What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sourcing Material Manager position at Curtiss-Wright?
Sourcing Material Manager
As a Sourcing Material Manager (SMM),, you will be responsible for managing a project's material flow through Sourcing and the supply base, ensuring that their assigned projects are accomplished on-schedule and within budget. You will be the single point-of-contact between the Sourcing organization and the Project Teams, coordinating all proposal and execution activities for their respective programs and/or division strategic initiatives. Lastly, facilitates effective functional Sourcing by driving the decisions and actions necessary to ensure project success.
Location: Cheswick, PA (greater Pittsburgh)
Your Challenges:
- Leads the development, implementation, and execution of material acquisition strategies
- Identifies material cost-down / cost-savings opportunities
- Coordinates identification and delivery of all long lead-time materials
- Confirms realism / validity of material cost estimates
- Maintains responsibility for overall Sourcing project focus
- Coordinates all Sourcing actions to accomplish project objectives
- Assists in setting project-related Buyer and supplier prioritization
- Communicates project activities to Sourcing and Sourcing activities to the projects
- Helps consolidate / summarize Sourcing status at a project level
- Participates in Project Team meetings
Your Expertise:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Finance, or other related field
- Eight (8) or more years of related, progressive technical or business management experience
- Experience in a highly complex, highly regulated, low volume manufacturing environment
- Experience in Supply Chain Management
- Experience with Microsoft Office (i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Project
- Strong organizational, analytical, and administrative abilities
- Strong interpersonal and verbal/written/presentational skills
- Comfortable in a matrix organizational structure
- Leader, Collaborator, Communicator
- Ability to convert business needs / requirements into executable strategies
- Excellent Customer service skills with a strong understanding of Customer relationship building
- Self-starter; self-motivator; willing to do what it takes to get the job done
- Must be US citizen and be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance
This position may require exposure to information which is subject to US export control regulations, i.e. the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of U.S. regulations.
Curtiss-Wright values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.
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