Sourcing Experienced Professional - Commodity Management (M/F/D)

Our Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) team provides industry-leading products and services that optimize the extraction, production and processing of energy. We help a diverse range of customers across the value chain to reduce operating costs and improve productivity. Our team is responsible for the assembly of high-quality and innovative products.

The Sourcing Experienced Professional - Commodity Management for the Florence Shop contributes to procurement strategy for his/her product and execute order placement and agreements with suppliers supporting business KPIs.

The Sourcing Experienced Professional - Commodity Management is responsible for:

• Contribute to develop and execute long term strategies for the assigned commodity, ensuring best performance for procurement KPI
• Integrate commodity strategies into product leadership, sales, engineering and manufacturing objectives.
• For New Product Development, drive supplier selection, development, and overall supplier management with support of engineering, sales, product leadership and other procurement team in accordance with the business strategy
• Partner and be a point of reference for Product Leadership, Sales and Engineering for product strategy of the assigned commodity
• Develop negotiation strategies and lead negotiations to achieve stated goals and objectives of supply chain for Single PO as well as Strategic Partnership
• Negotiate and issue purchase orders with suppliers achieving lowest possible cost for material, balanced against optimum quality and schedule needs
• Develop Procurement initiatives for cost out program, deflation, cycle reduction, BVC Procurement and cash flow improvement (e.g. rebate, payment terms)
• Leverage S&OP data to match and optimize supplier capacity with business goals

• Have Good interpersonal and leadership skills
• Be able to cope with multiple complex situations daily
• Possess negotiation skills
• Be able to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Available to travel 5%-10% of the time

We recognise that everyone is different and the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best varies. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns [Select as appropriate]

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit in everything in and work when you are the most productive.

• This role is working with our customers on-site in locations across the world. When onsite, you will have the flexibility to work in line with customer working patterns. When projects are complete, we offer you the opportunity to take extended leave before you take on your next project.