Central Sourcing Support
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
As a Central Sourcing Contractor, you will be responsible for supporting our Sourcing Organization from a tactical perspective. This will include reaching out to suppliers, working with internal stakeholders and following a set of work instructions to complete daily tasks. You will work to maintain work instructions as processes evolve and may be involved in administering meetings/organizing presentations and managing the housing of these presentations. This position will support the Category and NPI (New Product Introduction) Sourcing teams as they work on strategy development and implementation for assigned categories in alignment with the broader Commodity Strategy. You will manage daily/weekly tasks that help sourcing teams manage the supply base to ensure that all suppliers meet our four priorities: Delivery, Quality, New Product Integration, and Cost Competitiveness.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supplier Relations:
- Request BOL/shipping documentation from suppliers
- Enter cost changes, maintain parts systematically, and support sourcing projects as requested by the Sourcing Agents
- Enter tooling requests into the system as requested by Sourcing Agents
- Assist with new supplier onboarding and supplier profile edits
- Look for continuous improvement opportunities in the process & workflow
- Track and communicate progress of daily tasks
- Maintain current costing as requested from Sourcing Agents
- Work with suppliers, plants, planning and Accounts Payable to resolve invoice quantity discrepancies
- Partner with sourcing, accounts payable, quality and engineering team members to resolve issues.
- Other Duties as Assigned
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration or similar field required
- APICS CPIM and/or ISM C.P.M./A.P.P. desired.
- Previous materials/purchasing experience is a plus but is not required
- Effective negotiation, decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills within team and cross-functionally.
- Highly organized and effective in managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to professionally represent the company by developing productive working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Comfortable analyzing data
- Experience pulling reports and utilizing different systems
- Experience with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Experienced in presentation abilities, including PowerPoint development.
Meet Your Recruiter
Kirsten Overlee
Senior Director Recruiting
Kirsten is a highly strategic, results oriented Senior Director of IT Recruiting with more than 20 years of experience attracting and retaining top quality candidates. She currently leads our outstanding IT and Engineering recruiting team and handles account management for some of Corps Teams top clients.
Prior to Corps Team, Kirsten was a Sr Recruiter for two well-known IT Staffing Firms and a Corporate Recruiter for MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Western Digital and Texas Instruments. Kirsten brings a unique expertise to the table based on her diverse recruiting background and has gained a reputation as a no-nonsense recruitment professional. Kirsten can draw upon a diverse history in Talent Acquisition, “Needle in a Haystack”, sourcing, recruitment and screening, Executive Search, Client Relationship Management, Account Management and Client Retention. Kirsten is an active professional member of SHRM and possesses a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Management Information Systems. Kirsten has been with Corps Team for over ten years.