Responsibilities and frequent activities:
— To lead by example! Follow and make sure that the assigned commodity purchasing team follows the JSS core values and compliance rules
— To ensure the best price on a global supply market for all products in commodity Metal
— To develop a comprehensive global commodity purchasing strategy for Metal (3-5 years view) based on global/regional business strategy and PBU strategy
— To ensure the global implementation of the commodity strategy including action plans in each region (road maps)
— Responsible for strategic and tactical steering of the purchasing volume in the assigned commodity
— To represent the global commodity towards all suppliers and internal stakeholders
— To execute annual price negotiations with all relevant suppliers to (over-)achieve the budget saving/PPV target
— To ensure implementation of global and regional purchasing initiatives (e.g. sourcing committee, processes & procedures, IT tools, etc.)
— Responsible for supplier management starting from new supplier introduction to supplier phase out, compiling supply market intelligence, identifying purchasing risks, opportunities and ensuring data transparency
— To collaborate and support with supplier quality management to achieve 0 ppm with all suppliers
— Constantly monitor all relevant KPI07s on the achievement of targets, gap to target, actions to close the gap together with the commodity team
— To present supplier innovations and to ensure the implementation in JSS, if technically and commercially feasible
— Support and implement value creation projects worldwide

Prerequisites:
— College/university degree in business administration / engineering graduate or comparable studies (preferable with a major in Purchasing Management)
— Demonstrated experience in Commodity Management Metal, with an emphasis in a comparable Commodity
— Experience to work in a larger scale company
— A strong KPI and fact-based thinker with an execution bias
— Regarded as transformational and/or a change agent