What are the responsibilities and job description for the Category Sourcing Manager position at Tobii Dynavox?
Who we are:
At Tobii Dynavox, we empower people with disabilities to do what they once did or never thought possible. We call this mission Power to Be You. Our assistive communication technology helps our customers express themselves, connect with the world, and pursue independence, whether through everyday activities like ordering food or extraordinary feats like running a company. Working at Tobii Dynavox, you'll become part of a team that spans the globe, with offices in the US, Sweden, France, the UK, China, and beyond.
To learn more about what we make possible, meet some of our customers or take a look at some of our products.
What you'll do:
We make touch and eye tracking based assistive technology for people with communication and mobility challenges. The success of our products has life-changing impact on our customers. Our Production and Supply Chain Team helps to further the mission by ensuring our products come to life.
What you'll do:
- Category management, including IT, Office supplies & services, HR & consultants, indirect purchase requests, etc
- Drive Supplier Qualification & Supplier Selection balancing cost, performance, and risk
- Drive RFx process towards suppliers
- Negotiate Sourcing/Supplier Agreement
- Be involved Supplier Risk Management
- Report Spend for direct and indirect cost.
- Identify and implement cost saving opportunities.
- Supplier Management Governance
- Agreement management, and make sure to administrate necessary tasks.
As an Category Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Category Management focusing on IT, Office supplies & services, HR & consultants etc.
- Responsible to administrate Indirect purchase request in the US
- Local sourcing representative for Supplier Relationship within US supplier base including hosting meetings in Dynavox office and supplier on-site visits
- Approve Supplier Selection
- Escalation points supplier performance.
- Administrate the supplier contracts in the contracts system with Legal team.
- Supplier set up administrator for US suppliers
What you'll bring:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration and supply chain management is a plus
- 3 years sourcing experience within strategic sourcing within direct or indirect material and services
- Agreement management
- Negotiation skills
- Commercial understanding
- Networking skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English
- Risk management
- Basic financial knowledge
- Basic technical knowledge
- Good overall technical knowledge
- Microsoft Windows.
- Microsoft Office.
- Interpersonal skills
- Analytical
- Influential
- Independent
- Improvement driven
- Detailed oriented
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Collaboration and teaming skills
- Able to work alone or as a member of team
- Proven track record of work experience within sourcing
- Ability to work from office, host meetings in office and visit suppliers
- Ability to work without interruptions
- Able to endure an extended work day to meet deadlines
- Ability to work at a desk for prolonged periods of time
Where we stand:
We believe diversity not only enriches our workplace culture, but also gives us a strategic advantage. Working with people from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives helps us all become better communicators, better problem solvers, and better human beings. Our differences make us stronger.
Tobii Dynavox values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and racial/ethnic and cultural diversity. Tobii Dynavox does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.
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