Lincoln Electric has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Sourcing Manager, Facilities. In this key role, the Senior Sourcing Manager will be responsible for the procurement of USA and Canada Capex & Facilities category,which covers expenses related to expenditure classed as Capital expenditure,facilities and MRO.
In addition to competitive base compensation, Lincoln Electric offers a lucrative annual incentive plan, student loan repayment program PLUS tuition reimbursement, medical/dental/vision, paid time off and many more outstanding benefits!
The Senior Sourcing Manager – Capex & Facilities primary function is tosupport the business by creating and executing procurement strategies, plans, andtenders based upon budgets, and coordinating project/order related materials,services, and engineering requirements with total transparency to the team. Specifically, this role has responsibility for the following:
• Lead specific capex and MRO strategic sourcing projects and executetenders utilizing the LECO Ariba e-sourcing platform.
• The role will also help define and proliferate global capex sourcing strategies,especially for common suppliers. This means that you may be required to leadglobal tenders and commercial negotiations.
• You will lead a global sourcing council for Capex with representatives from keystakeholder functions, who will contribute to the creation, ratify, and proliferate thestrategic sourcing plan for the spend category.
• In this role, you will partner collaboratively with all parts of the business, as well asthe global procurement network, and implement procurement strategies andpolicies, applying a structured approach.
• In addition, this position will support tactical execution from the selected supplychain and help maintain performance and profitability.
• You will achieve your objectives by demonstrating a clear understanding of thebusiness structure, good communications skills, a proactive, entrepreneurialmindset, and the ability to multitask and coordinate with various functions.
• The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager Capex & Facilities is responsible for ensuringan optimized supply of quality services by:
o Clearly defining the supply chain in coordination with the cross-functionalcommodity team
o Documenting and communicating the supply chain strategy to crossfunctional personnel and management.
o Early Involvement with product development projects, in coordination withR&D, to drive supply chain optimization.
o Creating and maintaining formal strategic sourcing plans and assuringproper execution by the tactical procurement group.
o Implementing professional sourcing processes and coordinatingprocurement activities to deliver optimized material cost and ensure supplybase meets the project’s cost, delivery and quality requirements.
o Proactively driving procurement strategies - pooling, bundling, designing tocost, etc.
o Understanding the scope of, and executing supply agreements, performingrisk analysis and preparing for supplier negotiations
o Identifying supply chain risks and monitoring the market forces related tosupply chain
o Coordinating with various Strategic Sourcing Managers both locally,regionally, and globally for supplier negotiations to assure spending is fullyoptimized.