Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive category strategies that documents sourcing approaches, preferred suppliers, purchasing, invoicing reconciliations, cost performance, quality performance, and logistics solutions.
• Excel in supplier negotiations using multiple approaches such as market tests, long term agreements, and cost models.
• Perform comprehensive evaluations to ensure best-in-class pricing based on total cost of ownership.
• Summarize sourcing recommendation and be able to align with stakeholders of sourcing recommendation.
• Issue purchase orders and follow up with suppliers on prompt shipments at the appropriate quality levels.
• Interface with user departments as the procurement and category specialist that allows management to make the right procurement decisions.
• Visit suppliers as needed to understand manufacturing processes and new developments.
• Safety is an ess...