KEY CATEGORY MANAGER (REGION) (PU121_02)
Bay City, MI, US, 48708
Mersen is a global expert in electrical specialties and advanced materials for high-tech industries.
Present in 33 countries with 50 industrial sites and 18 R&D centres, Mersen develops custom solutions and supplies key products to meet the new technological challenges that will shape tomorrow's world.
For more than 130 years, Mersen has been constantly innovating to support and satisfy its customers' needs with the same high standards.
Be it in wind power, solar power, electronics, electric vehicles, aeronautics, space or countless other sectors, wherever technology is progressing, you will always find a bit of Mersen.
Main duties
- Conducts market and supplier studies and monitors market trends for the considered Purchasing categories..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of market and supplier studies conducted per year
- Defines efficient purchasing strategies adapted to the needs of the activities, regions, and sites, in order to create added value, to support the developments and the profitable growth of the Group, the Segment, the Activity or the Region, whatever the purchasing category..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of purchasing strategies validated per year
- Participates in/supports supplier evaluation programs made by the Supplier Quality Development Managers (SQD) for the different Purchasing categories.
>> Assessment indicator : Number of requests for information and audit of suppliers per year
- Organizes the list of suppliers of the Group/Segment/Buiness Unit or Region for the Purchasing categories considered (sourcing), and conducts contract negotiations from a legal and commercial point of view..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of contracts finalized and signed per year
- Participates in the monitoring of supplier performance through plant indicators (e.g. service quality, product quality, financial performance, innovation, and selection steps performed by Supplier Quality Development Managers (SQDs)..
>> Assessment indicator : Quality of service / savings on products, selection improvement, suggestions for improving supplier productivity, performance monitoring
- Supports innovation by contributing to innovative ideas for product/process improvements, challenges suppliers to participate in this optimization axis of our costs, and the promotion of standardization/rationalisation for each key purchasing category..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of "objective cost redesign" projects opened per year
- Negotiates with suppliers and supervises the implementation of productivity improvement action plans. carried out by Supplier Quality Development Managers (SQD).
>> Assessment indicator : Number of supplier action plans implemented per year
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. The job titles do not mean the male variant but stand for the gender-neutral designation of the profession according to wikipedia. People are welcome regardless of gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.
Nearest Major Market: Bay City
Nearest Secondary Market: Saginaw