Supplier Manager - Commercial Components Parma

Supplier Manager - Commercial Components
Parma
Emilia Romagna, Parma

Responsible for the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and supplier management for given complex categories of spend.

Perform sourcing activities for a set portfolio of spend categories at global and/or local level 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 conclusion of diverse and/or complex analysis (spent, cost breakdown) and business continuity assessment.

- Define the annual saving forecast, identifying risk and opportunities.

- Is responsible of the tenders (RFQ) for the complex or strategic allocated commodities.

- Negotiate contracts with global and local Suppliers.

Negotiation includes lists, quality standards, prices, discount rates, duration, delivery timescales, commercial terms and conditions.

- Handle complex Supplier base management activities and manage Supplier Relationship at global level with autonomy, monitoring KPI trends and setting necessary corrective actions.

- Understand and validate rationals of suppliers to drive the productivity, meet quality requirements.

Relative to the point above understand and validate risk assessment and related mitigation plans.

- Scout new suppliers to comply with the category strategy and lead the qualification process developping a unique sustainable supplier base.

- Perform analysis in assigned spend 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:

- Minimum Education: Master's Degree in Engineering is preferred; Business, Economics is also accepted

- Excellent English and Italian is mandatory (written and spoken)

- French and/or Chinese is an advantage

Required Experience and Skills:

- Minimum 5 years in strategic sourcing in an international manufacturing company;

- Experience in Automation & Electrical Categories is preferred and considered an advantage

- 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, and capability of managing conflicting priorities;

- Experience outside of own country of origin is a plus

- Target oriented, resilient and able to work autonomously

**Contract Type**:

**Permanent**:

**Country**:

**ITALY**:

**Location**:

**Parma**: