Global Sourcing Manager

Are you looking to join a world-class manufacturing organization? At Husky TechnologiesTM, we strive to be the best with a strong foundation built on innovation, collaboration and a unique culture with great people. If you are attracted to bold goals, believe in uncompromising honesty, support mutual respect, care about environmental responsibility, have a passion for excellence and a desire to make a positive contribution - we want you to join the Husky TechnologiesTM team

**What we offer**
- Excellent benefits package and retirement savings plans as well as life insurance program
- Competitive vacation policy promoting work-life balance
- Challenging career opportunities and growth
- Opportunity to work, innovate and collaborate with passionate people who drive change
- Amazing team - we are the best in the world at what we do

**Husky Technologies**TM** Campus**
- Large, beautiful campus with clean, state-of-the-art air-conditioned offices and manufacturing facilities with high air quality, climate control and outstanding safety records
- Onsite fitness and wellness center
- Organized out
- and indoor sports activities such as running teams, and bicycle teams
- Access to onsite medical practitioners
- Onsite cafeterias with fresh and healthy meal options
- Free parking

In this role you will be responsible for defining and implementing the sourcing strategy for a specific commodity group on a global basis for all Husky business units as well as managing the performance of the applicable supply lane.

**Responsibilities**:

- Identify key stakeholders in NPS related spend globally. Build and maintain effective strategic relationships to ensure collaborative spend management.
- Responsible to provide the inputs and create a draft strategy for categories and execute the agreed upon strategy accordingly.
- Develop and lead main strategic sourcing initiatives / strategies (> xxx annual turnover), coordinating with other functions. This is inclusive of new supplier / parts evaluations.
- Coordinate all contracts with main suppliers.
- Responsible for delivering on the category strategy.
- Have ownership and deliver necessary outcomes for critical and Operational suppliers.
- Next escalation level beyond Purchasing Team Leader/ Regional Sourcing Manager for supplier issues.
- Manage supplier score cards.
- Stay up to date on purchase order status (escalation point for PO issues after Regional Sourcing Manager and Purchasing Team Leader).
- Provides inputs on lead times, supplier capacity, and variability risks as inputs to inventory management.
- Provides input on readiness and shortages.
- Be consulted on any expediting action required.
- Assist to resolve issues on the “supplier side.”
- Provide inputs as necessary to the NPS Director.
- Track material cost savings and PPV changes.
- Be informed on any quality issues or concerns.
- Provide input to options when quality issues arise.
- Coordinate appropriately with supplier quality team and regional sourcing manager for escalated specific commodity issues including relentless root cause analysis and error-proofing to mitigate impact to the business.
Ensure compliance with applicable federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or company policies, procedures, work rules, standards, and guidelines, etc.**Qualifications**:

- Engineering degree or preferred bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Commodity Manager/Sourcing Manager or equivalent role with strong network globally with in-depth knowledge of key players and market drivers.
- Focused on delivering exceptional results, knowledge/understanding of the commodities and a demonstrated passionate sense of ownership.
- Experience with formulation of global sourcing strategy and/or creation.
- Technical understanding of the manufacturing processes involved in producing the final commodity parts.
- Experience in technical assessment, limitations, and opportunities during introduction of new product development or technology.
- Understanding of "total landed cost" concepts, basic cost accounting and inventory optimization.
- Understand lean manufacturing principles, experience with process mapping.
- Negotiation experience required.
- Analytical acumen; Strategic Thinker.
- Advanced user of Microsoft Office and other software tools for analysis.
- Extremely organized with superior follow-up and follow through.
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to tailor communications to audiences at all levels, including senior leadership.
- Highly self-motivate and self-directed.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, global environment.
- Able to travel in region or to foreign countries to assess and evaluate potential new suppliers, technologies, products.
Fluent English, additional French and/or German language skills considered an assetHusky TechnologiesTM offers a