Strategic Sourcing Specialist jobs in Avondale, AZ

Establish and drive procurement of material and services in alignment with business Leadership for your assigned commodity / category and/or region as per Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan. You will have global/regional Responsibility for driving competitive commodity and category supply strategies to achieve lowest Total Cost , reduced Working capital via Negotiation planning and execution, High Growth Region Sourcing, Value Engineering and Sole/ Single Source elimination. You will manage Supplier Performance to support your commodity/category and/or region and ensure supply continuity. You will be managing several projects in a dynamic global environment. You will ensure compliance with company business policies and procedures, Export /Import regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying and driving opportunities that ensure the program is setup to successfully to achieve our priorities and drive the growth in the businesses we support.
• This role will support Strategic Business Unit’s strategies and functions that position the org for success such as: supply chain strategy, inventory optimization, supply chain transformation, etc.
• Plans/manages VMI program or projects to meet specific objectives or goals.
  Is a key interface with Strategic Business Units and the program.
• Works on problems/tasks in delivery of a specific product or service.
• Identifies tasks, determines dependencies, identifies and assigns specific resources, communicates expectations to team members, obtains task effort and duration estimates from team members, and creates/tracks the project schedule.
• Assesses risk and identifies issues.
• Monitors progress against schedule.
• Coordinates resources with other functions.
• Reviews user and technical requirements for completeness and clarity.
• Requires thorough knowledge of business practices and procedures in order to perform nonrepetitive, analytical work.
• Provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.

U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization