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Description

- Analyze spend portfolio and determine overall procurement approach for assigned areas based on magnitude of dollars, strategic importance, and opportunity for value delivery
- Assist in the development of long-range sourcing strategies for assigned projects or commodities
- Become subject matter expert in the supply market for assigned areas. Advise current and future market trends
- Use supplier and market data to incorporate business unit requirements, develop sourcing strategies, and optimize Brandts competitive position
- Lead and Assist sourcing activities, supplier selection, supplier negotiations, and create and monitor supplier agreements
- Identify, implement, and manage supplier relationships to support Brandts business unit requirements
- Understand the contracting process (negotiation, contract preparation and administration), tactical and transactional activity for assigned areas
- Deliver commercially sound supplier contracts that meet business units technology, quality and cost goals that provide optimum protection of company assets
- Management and negotiation of current contract portfolio and implementation of new sourcing initiatives
- Identify and execute opportunities for procurement cost reduction and supplier performance improvement, including alternating suppliers and products, renegotiating contracts to account for market changes, and working in conjunction with appropriate functional areas as needed
- Deliver and track quantifiable financial benefits
- Developing, writing and publishing bids (RFI, RFP, RFQ, RFx)
- Maintain current market information for the categories of responsibility to ensure that Brandts prices remain competitive within the confines of existing contracts
- Monitor and report performance metrics to Purchasing Manager

Required Skills:
- Strong customer focus and communication skills
- Data/Analytical skills
- Strong implementation and change management skills, and performance drive
- Process oriented