Global Strategic Sourcing Manager [Filled]

Lansdale, PA | 25-50% travel

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Our client has provided countless products and services for over a century to help people fix their vehicles. As a $1.3B+ global supplier of aftermarket automotive parts, with 3,300+ employees and 28 Sites across the globe, they are focused on driving new solutions to help their partners grow their businesses and help repair professionals and vehicle owners maintain their vehicles.

Position Summary:

The Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing global supply chain strategies for assigned categories that deliver industry-leading innovation, speed-to-market, product quality, and delivery performance at the lowest total cost of ownership.

What you will do:

Lead the creation and harmonization of Regional, Supplier and Category Strategies that define the “Future State” supply base that will optimally support our client's objectives for innovation, speed-to-market, quality and total cost of ownership.

• Actively engage with all stakeholders to gain an in-depth understanding of their evolving needs and their participation in the ongoing development and refinement of sourcing strategies.

• Identify and monitor potential supply risks and proactively develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.

• Monitor product line demand trends and new product development funnels to determine required long-term supply base capacities and capabilities and proactively ensure capacities and capabilities are readily available as needed.

• Actively manage Regional and supplier portfolios incorporating the latest information on alternative regions and suppliers.

• Maintain awareness of world markets and emerging material-related issues in the industry and position the supply chain to respond flexibly.

• Establish and facilitate strategic teams to leverage supplier capabilities in product design, cost reduction, lead time reduction and customer satisfaction.

• Lead productivity process from Ideation through savings realization to achieve targeted TCO reductions.

• Maintain Project Ideation Funnel and Active Project Decks to simultaneously deploy strategies, achieve YoY performance improvements and support NPI/Growth initiatives.

• Lead sourcing projects from ideation to successful volume production ramp-up.

• Monitor ongoing supplier performance, support Buyer/Planners and SQE’s on resolving chronic supplier performance problems, revise supplier strategies and if necessary, lead projects to exit poor-performing suppliers.

• Lead Business Reviews with key suppliers to review quality, delivery and cost performance, progress on strategic initiatives and ensure ongoing strategic alignment between Dorman and the Supplier

What you bring to the role:

• Extensive in-country experience sourcing products and components from best-cost regions including: India, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Turkey and Brazil.

• Hands-on experience supporting new product development projects, qualifying suppliers, qualifying products/components, verifying suppliers manufacturing readiness and ramping up volume production in low-cost regions.

• Broad knowledge of the global marketplace and manufacturing technologies for assigned commodities.

• Proven abilities to drive sustainable supplier quality, delivery and cost improvements.

• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to perform and produce results in multifunctional global teams in a dynamic work environment and drive/lead cross-functional teams without authorization

• Strong analytical and presentation skills, expert user in MS Excel, Power BI/Qlik/Business Objectives and MS PowerPoint

• BS/BA in engineering, business or technical discipline. An MBA is highly desired.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a global Supply Chain related role.

• Experienced using supplier performance management best practices to drive supplier continued improvement.

• Lean/Six Sigma certification (black belt or green belt) is desired.

• Certification in ISM SPSM is desired.

• Willingness to travel 25% - 50%.

Submit your application here.