Sourcing Agent

The Sourcing Agent is responsible for strategies and negotiations on a defined set of commodities that support current corporate and regional metrics including, but not limited to, profitability, cash flow, sales growth and risk reduction.

• Coordination, development, communication and implementation of commodity and negotiation strategies. Strategies will focus on Total Cost of Ownership, Risk Reduction and current corporate and regional metrics.
• Responsible for negotiating complex business agreements and other contractual instruments with a regional supply base.
• Drives all key sourcing decisions on regional supply base for their set of commodities.
• Responsible for communicating and managing changes in demand and/or material costs for raw materials by maintaining close communications with the supply base, sales, technology and manufacturing entities. Management of these changes includes expansion/contraction of supply base and insource/outsource of manufactured products.
• Active collaboration with international regional counterparts to make effective supply decisions, leverage global volumes and identification of cost reduction opportunities.
• Identification and management of issues related to flow, turn, and economic order quantities, length of supply chain, storage requirements, shelf life, and obsolescence.
• Development and implementation of risk reduction activities for their set of commodities.
• Travel to manufacturing facilities and suppliers to facilitate strategy development/implementation, negotiations, development of relationships and supplier manufacturing site evaluations. Travel may be up to twenty (20) percent of the time.

Competencies

Required

• Familiarity with contract and price negotiations
• Demonstrated past success in sourcing and/or and value analysis with external suppliers
• Understanding of MRP Systems, specifically supply chain transactions and master data
• Microsoft 360 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint)

Work Experience

Required

• Three (3) to five (5) years of supply chain experience

Preferred

• Three (3) to five (5) years of chemical sourcing experience dealing with chemical commodities

Education

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in one of these academic focus area: Business, Supply Chain, Chemistry, Engineering

Certifications

Preferred

• Certified Purchasing Manager
• ASQ or IASSC Green/Black Belt

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