Opelika Plant (Miele Manufacturing inc.), BU Cooking

Job Title: Strategic Purchaser

Reports to:  Director of Operations

Job Responsibilities:

•    Develop and execute local sourcing strategy for MMI

•    Purchase materials, supplies, services at most favourable, sustainable, flexible and feasible terms.

•    Initiate best cost country and localization initiatives supporting cost benefit.

•    Conduct capacity check activities to ensure availability of technical capacity allocated at supplier.

•    Communicate, align and initiate the material group strategies with cross-functional stakeholders.

•    Manage supplier portfolio based on growth and technical requirements of factories.

•    Prepare forecast and Business Plan based on provided 'premises' (assumptions) from global/regional commodity managers.

•    Do first quality evaluation of new (to be selected) suppliers.

•    Manage relationship with suppliers with focus on sourcing and quality.

•    Lead and manage discussions with suppliers in case of quality claims.

•    Initiate and execute improvement measures to improve quality at suppliers.

•    Operational: Update price changes, resolve price discrepancies, maintain system (SAP) maintenance, generate request for quotes (RFOs), initiate request for quote/request for proposal (RFQs/RfPs)

•    Operational: regularly check supplier allocated capacities to ensure reliable supply, act as an escalation level for supplier issues (capacity/supply/quality) and support task force teams.

•    Operational: Generate, drive, and/or participate in purchasing projects to improve cost position or sustain production based on defined material group strategy

•    Governance: Make and document all legal framework contracts; including perform supplier risk management tasks, supplier performance management, supplier financial health checks, collect documents to initiate and maintain new suppliers.

•    Tactical: Conduct bench-marking price of suppliers in and outside of existing portfolio. Negotiate price contracts, using relative tools to intensify competition between suppliers.