Sourcing Specialist - Controls and Systems

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Hiab offers a variety of different career possibilities for different backgrounds and ambitions, so whatever your passion is, we may just have the job for you! We want to bring in new expertise and fresh ideas, while providing our existing employees with new and interesting career opportunities. Your talent, experience and passion may just be what we seek or need to shape the future of Hiab and our industry. We offer as well: 

• Employees First way of life: all of us should experience Easiness, Empowerment and Excellence every day at work
• Comprehensive benefit package including; health, vision, dental, company-paid & voluntary life insurance upon first day of employment
• 401k program with 6% company match
• Personal time off and company-paid holidays
• Opportunities for career growth and competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Paid training
• Company mentoring program
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related continued education
• Referral Program
• You may also be provided with a company cell phone, laptop and/or credit card, all to be used for the purpose of conducting company business

Purpose of the position

• Responsible for source selection and the identification, tracking and implementation of cost saving actions to meet the year on year productivity targets for the respective category using global benchmarking in order to leverage spend and optimize purchasing synergy.  
• Accountable to create, develop and execute sourcing activities to minimize total acquisition cost whilst maximizing sustainable and operational performance across Hiab to secure benchmark total cost of ownership as well as driving profitability and growth together with high levels of delivery and quality performance.
• Manage all sourcing activities and secure demanding and complex multi-tier sourcing arrangements, promoting Supplier Relationship Management and early supplier involvement.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Identification, development and execution of the sourcing activities across whole-Hiab spend to optimize use of Hiab resources over the E2E product lifecycle addressing strategic commercial sourcing requirements, supplier preferencing, securing early focus on service and end-of-life requirements, supplier consolidation and pipeline to secure continuity of supply and emerging business needs
• Successful cross-functional participation in New Product Development, Supplier relationship Management (SRM), early supplier involvement and selection with technology development, productivity, total cost reduction make/buy programs, should-cost modelling, and business process and system implementation
• Support new product development by taking ownership and leading all sourcing deliverables within own area of responsibility, inc. fulfillment of technical requirements, quality and delivery assurance deliverables
• Lead the QAP process with support of Category Supplier Development
• Manage and improve the Hiab-wide supplier performance using category supplier development resources and QDCI balanced scorecard methodology to monitor and improve performance across key metrics
• Identifying, tracking and implementing cost saving actions to meet the year on year productivity targets for the category
• Hiab-wide RFQ preparation, analysis and negotiation/business award according to delegation of authority
• Develop open book costings, budgets and raw material forecasting for the suppliers within scope
• Evaluate and develop the supply base. Introduce new suppliers as appropriate to meet the current and future needs of the business, at the same time ensuring continuous improvement in terms of cost, quality, delivery and new product introduction in a global environment
• Close cooperation with supply planning to support capacity planning and scalability/flexibility planning via development of Logistics agreements
• Identification and development of new manufacturing partners within BCC countries to support current and future needs of the business
• Commercial participation in supplier assessments in conjunction with Supplier Development
• Promote and secure supplier participation in Hiab Supply Chain Finance programs
• Define and reach targets for Quality, Delivery, Cost, Innovation in the category
• Services Strategy Execution including branding to increase capture rate and spare part revenues
• Contract negotiation including payment term, quality/warranty/logistics annexes and raw material indices
• Development of supplier risk mitigation programs to ensure minimized disruption within category and business line
• Provide support to escalate, drive recovery plans and resolve supplier quality/delivery issues using root cause analysis tools & methodology to ensure production requirements are secured
• Adherence to and maintenance of all relevant Purchasing processes and systems, in line with Central Sourcing and Group Policy

What you’ll need to succeed

Education:

• Degree Level or equivalent, with relevant engineering and/or industrial experience

Working experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant global industrial experience (truck, construction machines, mining, agriculture or automotive)
• Minimum 3 years’ relevant work experience in sourcing roles in an international and multi-site company
• Experience in working with large suppliers with global multi-site footprint and managing supplier relations and negotiations
• Project management, cross-functional improvement teams and supplier development programs
• Experience in using ERP systems (Preferably LN.10)
• Experience in complex steel assemblies/hydraulic systems/electrical & electronics preferred 

Skills and competencies:

• Excellent knowledge in sourcing methods; supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, analytical skills and legal/contractual knowledge
• Continuous improvement mindset with a business-driven and fact based approach towards suppliers with a focus on building long-term relationships
• Excellent communication, cooperation and influencing skills when working with different senior level roles internally within Hiab and externally with different suppliers
• BCC/LCC Sourcing in EMEA and APAC
• Senior level contract and commercial negotiation

Desired behavior:

• Teamwork, collaboration, continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to travel, sometimes at short notice

Interested to join?

If you are excited about this opportunity, please submit your Resume/CV today for consideration!

HIAB USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, and training, are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.
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