What you will do
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Lead functionally Indirect buyers to deliver results
on key financial metrics – Yearly cost savings and trade working capital
improvement, in Professional services scope including Marketing, Finance, HR,
Insurance, travel, and other
related service, with spend of $105m
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Support global 12 manufacturing sites and multiple
sales entities to meet their business objectives by managing Professional
service sourcing.
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This role solid line reporting to: Indirect
Category Director of JCH.
How you will do it
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Develop
category strategy to manage suppliers of Professional service to support
S&OP practice with competitive cost and agile responsiveness.
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Provide leadership, guidance, and support to buyers to
execute Category Strategies at sites.
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Participates in JCI Global related Indirect
Procurement Categories strategy definition and optimize usage of global
agreements ensuring leverage from the Global agreements to all regions.
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Strive towards achieving world class supplier
performance by driving continuous improvement initiatives and active
collaboration with strategic suppliers, supplier rationalization, value
engineering, knowledge-based sourcing etc.
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Create, manage and communicate RFX documents for Professional service
requirements, leading the Global tender process through tender evaluation,
post
tender negotiation, Supplier Adds, contracting, purchase order and delivery.
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Maintain
a global supplier contact database for all Global Professional service
Procurement.

What you will need
Required
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Bachelor’s
Degree/ Diploma preferably in Supply Chain Management. MBA would be
preferred
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Min. 7-8 years in
Large Manufacturing or Multi-industry global organization
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Min. 10 (5+)
years of experience in a Strategic Sourcing role, supporting multiple Plants
& Regions in the scope of Professional service.
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Capability to
interface with Senior Leadership across Regions both internally &
externally
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In depth
understanding of purchasing tools and practice (E-auction, E-RFX, BI Tools
etc.)_
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Strong MS Office
skills– focus on
Excel proficiency.
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Strong costing
& analytical skills
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Working knowledge
of SAP or other equivalent ERP systems
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Travel 20%
(Global and Domestic)
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Ability to analyze and learn cost structure
models in different regions.
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Strong procurement fundamentals, such as: RFx
process, cost modeling, contract negotiation, principles of category
management, forecasting, negotiations, among others.
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Capability to synthesize large amounts of data,
to effectively communicate with key stakeholders, including Procurement,
Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and HR leaders.