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Director Strategic Sourcing - FAR/DFAR procurement - Michigan (relo avail)

Muskegon, MI · $150,000 to $170,000
OPEN JOB: Director Strategic Sourcing - FAR/DFAR procurement - Michigan (relo avail)
Location: Muskegon, Michigan (40 minutes outside of Grand Rapids)
***Relocation Assistance Available
Salary - $150,000 to $170,000
Full-time
Benefits - Full
Bonus Eligible - Yes
Interview Travel Reimbursed - Yes
 
  • The Director of Strategic Sourcing and Subcontracts is responsible for developing a strategic sourcing roadmap and implementing a plan to deliver the best value to the organization. 
  • The successful candidate will work with key leaders to ensure the best portfolio of suppliers are selected for each Program. 
  • This will include selecting key suppliers, maintaining a network of grow and maintain suppliers, and fostering strategic relationships with external partners.
  • Will also include working with commodity leaders across the corporation, administering supply chain programs, tools and processes for multiple supply chain functions including commodity management, material management, procurement, and subcontracts.
  • Will develop pricing strategies and implement Long Term Agreements with suppliers, and a strategy to maintain competitive pricing for proposals.
  • Ensures sourcing efforts meet business goals and objectives.
  • Works with functional leaders to perform analysis and identify areas for performance improvement.
  • Oversees and supports implementation of strategic initiatives, as well as activities related to global sourcing, supplier selection, product delivery specifications, and quality.
  • Establishes, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.
  • Develops and maintains working relationships with global supply chain partners. Designs and implements business metrics to monitor, track, and report sourcing project progress.
 
Essential Functions:
  • Meets purchasing operational standards by contributing purchasing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying purchasing system improvements.
  • Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures
  • Develops procurement sources by researching and contacting vendors; attending demonstrations; leading conferences involving suppliers, engineers, purchasers, inspectors and other company personnel; facilitating material inspection, substitution, standardization and vendor/company partnering.
  • Develops materials and distribution organizational strategies by contributing materials and distribution information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction, establishing materials and distribution objectives in line with organizational objectives.
  • Directs purchasing organizational strategies by contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction, establishing functional objectives in line with organization goals.
  • Coordinates with department heads to develop supply budgets, tooling budgets, and oversees spending.
  • Negotiate long term agreement contracts covering items of major importance or magnitude.
  • Sustains competitive product pricing by negotiating equipment, materials, and supplies costs, discovering new sources.
  • Lead cross-functional teams and upkeep of key segment and supplier relations.
  • Drives continuous improvement throughout the Supply Chain function.
  • Will collaborate with Global Procurement to ensure the best value supply chain is implemented for all programs.
  • In-depth knowledge of FAR/DFAR procurement and estimating processes.

Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience – or - Graduate Degree with a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
  • Experience with defense supply chains (Army and Navy) preferred.
  • Experience negotiating win-win, cost reduction strategies with complex supply chains preferred.
  • Experience with expansion and use of Source-to-Pay systems.
  • Lead training sessions with teams on FAR/DFAR regulations.
 

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 
  • MS WORD Resume
  • required compensation.
  • Contact information.
  • Availability
 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.


Jason Denmark
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: jdenmark@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondenmark/

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