Kohler
Program Manager, Strategic Sourcing NPD
KOHLER, WI, US
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
Project ManagementNegotiationIntellectual PropertyResearchLeadershipCollaborationMentoringProcurement
About the role
- Involved in the Acquisition and/or re-sale of Intellectual Property.
- Provides solution/alternatives to improvement ideas.
- Takes initiative to undertake improvement opportunities that are global in scope and complexity, setting strategies for process improvements that impact the work product of the department.
Responsibilities
- In addition to managing and developing your team, this role is expected to step in as an individual contributor when needed to drive critical work forward.
- This role is ideal for an aspiring leader who enjoys both developing people and staying close to the work through direct contribution.
- Lead the assigned strategic sourcing function within cross-functional product development teams, ensuring alignment of category strategies, supplier selection, and execution to overall program objectives.
- Ability to construct and manage complex, sophisticated commercial arrangements; Experienced in negotiating/managing point-to-point purchase agreements.
- Ability to construct value stream (profit margin) industry maps, utilize advanced financial techniques (commodity hedging), and build market comparable cost analysis.
- Ability to create spend category strategy with the understanding of interdependences, risks, and impact of strategy by business unit.
- Able to develop implement contingency planning processes.
- Drives one company one process initiatives.
- Provides presentation opportunities for developing talent visibility with senior management.
- Actively supports change opportunities to maximize personal, departmental and/or company performance.
Benefits
- Interpersonal Communicates departmental vision and goals, creating atmosphere of open communication.
- Collaborate in refining of NPD Sourcing vision, refreshing of annual objectives, defining of required initiatives, and setting and managing of required KPIs.
Company info
- Understanding potential differing needs between Internal External customers.
- Consistently exceed customer expectations by dealing with internal complexities across multi or global organization in a manner invisible to customers.
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