 Establish, maintain, and develop a high performing team of supply management professionals; responsibilities include recruiting, training, performance feedback, and coaching;

 Accountable for overall performance and quality of the supply base including proactively mitigating risks to the operation; including transportation/logistics, planning, warehouse and import/export.

 Responsible for driving compliance to company policies and standard work procedures; Responsible for leading efforts to establish standard procedures and controls.

 Owns supplier performance and relationships; must be able to develop relationships and interface with senior level supplier representatives; including establishment of standard metrics.

 Develop, recommend, and effectively execute advanced sourcing strategies in support of new and existing business objectives

 Drive appropriate team-based sourcing recommendations that drive total value to the operations;

 Advice senior level management on:  comprehensive business and market intelligence data, including company’s strategic opportunities and value-added solutions related to material quality, cost, delivery, service, technology, etc.

 Ensure appropriate analysis of supplier proposals is completed; may include market analysis, should cost analysis , make vs. buy analysis, supplier profit analysis, etc.;

 Lead key projects or initiatives that achieve deliverable and schedule commitments

 Ability to ensure the organization delivers valued service to the business, quality goods and services, on-time and at competitive costs, as well as complying with standard purchasing practices and taking advantage of commodity management to improve costs.

 Meet operational budget commitments and comply with all company policies; including the Global Purchasing Policy.

  Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering related

  A minimum of 10 years of experience in electric industry or supply chain management or comparable business function is required

 High degree of complexity; strong problem solving and analytical skills

 Capacity to work in a global, cross-functional organization

  Ability to travel, both domestic and international, as needed to support job scope

 Demonstrated leadership ability

 Experience utilizing financial and data-driven techniques to make decisions;

 Proven experience negotiating with suppliers

 Ability to influence through effective verbal and written communication skills

 Ability to balance workload and achieve key deliverables

 Ability to pay close attention to details

 Collaborative approach to working within a team environment