Sourcing Specialist

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Description

Position at Samtec, Inc

Summary/Objective: The Sourcing Specialist supports key engineering, production and supply chain stakeholders in the development of the global sourcing plan to meet current and emerging business needs. Builds strong relationships with key and developing suppliers.

Essential Functions/ Responsibilities

• Develop global sourcing strategy for acquiring technical suppliers and subcontracts that support current, new and next generation technical products.
• Develop the Approved Vendor (Supplier) List and manage strategic suppliers within Samtec’s roadmap. Understand current key technical supplier capabilities, stage developing suppliers, identify gaps that hinder current production and emerging products roadmap.
• Proactively develop capability and relationships with technical and material suppliers to meet Market and New Product Introduction strategy.
• Creatively structure agreements that mitigate risk, provide effective cost and scale with technical business strategy to build productive supplier partnerships.
• Work with Samtec’s Purchasing team to establish Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards including but not limited to minimum balances, lot sizes, stocking locations, and reorder points.
• Drive competitive supplier pricing through deliberate strategy to evaluate supplier cost and performance.
• Monitor key metrics of suppliers such as Delivery, Performance, Quality, etc.
• Work with Supplier Quality to regularly review supplier adherence to quality and operating policies, procedures and standards.
• Work with Operations and Supplier Quality to understand usage and manufacturing requirements to manage and develop supplier quality and performance.
• Help develop and leverage best practices, processes and tools for the Global Supply Chain and Sourcing team (ie benchmarking analysis, should cost analysis, BATNA, etc).
• Manage carrying costs to business unit targets while balancing risk and service level.
  
  

“The responsibilities as defined are intended to serve as a general guideline for this position. Associates may be asked to perform additional tasks depending on strengths and capabilities”

Required Experience

• 3+ years of manufacturing experience in one of the following: injection molding, precision machining or metal stamping.
• 4+ years of procurement experience or 2+ years of procurement experience combined with 2+ years of supply chain planning or engineering.
• Experience with ERP or similar systems.
• Bachelors degree in supply chain, engineering, business or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of product manufacturing/test and familiarity with DFx (includes manufacturing, test, cost, quality, reliability) tools, process and application (FMEA, DOE, DMAIC).
• Fluency in English
  
  

Preferred Experience / Desired Skills

• A professional certificate demonstrating proficiency in supply chain such as APICS CSCP or CPIM certification or equivalent.
• Deep experience in precision machining, injection molding and metal stamping.
• Self-motivated, highly organized, works independently and cross functionally.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to have interpersonal and political savvy to drive project teams.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Business skills such as general business / supply chain acumen, negotiation skills, interpersonal savvy, dealing with ambiguity, etc.
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
• Must be able and willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
  
  

Training Required

On the job training as appropriate.

Languages: English

SAMTEC, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating a diverse environment. All employment decisions at Samtec are based in business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity/expression, marital status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws.