Plant Procurement Manager

Schneider Electric has an opportunity for a Plant Procurement Manager managing our Columbia, SC location. The Plant Procurement Manager (PPM) role manages the relationships between the purchasing organization and the plant manufacturing operations. This is a critical role that ensures our plants are meeting their purchasing objectives.

What will you do? 

Productivity

• Accountable, with the Procurement Sourcing Leads (PSL), for the material productivity of the plant.
• Monitoring negotiation actions and their results.
• Provide coaching and support to the local PSL for the management of technical and supplier change actions (identification and progress) with escalation process within the purchasing function and/or the plant.
• Identification, with the PSL, of new actions to reach the targets in term of productivity by lever
• In charge of accuracy of forecasted savings by challenging PSL to ensure maintenance is being performed and to make it match the P&L reality.
• Accountable, with the monthly reconciliation committee (PPM, financial controller and PSL, for consistency of productivity in forecast and in actuals.

Supplier Management

• Supports Plant Quality & Managers on supplier performance for critical cases, in internal escalation process after SQME & SSCME’s implications
• Participates to the monthly Supplier Performance Meeting with the Plant.
• Informs the plant of short and middle term Quality & Logistic risks coming from supplier market.

Supplier Market

• Makes sure that the Supplier Orientation Charts exist and are shared with the Plant.
• Informs the Plant about supplier market significant changes and warns the Plant if risks are identified. 

What qualifications will make you successful? 

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering or other relevant field is required.
• 5 years of delivering great results in procurement.
• CPM or CPIM in procurement preffered.
• You have demonstrated leadership skills and have a desire to achieve more in your career
• You know how to influence and convince cross-functionally to achieve organizational goals
• You have a strong knowledge of negotiation processes, project leadership, and manufacturing processes  
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and know how to manage conflicting priorities.

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We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

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