Senior Purchasing Manager

Job Title

Lead the development and management of certain global/regional product strategies designed to leverage the collective purchasing power of the business and synergistically maximize opportunities to optimize supplier performance, reduce total supply costs, and meet our technology expectations across the supply chain. Ensure that the commodities plan complies with the designed strategies. Negotiate contracts with key suppliers. Provide global leadership in communication, implementation, coordination, and enforcement of commodity strategies.

• Identify and evaluate local and international suppliers and vendors.
• Negotiate contracts, prices, and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Ensure procurement aligns with company goals (e.g. cost, quality, sustainability).
• Build and maintain strong relationships with global suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance using KPIs (quality, delivery, cost, compliance) in collaboration with Quality and PC&L
• Resolve conflicts or performance issues proactively.
• Develop cost-saving initiatives across sourcing and logistics.
• Analyze total cost including, shipping cost, duties, installation cost, training, waste disposal, etc. and optimize procurement strategies.
• Manage budgeting and forecasting related to sourcing activities.
• Assess geopolitical, financial, and operational risks in global supply chains to develop mitigation plans accordingly (USMCA)
• Ensure suppliers comply with regulations, ethics, labor laws, and sustainability standards.
• Develop contingency plans for supply chain disruptions.
• Work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, legal, and finance and corporate teams.
• Support new product introductions (NPI) by aligning supply capabilities.
• Translate business needs into supply strategies.
• Generate reports for leadership on supplier performance, risk, and cost trends, cost savings, etc.
• Integrate sustainability into supply sourcing practices.
• Stay updated on global supply chain trends and emerging technologies
• Establish processes and systems that enable the generation, sharing, and negotiation of strategic purchases, ensuring the proper functioning of direct purchasing areas.
• Coordinate and actively participate in the development of materials and services suppliers, as well as in the evaluation of their quality and reliability.
• Prepare the annual work plan to define the strategies to be implemented to meet the buyers' objectives and thus comply with GSM's management strategy. Support buyers in product or service negotiations. Communicate strategic and improvement plans to the general management of PHINIA SLP.
• Implement strategies to obtain price reductions and improvements in purchasing conditions for materials, products, and services.
• Comply with the buyer development plan.
• Ensure that initiatives and negotiations with suppliers are in the best interest of PHINIA SLP, taking into account long-term and sustainable considerations.
• Attend and participate in the Annual Final Inventory.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in engineering, administration, related discipline, International Trade, or other related fields.

Experience in a similar position: 10 or more years of experience in Purchasing and/or Supply Chain.

Technical knowledge required:
Ability to supervise a group of mid-level or senior purchasing professionals and/or entry-level managers, strong functional and technical skills.

Other requirements:
University degree in related discipline or equivalent experience, C.P.M. Certified Purchasing Manager (certification preferred). Knowledge of IATF 16949 automotive quality standards.

English required:
Competent

We provide compensation and benefits programs intended to attract, motivate, reward, and retain an incredibly talented, globally diverse workforce at all levels within our organization. Our compensation programs are informed by market data and business needs, and we are committed to providing equitable and competitive compensation. We are committed to providing our team with quality and competitive benefit programs, including health and well-being resources, family-centric policies, and an agile workplace program, where not precluded by collective bargaining agreements or national statutory plans.

Plans are benchmarked for competitiveness and value.

We provide formal development opportunities at all levels and stages of employee careers. These opportunities are delivered in a variety of formats to make our portfolio of solutions agile, sustainable, and scalable to support our employees in developing the skills needed to succeed.

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