Country Lead Buyer - Hybrid Role

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Description

• Identify KPIs in sourcing and procurement, collaborating with local and global teams.
• Develop sourcing and procurement strategies and standards at the global level; analyze data to create metrics; estimate costs.
• Maintain and train on TCO calculation methodologies to support fact based and cost effective sourcing; define incurred costs versus raw materials, component and auxiliary costs.
• Attain and analyze global sourcing market information, review competitive buyer behavior, geographical and demographic trends, stable and emerging market.
• Design local and global systems to collect and distribute procurement and sourcing information.
• Establish templates for and negotiate supplier contracts/ agreements, locally and globally.
• Develop and monitor category strategy; lead global initiatives for designated category.
• Qualify and validate suppliers; audit product quality and supplier performance.
• Research world-wide technology clusters; support procurement engineering
• Implement yearly cost reduction goals and quality improvement goals.
• Acts as the "second in command" to the Procurement Manager