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Site Sourcing Specialist

TekWissen LLC

Duncan, SC

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$40–$40
SKILLS
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Automotive Industry, Baan, Business Operations, Chargebacks, Communication Skills, Construction, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Crystal Reports, Customer Relations, Diversity, Documentation, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Economics, Engineering Change Order, Engineering Drawing, Exchange Rates, Fast Food, Finance, Fixed Assets, High School Diploma, ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Import/Export, J D Edwards, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Materials Planning, Materials Tracking, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Oracle Applications, PC (Personal Computer) Systems, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Production Systems, Project/Program Management, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Engineering, Request for Proposals (RFP), SAP, Supply Chain, Team Lead/Manager, Workforce Management
LOCATION
Duncan, SC
POSTED
4 days ago
Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions tour clients worldwide. Our client is a recognized prominent global enterprise in the automotive sector, listed among the top 50 companies in the Global Fortune rankings. As a leading player in the global automotive industry, our client manufactures vehicles in 27 countries and effectively markets them across over 170 countries and regions worldwide.
Position: Site Sourcing Specialist
Location: Duncan,SC 29334
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
  • The Site Sourcing Specialist will participate in, or lead, special projects related to the Sourcing function such as management of site specific commodities, documentation and compliance management, resourcing activities and/or supplier rationalization activities.
  • The position is the interface between the client Duncan, SC site and the regional commodity teams and is the first level escalation point for issues from Supply Chain involving suppliers.
  • Generally, the position handles issues outside of the Company s formal project phases but it may, from time to time, intersect with project related activities.
  • The work environment is project oriented and in a production environment that is low volume and high mix.
  • Employees in this role add value to the company by facilitating communication in and out of the Sourcing and Supply Chain Groups and handling site specific sourcing issues that may involve cost reductions, business process improvements and/or compliance related issues.
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Monitor direct material variances to inform finance and bid and proposal teams.
  • Enter and maintain sourcing rules/parameters in the ERP system.
  • Participate in identifying productivity actions with site sourcing management and bring back information to the regional commodity teams.
  • Provide inputs on site needs through frequent contact with users.
  • Obtain samples and coordinate APQP/PPAP qualification process with quality and engineering.
  • Assist in material changeover activities when supplier resourcing or rationalization is done.
  • Provide site level documentation to the regional commodity teams (e.g., engineering drawings, specifications, quality requirements, etc.).
  • Request and then review, with site sourcing management, the company fixed asset report on a monthly basis.
  • Assist with documentation projects for business process improvements and site compliance.
  • Be the first level escalation point to assist Supply Chain Group with supplier related issues.
  • Manage invoice discrepancies, engineering change requests, claims and chargebacks.
  • Manage site-specific commodities and services when assigned that may involve RFI/RFQ and supplier qualification activities.
  • Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • High school graduate or General Education Degree required.
  • Bachelor s Degree in Business, Operations, Economics or Finance preferred.
  • Three to five years manufacturing, transportation or heavy construction industry experience.
  • Two to four years of purchasing experience.
Competencies, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Ability to work unsupervised.
  • Ability to work on, and manage, cross functional teams.
  • Ability to present information clearly and tailor it for a variety of audiences.
  • Strategic and creative thinking to analyze issues that may arise and create solutions.
  • Ability to respond positively to feedback and recommend changes in process and procedures as needed.
  • Familiarity with the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), import and export laws, incoterms, exchange rates and methodologies used in project management, material planning and quality.
  • Ability to use a personal computer and standard Microsoft Office software at an intermediate level (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
  • Familiarity with large ERP systems (Oracle, JD Edwards, SAP, Baan).
  • Familiarity with ERP report out software/tools (Crystal reports, Power BI).
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple issues at once.
  • Ability to communicate with internal and external parties with tact and diplomacy.
  • Ability to work in an ISO/IRIS quality system environment.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/