The Global Category Sourcing Lead is responsible for global category management of raw materials and procurement activities for direct and indirect materials require in Research & Development locally. This includes the strategic relationship, the contracting, performance review, and improvement of the supply base.
Your Responsibilities - Lead the development and implementation of global sourcing strategies and global supplier network capabilities for assigned categories to achieve key business goals: Time to Market, Cost Reduction, Lead Time Reduction and Supplier Business Continuity in ramp-up and ramp-down situations.
- Communicates commodity strategies across the organization, the Business Units and NPI Operations to ensure sourcing decisions and product development aligns with strategic supplier selections.
- Formulate negotiation strategy to proactively drive cost reduction with suppliers in a complex, high mix/ low volume environment to meet...