Procurement Manager - Edwards, United States - Edwards, CO

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We at Edwards Vacuum believe that there is always a better way.

This spirit drives us to provide leading edge technology, innovative and sustainable products, as well as best in class service to our customers around the globe.

That's where you come in – we believe our people make it happen. We provide a collaborative, inclusive and flexible work environment along with competitive compensation and comprehensive wellness & benefits programs.

The Role:
Drive effective operational procurement

Continuously improve supplier on time delivery whilst reducing lead times
Establish best practice tools and deploy consistent processes in HAV/MTY entities
Deploy supplier owned buffer stocking programs
Develop supplier capacity analysis and constraint management process ensuring agility to ramp up/down
Build strong supplier relationships underpinned by service level agreements and scorecard proces
Integrate/develop processes as requried by SAP deployment and divisional digitization strategies

Deploy Category Managment process to define and optimise local and divisional sourcing strategies

Develop category and supplier strategies to support Product Company and Divisional Objectives with a focus on consolidation, localisation and distributed manufacture
Negotiate contracts & supply agreements for strategic and critical suppliers
Develop existing or select new / alternative suppliers to meet Product Company operational and technology requirements
Understand supply market through benchmarking and should cost modelling
Define and execute prioritised projects delivering the strategy and maximising CC7 (cost down glide paths)

Technology roadmaps and NPI

Identify supply base gaps and develop/adapt to support Technology roadmap. This will include developing existing suppliers and finding new, evolving category strategies as required
Ensure supplier early engagement & alignment between R&D/NPI teams, maximizing DFM

Define supply strategy for all parts through stage gate phases of NPI projects, ensuring selected suppliers are aligned with category strategies and will ultimately provide robust production solution.

Ensure robust NPI project management, including supplier QCD through sampling, cost management, part qualification to PPAP methodologies.
Ensure protection of IP through timely collaboration and IP agreements

Drive continuous improvement in DPPM and cost of quality, with a focus on stable, repeatable processes.
Manage supplier audits and improvement plans.
Sustain and evolve Product Company QMS with respect to suppliers and supply chain.
Deploy 6 sigma and PPAP practice tools especially SPC, MSA, 8D, Lean etc.
Develop legacy specifications to provide meaningful manufacturing and inspection standards, aligned with all functions and supplier. Gatekeeper for new part drawings and specifications
Business Continuity

Drive Business Continuity initiatives to ensure sustainable, adaptable & agile supply chain.
Deploy heatmap risk assessment process and mitigating action plans through supply base.

Effective People Management

Grow talent in the organization and set focus on people management and people development, bringing people together in a global, matrix organization.

Support activities to meet expectations in Quality Management System and Continuous Improvement
What We Expect of You?
Education and experience

B.S.

degree in Engineering or Business Management; Desirable:
Master's degree.
Minimum of 7 years in a senior procurement role, including 2 years leading and driving procurement teams in a manufacturing environment

Required knowledge

Fully bilingual

Spanish and English

speaking, writing, and reading.
Experience with developing suppliers.

Skills

Proven experience negotiating sourcing and supply contracts
Willingness to travel as when the business conditions and strategies require
environment.

What you Can Expect of Us?

Competitive Salary & Benefits :

But there's more You will join a high performing team and a company with a good reputation and a rich history.

The open culture ensures that everyone is accessible and willing to help you.

Edwards is part of the Atlas Copco Group, so there are many opportunities in Mexicoand globally within a culturally rich and diverse team.

Safety - Join a company which promotes a strong multi-cultural, diverse, and inclusive workplace where the importance of Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) is paramount.

The company is always developing its SHEculture and adopting behaviors that ensure the wellbeing of our team members, and we ensure that our customers understand and recognize the value and importance Edwards places upon this key aspect of work, and the part that they also play.

People - Our people make Edwards a great place to work. We support our people to grow and develop, offering a strong training culture and opportunities for advancement and mobility.

We identify successors, readiness, and skills gaps for all key roles to ensure that a pipeline of business ready diverse & mobile talent is in place for current and future needs.

Knowledge - We encourage openness and sharing of knowledge to improve the knowledge exchange across the Company for benefit of our teams, our customers, and our business.

Diverse and Inclusive - We want to be a workplace for everyone.

At Edwards, part of the Atlas Copco Group, we know that diversity and inclusion are critical to our long-term success.

We know that diversity and inclusion help us to understand our customers' needs and strengthen employee motivation, productivity, innovation, and results.

Sustainability – Edwards celebrated is 100-year centenary in 2020 and is part of a group that is 148 years old and going strong.

Be part of an organization that continues to grow, whileit looks after the Planet, its Profit, and its People.
Global Leadership - Edwards is a global leader of vacuum and abatement systems.

We are proud to lead the industry, pushing the boundaries of science to deliver innovative products which are intrinsic to everyday life.

Vacuum is required in diverse sectors, from the generation of power to the production of steel, to the making of semi-conductor chips, and the challenging environments of space simulation and high energy physics research.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vacuum Technique Mexico (Edwards) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind: Edwards is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

All employment decisions at Edwards are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Edwards will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Edwards encourages applicants of all ages. Women encouraged to apply
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