Sourcing Specialist

Job Title: Sourcing Specialist
Location: New Port Richey, FL
Zip Code: 34654
Start Date: Right Away
Job Type: Contract - 6 months
Pay Rate: Starting at $23.33/hr
Keywords: #SourcingSpecialist #ProductionSupportJobs #SupplyChain

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Developing & executing the local sourcing strategies that delivers a competitive advantage driving the strategic supplier initiatives. This includes supplier selection, development, and supplier consolidation to ensure sourcing optimization and overall supplier performance.
* Driving sourcing execution for assigned commodity(s) or suppliers, including full accountability for buy and meeting deflation targets.
* Performing detailed cost analysis of components & manufacturing processes used by our suppliers to ensure highest quality at the lowest cost solution.
* Monitoring supplier quality and delivery performance and developing improvement strategies to ensure business needs are met.
* Partnering with key local business stakeholders to ensure sourced material and services meet the needs of the business.
* Driving improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery quality issues, invoicing payables issues, and database management.
* Specific to Direct Sourcing responsibilities: Driving sourcing strategic initiatives to ensure optimal cost productivity, fulfillment, and obsolescence life-cycle management by leveraging standardization and latest industry practices.
* Building deep relationships with Strategic Suppliers Relationships driving early supplier engagement into New Product Introduction (NPI) process, and long-term partnership for wing-to-wing product lifecycle.
* Specific to Indirect Sourcing responsibilities: Driving business productivity metrics affected by indirect sourcing, ensuring accuracy, identifying new areas of opportunity to drive cost out, implement operating efficiency or improve productivity, including leading bullet trains within the P&L.
* Affecting improvement in sourcing processes through digitization and simplification including management employee communication, policy recommendations or management dashboards for individual spend controls.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Associates in Engineering technical discipline or Finance, or 3 years work experience in the assigned commodity
* 3 years work experience with technical depth knowledge in assigned commodities.
* 3 years of Commercial Sourcing or Supply Chain experience
* SAP experience, quoting experience and supplier management relationship building skills
* Expediting and negotiating skills
* Supply chain certifications

If you are interested in this role, please apply via the apply now link provided. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract, temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. For more information, please visit our website at Belcan.com
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