Supervisor, Supply Chain – Seneca Battery

Standard Duties

40% - Lead the development and management of certain global/regional commodity strategies designed to leverage BW collective purchasing power and maximize synergistic opportunities to optimize supplier performance,

• reduced total supply costs while meeting our technology expectations throughout the supply chain.
• Provide global leadership in the communication, implementation, coordination, and enforcement of commodity strategies.
• Develops supplier capabilities to meet BW requirements
• Provides guidance and approval of basic supplier agreements

10% - Provide Leadership to Launch Readiness issues

• Develop and implement business process improvements

10% - Ensure commodity plan deliverables meet designed strategies.

• Coordinates supplier relationship with internal functions (i.e. trouble shooting)
• Delivers budget, forecasts and LRP for their area of responsibility
• Responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of location(s) specific strategies and commodity forecasts

10% - Negotiate key supplier contracts

5% - Direct current production issues

20% - Develop strategies and actions and execute to achieve Budgeted cost reductions

• Ensures cost and performance objectives in line with existing strategies

5% - Career development and training

• Oversees/Manages and leads a small team of direct reports
• Manage talent within team including conducting performance reviews
• Responsible for talent/organization development

• Supervise a group of mid or senior level purchasing professional
• Strong functional and technical Skills

• Travel is occasionally required, up to 5% of the time.

• All employees are responsible for knowing, understanding and complying with the safety policies and procedures.
• Wear PPE when appropriate in designated campus areas.
• Lifting shoulder high up to 35 lbs. on occasion.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or equivalent - highly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience
• Ability to supervise a group of mid or senior level purchasing professionals
• Strong functional and technical skills
• Ability to travel 50% of the time
• Proficient in English
• University Diploma in related discipline or equivalent experience
• Ability to provide functional leadership
• C.P.M. Certified Purchasing Manager is a preferred certification

$104,800 - $144,100