Strategic Sourcing Manager, Packaging

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• 制定和实施子范畴的策略multiple divisions/sites to optimize cost.
• Develops and/or assists with Strategic Sourcing plans/strategies and objectives (short & long term) based on forecasts of future demand and taking into account economic and currency trends and conditions that affect Product &Technology, the business, and the global commodity sourced.
• Furnish market conditions, pricing, shortages or technical information to divisional procurement and business responsible and makes recommendations
• Leads the development and communication of global supply intelligence for assigned commodities. (i.e. Market intelligence, should cost modeling, low cost sourcing activities, consortiums, etc.)
• Recommend and implement process change and enablers required to shift current fragmented spend and project procurement to a category management methodology
• Identify, lead and communicate cost reduction opportunities across multiple plants and businesses
• To carry out the negotiations for key suppliers and ensure adequate contract cover within the portfolio with divisional sourcing resources to be compliant with the Global Delegation of Authorities/Signatories policy.
• Works with the Business Supply Managers, Global Strategic Sourcing Managers, and Divisional procurement Buyers on developing and executing Shared objectives
• Share the best practices across the divisions to maximize Corning benefits
• 管理关键供应商的性能在必要时ensure uninterrupted supply
• Conducts negotiations with potential and/or current major suppliers to obtain maximum value in terms of packaging specification and design.
• Owns the Supplier Relationship Management process for the assigned commodities and developing and cultivates effective relationships with key suppliers.

Scope of Position:

• Reporting to Global Strategic Sourcing Manager – Packaging, this role will lead the strategic procurement activities for packaging categories for the NAFTA based businesses (Life science, Environment, Pharmaceutical, Optical fiber and connectivity), and selected global categories (Paper and Resin based packaging materials).
• The role will develop and drive procurement strategies around various packaging, will look for opportunities to rationalize our supply base, and bring cost-effective procurement to the businesses by centralizing the strategic sourcing element of this activity.
• The role will work closely with a wide internal Customers base as well as other Functional Service leaders in order to identify business and functional customers’ priorities and closely align with business/functional strategies. In many cases these activities will be performed as part of a cross-functional team, but the incumbent will lead the process and be responsible for implementing solutions.
• Packaging Material Knowledge: Proficiency in flexible, corrugated, rigid and distribution packaging materials, understands packaging processes relative to supplier operations, manufacturing, engineering and supply chain.
• Understands packaging commodity indexes for plastics, paper, corrugated and wood.

Required Skills:

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Engaging and capable of building strong internal customer, internal procurement and external supplier relationships
• Customer focused
• Self motivated, takes initiative
• Ability to multi-task, manage many changing priorities and be flexible
• Problem solving, root cause identification and follow through to permanent solutions
• Global negotiation skills
• Global commodity strategy development and business alignment
• Good listening skills / Attention to details
• Strong data analysis skills

Desired Skills:

• Industry knowledge – strong market, technical and procurement background sourcing raw materials
• Innovative contracting in volatile markets to assure competitive pricing models
• Having a technical / engineering background or experience - Prefer packaging material engineering background or experience - Prefer experience with glass and/or ceramic manufacturing
• Project Management skills

Soft Skills:

• Capable of working independently but knows when to ask questions for guidance
• Works effectively in teams
• Can communicate with all levels of the organization globally

Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time:As the job requires which may exceed 40 hours a week with travel

Travel Requirements:(Please note if international) 20% travel commitment, this could include travel to Europe and Asia along with the necessary domestic travel

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.