Supply Network Specialist Job Description
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Supply Network Specialist Job Description
- Maintain contacts with other Site and Category procurement teams and with global manufacturing facilities to resolve supplier issues that require purchasing intervention (suppliers stopping deliveries, back orders, …)
- Draft and route change orders
- Track and report on Quality Inspections
- Assist in invoice resolution and payment
- Complete Project closeout checklists and procedures, through warranty completion
- Read / understand project Prime contracts
- Assist in review of project contract templates
- Prepare, solicit and evaluate bid proposals
- Present procurement activity updates in Procurement Status meetings
- Integrate with project team and communicate procurement activities
- Review exception reports and communication concerns to appropriate parties (e.g., Buyers, Suppliers, Logistics)
- Preferably a Master’s degree or equivalent by experience
- As a Supply Network Operations specialist will be responsible for certain operations in one of Supply Network Operations divisions
- Joining our Supply Network Operations team you become functional expert (specialist), keeping us at the leading edge of inventory & order management, logistics and distributors' development
- You will learn leading Supply Network Operations practices through ourtraining program and applying your skills and knowledge on the job
- You can count on continuous professional development our business grows both in size and complexity, presenting new exciting challenges and requiring new skills
Supply Network Specialist Job Description
- Manage purchasing approval and authorisation
- Tracking and reporting purchasing spend
- Complete full bid evaluation process and report status
- Manage supplier relationships to support project initiatives
- Leverage suppliers across multiple procurements to create cost savings to projects
- Initiate contract negotiations for contract awards and change orders
- Assist in complex or dispute invoice and back charge resolution issues
- Negotiate and manage project closeout activities through warranty completion
- Limited travel may be required to support category, product, facilities, supply excellence or logistics management
- Pro-actively assist Facility Management Team to improve cost/efficiencies (continues improvement)
- Four year college degree, with at least 1 year of progressively responsible job-related experience in Supply or Procurement roles
- Bachelor's level degree in Engineering from a college or university or equivalent experience
- English proficiency level – min
- 1 – 2 order management experience required
- Experience with ERP and/or Warehouse Management System required
- Must possess an attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple assignments and tasks
Supply Network Specialist Job Description
- Excel spread sheet creation to include formulas, pivots, vlookup
- Through the use of systems ensure integrity of the data and Processes/Practices that govern its usage
- Continue to build expertise for the Procurement area and contribute to continuous improvement efforts
- People - Works effectively with colleagues and suppliers at all levels
- Leadership - No direct reports
- Strategy - Perform analytical and administrative tasks in support of Global Supply Network strategic initiatives
- Travel - Limited travel may be required to support training and communication to both Procurement Professionals and Suppliers
- Oversee and support complex or dispute contract resolution issues
- At the appropriate time, launch access network provisioning projects on the territory in order to meet the deadlines requested by our internal and external clients
- Manage escalation of Client and Supplier issues associated with Supplier Master Data and resolve in a timely manner
- Experience with wireless operations preferred
- More than 2 years of communication experience, ideally with a focus on employee communication
- Strong collaboration and client relations skills
- An ability to measure internal communication effectiveness
- Experience with a broad range of communication channels (e.g., written, social media, portal) and able to use them strategically to influence and inform important stakeholders
- Bachelor’s Degree in construction management, business, engineering, supply chain management or equivalent degree or Military/ Education / experience combination
Supply Network Specialist Job Description
- Quotes collection
- Assist in supplier onboarding and educating
- Perform analytical
- Manage inventory counts, griefs and systems associated with inventory management
- Manage inbound transport invoices and approval process
- Work with Compliance team to ensure compliance for inbound and outbound material
- Manage contracts with suppliers, including capital purchase process
- Cooperate with all PF Segment suppliers in collecting and updating key documentation's, eg
- Provide constant support with PPAP approval process for all components from PF Segment suppliers
- Cooperate closely with PF Segment suppliers and provide needed guidelines in order to maintain high quality level of provided PPAP documentation
- Professional attitude with good oral and written communication skills
- Team player with ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
- As applicable, ability to relocate for long and short-term field assignments
- Acquired knowledge of Contract Specialist I responsibilities
- 3 – 5 years Procurement Experience or Industry Experience
- Detail-oriented, highly motivated with ability to effectively manage time and relationships
Supply Network Specialist Job Description
- Manage the site transportation operations (Inbound and Outbound) process, transportation network design and optimization, identify and lead transportation network projects and improvement initiatives, conduct freight cost analyses and transportation budgeting, define and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and engineer optimal routes for the network
- Generate OPACC (on variable spend) at or above 3 times our service cost
- Manage Network Delivery Performance to meet Transportation service Targets
- Be steel advisor for rebill activities to onboard new suppliers
- Creation of presentations for management review
- Working with team members to resolve errors, explain changes and recommend actions to resolve
- Analysis, validation and reporting of PSLD’s OIA (Transformation) and Reduced Purchase Material (RPM) results
- Support key Procurement functions and operations through monitoring, tracking and reporting on rebates, tariffs, and price/commodity increases
- Drive improvement in forecasting accuracy, effectiveness and efficiency for direct material procurement and cost impacts
- Identification, analysis and measurement of commodity impact on material and OIA results
- Basic knowledge of risk evaluation and claims mitigation
- Undergraduate degree from a college / university
- Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in the field of procurement of fabrications, metals and / or electrical components
- A bachelor degree from a college or university – or equivalent experience
- Excellent analytical and strong problem solving skills, results orientated, dynamic and independent
- Must be able to present data to the Managers and team members in a professional manner