Strategic Sourcing Manager - Hydraulics
As an international group PALFINGER offers its customers around the world hydraulic lifting solutions at the interfaces of the transport chain. At the moment PALFINGER operates business in 17 sectors: loader cranes, EPSILON timber and recycling cranes, marine cranes, davit systems, winches and offshore equipment, offshore cranes, boat cranes, wind cranes, hook lifts and container roll-off systems, access platforms, tail lifts, passenger lifts, mobile cranes, truck bodies, railway systems cranes, truck mounted forklifts as well as attachments and equipment for increasing crane efficiency.
As a member of the Palfinger North America Group (https://www.palfinger.com/en) we continuously pursue our vision of being the preferred provider of truck equipment throughout North and Latin America. If you like contributing your talents, being rewarded for strong performance and enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment, then we think you have found the right place to come and build a future. It is our belief that you will join a company with a strong heritage and more importantly, a strong future.
Location: Council Bluffs, IA or Schaumburg, IL
Position reports to: Director of Procurement for North America
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the North America sourcing strategy for hydraulic equipment.
- Executes sourcing activity according to the set strategy such as: screening for suppliers,
evaluation and development of supplier.
- Assist in monitoring local, national and international markets through constant
benchmarking in order to continuously improve costs, quality and technology
- Locally negotiate prices and contracts with suppliers, according to the delegation of
authority rules, in the defined perimeter and manage execution of contracts to optimize
company’s competitive position
- Achieve and implement savings targets for spend coverage
- Ensure compliance with sourcing processes and track implement process improvements.
- Implement sourcing group strategies for spend categories and undertake regular review on
their effectiveness
- Establish performance-based contracts, KPI’s and monitor implementation and compliance
- Communicate effectively and manage relationships with key stakeholders and relevant
internal personnel
- Implement sourcing best practices in terms of strategic sourcing per sourcing group
- Drive continuous improvement projects over year cost reductions and implementation of
supplier managed inventory programs
- Committed to supporting manufacturing and/or internal customer needs on projects
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in engineering with strong commercial mindset
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a strategic sourcing in an international manufacturing company (preferably truck/ automobile manufacturing with focus in hydraulic
- Proven capability in cost analysis
- § General experience in a manufacturing environment (transformation & assembly)
- § Proficient in MS Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- § SAP knowledge is preferred
- § Fluency in one additional language is advantageous (such as Spanish)
- Willingness to travel within USA, Mexico, and Canada with occasional international travel to Europe. Ability to travel up to 35%.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
Experience:
- Strategic Sourcing: 5 years (Required)
Language:
Ability to Relocate:
- Schaumburg, IL 60173: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person