Simi Valley, CA30+ days ago
Position Responsibilities: • Develop innovative sourcing strategies and lead sourcing engagements across a wide range of business units • Improve performance, optimize efficiency, ensure quality, and enable new initiatives to launch and scale • Manage and execute sourcing initiatives, communicating efficiently and effectively with stakeholders across various business units • Able to juggle multiple priorities, thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, contributing to both short-term tactical and long-term strategic efforts • Engage with a diverse array of internal and external stakeholders to identify sourcing strategies that balance business needs, goals, and efficiencies • Review data and market trends for key spend categories • Participate in cross-functional team meetings to align on sourcing priorities and requirements • Create and contribute to the development of category management plans • Provide procurement analytics and insights to support data-driven decision making • Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in strategic sourcing • Negotiate with C-level managers in the supplier community • Other duties as assigned. Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience): • Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Organizational or Business Management, Engineering or related discipline and a minimum of 5+ years of Supply Chain Program support in an engineering development or production environment or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience • Strong leader with demonstrated project management skills • The position requires an individual who is persistent in influencing others to execute their responsibilities on time and escalates as required to achieve schedules • Negotiations experience • Excellent communication skills, leadership abilities, and the ability to work in an IPT environment • A self-starter, capable of achieving organizational and program objectives, and able to interface with all levels of internal management, Supplier management • Excellent time management skills and the ability to assign the appropriate priorities to the many tasks that they will be required to perform.