Supplier Manager

Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you're searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve's position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone

Role Summary:
Lead and manage the site supply chain team to deliver site-operational objectives and provide outstanding supply chain service levels on quality and delivery whilst achieving lowest total cost of acquisition for direct material, indirect goods and services, and logistics. Be an integral part of site management team, representing strategies and objectives of Global Supply Chain team (GSC). Drive deployment of supply chain processes and resource development while adhering to company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities :

• Site Annual spend of approximately $XXM USD for direct material, $XM USD for logistics and $XM USD for indirect, excluding capital.
• Manage the team of Buyers who are responsible for acting on order suggestions (requisition or other) and exception messages generated by MRP system.
• Manage the team of Logistics Analysts who are responsible for handling the daily logistics movements for incoming goods to the site.
• In collaboration with the Global Supplier Performance Group, manage supplier performance (on-time delivery and quality) for site specific deliveries/suppliers.
• Track and improve site supply chain KPIs vs those defined by the Platform Supply Chain Director/Global Supply Chain.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives aligned with GSC strategies to meet annual operating plan (AOP) and long-term business objectives.
• Manage, minimize / eliminate supplier inflation/price increase request(s) and escalate to appropriate Global Supply Chain team for further leverage accordingly.
• Support site PWC objectives by leveraging inventory management opportunities and supplier payment terms (examples: Make vs. Buy strategy / Supplier Managed Inventory programs / Net 60 days as minimum supplier pay term).
• In coordination with the respective teams within the Global Supply Chain, ensure utilization of strategic tools and processes to achieve objectives of improved on-time delivery and quality and reduced cycle times and total cost of acquisition:
• ERP system
• APQP/ PPAP
• Procurement Control plans
• On- time delivery / PDBL reduction
• Top Focus supplier improvement
• Manufacturing Process Review
• Supplier audits/assessments
• Capacity & constraint management
• Supplier Quality Manual
• Facilitate and oversee critical supply-site quality issues between Operations, Engineering, Customers and Suppliers as required. Support and lead NCR, CAR, and capacity/lead-time improvement initiatives for locally managed suppliers (and coordinate with the Supplier Performance Group for centrally managed suppliers).
• Work with platform and GSC cross-functional teams to support & drive sourcing initiatives to reduce costs, rationalize supply base and leverage new technologies.
• Support any supply chain initiative roll-out across the enterprise or ad-hoc requests as requested by line manager.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirement:

• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain
• Experience in ERP-Oracle , Good -functional knowledge -Valve industry background since we deal more castings , machined parts and actuator etc.
• Solid Negotiation Skills
• Ability to multi-task and set priorities accordingly
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment
• Proven working experience with SAP / Oracle
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data
• Ability to manage & motivate teams
• Strong interpersonal skills requiring the ability to resolve conflicting interests and obtain co-operation
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Strong organizational, communication, process definition capabilities
• Ability to perform Responsibilities and Accountabilities independently
• Supply Chain / Commodity Management experience
• Also should familiar in local language, good interpersonal skill, team player, communication, should have enterprise mind set, business acumen mainly on costings.
• Pursuit of Professional Accreditation (APICS, PMA, ASQ, CSCP, etc.)
• Must possess solid analytical skills in forecasting and anticipating production needs and capabilities
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations under stress.

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Req ID
: R-16315

Job Family Group
: Logistics

Job Family
: LO Supply Chain

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