Director Purchasing - Allentown, United States - Volvo Group

Volvo Group

Verified Company

Allentown, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Transport is at the core of modern society.

Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What you will do:

This position is responsible to develop and lead the long-term strategic planning and daily operational execution of the Purchasing and Quality functions supporting all business activities within the Company.

This position is also a member of the senior management leadership team of the Company with responsibility to assist in the development, implementation and attainment of the Company's strategic business objectives required to support profitability and functional contribution through continual growth of the business.

This position must identify, secure, and manage all resources needed to support internal and external customer operational needs within the assigned areas of responsibility.

Core Responsibilities:

Purchasing

Establish and lead the team responsible for all daytoday material purchasing and supply chain management activities in support of all product build and production activities
Responsible for team competence development
Develop and maintain overall strategic sourcing plans for key component and subsystem suppliers
Lead all efforts related to supplier selection and qualification
Develop needed supplier diversity to achieve government contract requirements
Establish detailed partnership agreements with external part suppliers and bought service providers to support all strategic business plan efforts for product offerings and industrialization needs
Identify and secure resource support from internal Company global business areas to support all purchasing and supply chain management activities
Directly responsible to lead all efforts to secure best possible costs for all purchased materials necessary to support business financial objectives and profitability goals
Responsible for the development, implementation and execution of all government programspecific contract value financial offset requirements

Quality

Process Quality
Establish and lead the crossfunctional team (including external consultant experts) responsible for ISO and ISO compliance and ongoing certification for the Company
Supplier Quality Assurance
Establish and lead the team responsible for Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) of all purchased materials including supplier evaluations, PPAP and corrective actions
Product Quality
Establish and lead the team responsible for product quality assurance of all products to be delivered to the Company's end customers

Purchasing and Quality Business Processes

Responsible for the overall process strategy governing the purchasing, supplier quality assurance and product quality functions within Mack Defense necessary to support end customer requirements while maximizing commonality with our internal global Company processes and procedures

Senior Management Team member

Participate as a senior management member of the Company's senior leadership team
Participate in decisions affecting the overall direction of the business
Responsible to help create, monitor and deliver annual business objectives and key performance indicators (KPI's) intended to support the overall business strategy within area of responsibility
Represent Company interests in assigned areas of responsibility in all governance forums including local Business Review Meetings (BRM) and Company Board of Directors meetings (BOD)
Lead the development and management of the operational budgets necessary to support all activities within area of responsibility
Establish and manage priorities of all business activities based on the strategic and financial metrics as outlined in the Company's business plan and defined objectives

Critical Competencies:

Change Facilitation: Functioning as a catalyst for change and finding ways to overcome organizational obstacles and personal resistance to needed changes
Customer Focus: Understanding and meeting the needs of customers and addressing the interests and concerns of all organization stakeholders
Employee Development: Giving subordinates; and peers the direction, opportunities and support they need to improve their professional competence
Leadership: Setting and modeling high performance standards and empowering a team of people to achieve agreedupon outcomes
Managing Diversity: Valuing the ideas and perspectives contributed by a diverse workforce, adapting individual style to tap the motivations of diverse individuals, and taking action to capitalize on workforce diversity
Teamwork: Building cooperation among individuals and departments, sharing information and resources, and working to achieve group goals and outcomes
Flexibility: Performing a wide range of tasks, r