balance

Don't meet every single requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Edwards/Atlas Copco/Insert Brand Here, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Edwards Company considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws.

Edwards is a global leader of vacuum and abatement systems. We are proud to lead the industry, pushing the boundaries of science to deliver innovative products which are intrinsic to everyday life, working in partnership with our customers and continually setting new standards. With over 150 years of rich heritage, Edwards is the partner of choice for tens of thousands of customers in critical applications around the world. Vacuum is required in diverse sectors, from the generation of power to the production of steel, to the challenging environments of space simulation and high energy physics research.

At Edwards, we believe there is always a better way. Our employees are full of ideas. When looking to add a new team member, we are looking for someone that can appreciate what the Edwards Team has done and bring their new ideas and perspective to enhance where we can go. At Edwards you get to be part of something big; we work globally, but also get the opportunity make a difference locally in our own discipline. We work hard to attract, motivate, develop and retain the best talent from the diversity of people across the globe. Our vision to be First in Mind, First in Choice relies on this strategy. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For more information about Edwards visit our website: www.edwardsvacuum.com

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