DEPARTMENT: Supply Chain
REPORTS TO: Director of Strategic Sourcing
LOCATION: St. Joseph, MI
SENIORITY LEVEL: Mid- Level
The Sourcing Engineer will support supply chain operations in the development, planning, and execution of business strategies in North America, as well as, globally in Asia and Europe. You
in setting a global sourcing strategy at the local level.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead the costing of products in collaboration with the supply chain managers and own the costed BOMs and quotes in the sourcing group.
proactively track progress toward these objectives and ensure target costs are both exceeded
• Partner with the supply chain managers to develop and execute negotiation strategies with
negotiations.
strategies.
• Develop and ramp component sources for new products and support the NPI purchasing team’s
builds.
SKILLS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
•Bachelor’s degree in technical or engineering field strongly preferred. A degree in supply chain management, material management, or business is acceptable if candidate has relevant sourcing engineering experience.
•3 to 8 years of work experience. Most in a technical sourcing, sourcing engineering, or supply chain management role. Automotive / Aerospace experience is welcomed.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, goal-oriented, and time-sensitive environment.
• Excellent communicator, ability to lead in an environment of in-direct control, analytical, fact based with an attention to detail.
•Demonstrated skill in driving and delivering component/product cost reductions through price negotiations.
• Working knowledge of cross-cultural business practices preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and working knowledge of ERP systems such as PeopleSoft and/or
SAP.
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