Responsibilities And Frequent Activities

— To lead by example! Follow and make sure that the assigned commodity purchasing team follows the JSS core values and compliance rules

— To ensure the best price on a global supply market for all products in commodity Metal

— To develop a comprehensive global commodity purchasing strategy for Metal (3-5 years view) based on global/regional business strategy and PBU strategy

— To ensure the global implementation of the commodity strategy including action plans in each region (road maps)

— Responsible for strategic and tactical steering of the purchasing volume in the assigned commodity

— To represent the global commodity towards all suppliers and internal stakeholders

— To execute annual price negotiations with all relevant suppliers to (over-)achieve the budget saving/PPV target

— To ensure implementation of global and regional purchasing initiatives (e.g. sourcing committee, processes & procedures, IT tools, etc.)

— Responsible for supplier management starting from new supplier introduction to supplier phase out, compiling supply market intelligence, identifying purchasing risks, opportunities and ensuring data transparency

— To collaborate and support with supplier quality management to achieve 0 ppm with all suppliers

— Constantly monitor all relevant KPI´s on the achievement of targets, gap to target, actions to close the gap together with the commodity team

— To present supplier innovations and to ensure the implementation in JSS, if technically and commercially feasible

— Support and implement value creation projects worldwide

Prerequisites

— College/university degree in business administration / engineering graduate or comparable studies (preferable with a major in Purchasing Management)

— Demonstrated experience in Commodity Management Metal, with an emphasis in a comparable Commodity

— Experience To Work In a Larger Scale Company

— A strong KPI and fact-based thinker with an execution bias

— Regarded as transformational and/or a change agent