Senior Manager. Global Sourcing

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for handling the company’s end to end sourcing operations and able to appraise and improve sourcing activities by analysing the company’s spending, supplying partnerships and new possibilities.
• Generating and implementing efficient sourcing and category management strategies. Incorporate strategic dimensions and capabilities of suppliers, emphasis on quality management practices, process capabilities, design and development, and cost reduction, capabilities into the decision-making process.
• Core focus on sourcing and purchasing cost optimisation which includes materials, sub-contractors, equipment, processes, solutions, design, ROI and benefits.
• Optimizing all sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency, cost savings as performance objective, supplier continuity, estimate potential risks and apply risk-minimizing techniques.
• Plan and manage the company’s supply portfolio and sourcing strategy, negotiate with suppliers in achieving long
• term benefit in terms of quality, cost and delivery.
• To drive continuous improvement, best value and quality improvements within the team and departments in challenging existing practices and actively seek ways to achieve better outcomes, contributing to ensure key performance and financial targets are met and corrective action taken where necessary.
• To leverage resources across all boundaries to support business goals, bringing all expertise necessary to address the institutions challenges to safeguard against contractual and commercial risk.
• To report to the Management and respective committees as may be required from time to time to provide up to date status reports on procurement to include development, demonstrate value for money and compliance to regulatory procurement requirements, including Anti Bribery and Corruption and Fraud.
• To ensure all aspects of regulatory compliance are adhered to with regards to the respective Procurement Policies and external requirements such as OJEU procedures and implement strategies that safeguard the Falmouth Exeter Plus and the institution’s contractual and commercial risk.
• To develop excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and external providers and other agencies to ensure strategic and operational needs are fully understood and incorporated. Implementation of appropriate Frameworks
• To lead the sourcing team, ensure appropriate support, training, and development to achieve their potential and identify new suppliers and negotiates contracts for the supplies the organization needs.
• To identify and address procurement training needs for the group of businesses, establishing and managing future demand and capacity planning including the development to supplier risk management.
• Promote importance of procurement across for the group and best practice through continuous improvement.
• Act as the principal conduit for formal communications with external companies during the procurement process.
• Work closely with R&D and operations to identify gaps/opportunities as part of continuous improvement efforts. Support R&D/Product Management on component selection
• Uphold and observe corporate governance and compliance to promote awareness and transparency.
• Effective Planning, implementing, and managing of shipping and transportation strategy; ensuring secure, accurate, timely delivery and productive shipping and transportation processes for all orders.
• Develop and track internal and service provider KPIs that monitor logistics performance.
• Provide logistics market insights and knowledge to business units.
• Any other ad-hoc projects assigned by immediate reporting.

Requirements:

• Degree in Supply Chain Management.
• At least 8 years proven work experience at similar capacity in procurement, sourcing, managing an international/ global sourcing & logistics team
• Preferably working experience in manufacturing, mechanical or electro-mechanical industries.